2016 February AVN Training School
Programme and Talks
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Short Programme: AVN Training School:
Monday 22 February: Welcome and Introduction
08:30 - 11:00: Welcome and Introduction <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 13:00: Tour of the facility
14:00 - 15:00: History of radio astronomy I <download talk>
15:00 - 16:00: History of radio astronomy II
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee Break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner ( labs will close at 20:00)
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Tuesday 23 February: Introduction to Radio Astronomy
09:00 - 10:00: Radio astronomy basic terms <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Measurement errors
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Radio antennas <download talk>
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Hike
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Social Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Wednesday 24 February: History of Radio Astronomy in SA
09:00 - 10:00: History of HartRAO <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: History and status of the AVN <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: History and status of the SKA, KAT-7, MeerKAT <download talk>
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Half day tour to SANSA
Historical background of SANSA <download talk>
Industrial applications
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Thursday 25 February: Coordinate and Timing Systems
09:00 - 10:00: Overview of coordinate systems <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Overview of coordinate systems
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Climb the dish -
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:00: Timing systems <download talk>
15:00 - 16:00: Pointing
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Friday 26 February: Signal Flow and Processing
09:00 - 10:00: Microwave receiver systems <download talk>
10:00 - 11:30: Tour of the workshop
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Microwave receiver systems
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Microwave receiver systems
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Saturday 27 February: Excursion and Social Event
08:30: Buses depart from HartRAO
14:00 - 15:00: Lunch at HartRAO (labs open from 14:00 - 18:00)
15:00 - 16:00: Using your imagination <download talk>
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 21:00: Braai
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Sunday 28 February: No class, free time
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs open on request and will close at 20:00)
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Monday 29 February: Signal Flow and Processing
09:00 - 09:30: Antenna performance <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Calibrating a small radio telescope
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Measuring the HPBW
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:00: Detecting radio emission from space
15:00 - 16:00: Exercises
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00: Continue with exercises
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Tuesday 01 March: Single-dish Observations: Drift scans
09:00 - 09:30: Power received from radio emitters <download talk>
09:30 - 10:00: Single-dish continuum observations of AGN <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Drift scan observations
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Drift scan observations and calibration
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:00: Radiometer, square law detector <download talk>
15:00 - 16:00: Continue with exercises
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00: Continue with exercises
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Wednesday 02 March: Single-dish Observations: Spectral Line
09:00 - 11:00: Spectral line observations <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Spectral line observations <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Spectral line observations
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Spectral line observations
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Thursday 03 March: Technical Aspects and Amateur Radio Astronomy
09:00 - 10:00: Radio telescopes: technical aspects <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: RFI <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Antenna conversion <download talk>
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:00: Amateur radio astronomy
15:00 - 16:00: Astronomy for Teachers
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Friday 04 March: Radio Surveys and Data Mining
09:00 - 10:00: Surveys and data mining <download talk>
10:00 - 11:00: Virtual Observatory tools <download talk: Khadija>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Virtual Observatory tools
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Virtual Observatory tools (Nadeem) <download talk: Nadeem>
TOPCAT
Aladin
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Saturday 05 March: Outreach and Education
09:00 - 10:00: Astronomy outreach and education <download talk: Zambian>
10:00 - 11:00: Astronomy outreach and education <download talk: Kenya>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Talk from the Office of Astronomy Development <download talk>
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Astronomy outreach and education
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner special event (labs will close at 20:00)
19:30 - 21:30: Sky viewing evening
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Sunday 06 March: Fourier Transforms
10:00 - 11:00: Fourier transforms <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Fourier transforms
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Monday 07 March: Radio Interferometry and VLBI
09:00 - 10:00: Introduction to interferometry and VLBI <download talk: Alet> <download talk: Roelf> <download talk: Ludwig>
10:00 - 11:00: Interferometry theory and VLBI I <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Interferometry theory and VLBI II
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:00: VLBI techniques
15:00 - 16:00: Introduction to astrometric VLBI <download talk>
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00: Introduction to geodetic VLBI <download talk>
17:00 - 18:00: Introduction to VieVs <download talk>
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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Tuesday 08 March: Radio Interferometry and VLBI
09:00 - 11:00: VieVs exercises <download talk>
11:00 - 11:30: Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: UCT interferometer <download talk>
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:00: Stellar GPS: navigation (Invited Talk) <download talk>
16:00 - 16:30: Tea/Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00: Feedback and evaluation session
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner (labs will close at 20:00)
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N.B 09 -12 March: IVS VLBI School
DARA MEETING TALKS <download talks>