Transient Phenomenon Log Book
July 20 to August 3, 1997

20 July 1997
Earthwatch Program: Site Characterization for a Transient Astrophysical Observatory.
20:49-21:49 Moon Rise
8:30-10:30 Drive to ABQ to pick up vehicles.
10:30-12:30 Pick up students at ABQ airport - Earliest arrival 1055, latest 11:55.
12:30-14:00 Lunch at Old Town.
14:00-16:00 Drive to Los Alamos.
16:00-17:30 Settle into accomodations at Hilltop House Hotel.
17:30-22:00 Get Acquainted, Icebreaker, dinner at Hilltop House/Trinity Sights.

21 July 1997
Note: Workdays will begin at 1pm.
Note: Schedule subject to change owing to weather and other eventualities.
21:35-22:35 Moon Rise
13:00-13:45 Introduction to the Site Characterization Program for the Astrophysical Transient Observatory - Galen Gisler.
13:45-14:30 Mini Course on Astronomy: Stars - Michelle Beaver.
14:45-15:15 Donivan Porterfield and Suzette on Interactive Science by the Web.
15:15-16:00 Mini Course on Astronomy: The Milky Way, Interstellar Gas & Dust - Heather Pickett.
16:15-16:45 Physics of Karate - talk and demonstration - Alan Mincer.
17:00-18:00 Mini Course on Astronomy : Telescopes - Michelle Beaver.
18:30-19:30 Dinner
20:00-21:00 Oppenheimer Lecture - Rocky Kolb on Primordial Soup - the Big Bang.
21:29-23:59 CCD Camera demonstration - digital photography and basic image processing - everyday objects, people - lighting - Spyglass Transform and NIH Image software use.


22 July 1997
22:17-23:17 Moon Rise
13:00-14:00 Visit Bradbury Science Museum.
14:00-14:45 Mini Course on Astronomy : Electromagnetic Radiation & Detectors - Guthrie Partridge.
15:00-15:45 Mini Course on Astronomy: Coordinate Systems, Star Maps, TheSky software - Rich Miller & Guthrie Partridge.
15:45-18:00 Sharon Dogruel on outdoor safety - meet at Canyon School - drive down, park at gate - take walk towards sewage treatment plant.
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:00 Alexis pass and tour
20:15-23:59 CCD Camera demonstration - digital photography and quantitative image processing - resolving LEDs at the end of a long corridor - the point spread function


23 July 1997
LANSCE (TA-53) site
22:57 Moon Rise
10:30-11:45 Los Alamos Astrophysics Colloquium - Stirling Colgate - "Astrophysical Dynamos and the Liquid Sodium Experiment" - TA-3, SM-100, IGPP Seminar Room - Optional, Technical Talk
13:00-15:00 Garry Franklin talk on Lab overview
15:00-16:00 Neil Davis talk on old days in weapons
16:00-18:00 Site visit to LANSCE - see Cygnus Schmoos, and ROTSE I observatory
18:30-19:30 Dinner
20:00-21:00 Set up telescopes, cameras, & computers for taking observations at LANSCE, near the ROTSE I enclosure
21:00-23:59 Make seeing and extinction measurements at ROTSE I site. - Bad weather alternative: building a small telescope, using TheSky software, web-based astronomy


24 July 1997
Fenton Hill (TA-57) Site
23:36-0:36 Moon Rise
13:00-18:00 Carol Mooney - geological tour of Jemez Mts - site visit to Milagro project and Fenton Hill
18:30-19:30 Dinner - picnic at Fenton Lake
20:00-21:00 Set up telescopes, cameras, & computers for taking observations at Fenton Hill, helipad site and HDR site - test and debug setup.
21:00-02:00 Made seeing and extinction measurements at Fenton Hill.

25 July 1997
Visit by Carrie Avery (Earthlink), Shakespeare in Santa Fe
13:00-15:00 Analysis of data taken during the previous nights - lessons learned?
15:15-16:00 Mini Course on Astronomy: Galaxies, Clusters, and Cosmology - Galen Gisler 16:15-17:00 Mini Course on Astronomy : Time - Heather Pickett
18:00-23:59 Shakespeare in Santa Fe "The Winter's Tale" - Picnic on grounds of St John's College

26 July 1997
White Rock Overlook Site
0:17-1:17 Moon Rise
13:00-18:00 Hike at Tsankawi - find solar calendar? - meet Diane Roussel-Dupree at Tsankawi gate
18:30-19:30 Dinner - picnic at White Rock Overlook park
19:30-23:59 Pajarito Astronomers Dark Night cancelled due to bad weather, alternative: a movie - Contact.

27 July 1997
TA-49, TA-33, or Fenton Hill
0:56-1:56 Moon Rise
13:00-15:30 Data Analysis
15:30-16:45 Mini Course on Astronomy: How we measure distances and other physical properties in astronomy - Rich Miller, Galen Gisler, Todd Haines


28 July 1997
Visit by Meg Warren, Earthwatch
1:38-2:38 Moon Rise
13:00-16:00 Data Analysis


29 July 1997
Santa Fe
2:22-3:22 Moon Rise
13:00-14:00 Santa Fe Community College Planetarium Show - Daughter of the Stars
14:00-17:00 Visit to Santa Fe - Palace of the Governors, Plaza, Museums


30 July 1997
3:09-4:09 Moon Rise
We visited the VLA , thanks to Dave Findley

31 July 1997
3:59-4:59 Moon Rise
13:00-16:00 Data Analysis
1 6:30-18:00 Preparation of talk to the Transient Astrophysics Interest Group
18:15-19:15 Dinner - Barbecue at the Gislers' home in White Rock
20:00-21:00 Set up telescopes, cameras, & computers for taking observations at Fenton Hill
21:00-23:59 Make seeing and extinction measurements at Fenton Hill. camp overnight? - Bad weather alternative: building a small telescope, using TheSky software or image analysis software, web-based astronomy, data analysis.


1 August 1997
4:52-5:52 Moon Rise
13:00-15:00 Data Analysis
15:00-16:00 Presentation of results to Transient Astrophysics Interest Group
16:30-18:30 Travel to Cerro Pelado.
18:30-19:30 Dinner - Picnic at Cerro Pelado
20:00-21:00 Set up telescopes, cameras, & computers for taking observations at Cerro Pelado
21:00-23:59 Make seeing and extinction measurements at Cerro Pelado. camp overnight? - Bad weather alternative: building a small telescope, using TheSky software or image analysis software, web-based astronomy, data analysis

2 August 1997
5:42-6:42 Moon Rise
10:00-18:00 Jemez Pueblo Feast Day
18:30-19:30 Farewell Dinner

3 August 1997
6:42-7:42 Moon Rise
9:00-11:00 Drive to ABQ for departures
11:00-12:30 Student departures from ABQ - earliest 11:45, latest 12:30
Sleep