Subject: APO meeting, Sept 19, 20 Third announcement

From: rwalterb@nmsu.edu

Submitted: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 12:19:21 -0600 (MDT)

Message number: 164 (previous: 163, next: 165 up: Index)

Please distribute this to the members of your department.

	SECOND ARC 3.5-M INSTRUMENTATION AND SCIENCE WORKSHOP

			SEPTEMBER 19, 20 1997
		
		SUNSPOT VISITOR AND EDUCATION CENTER

			THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT.

This message includes:

- sign up info for those who have not signed up
- request for travel info for those who want local transportation
- current list of participants
- topics on the agenda
- request for science or instr presentations
- PLEASE UPDATE INFORMATION FOR YOU LISTED BELOW.

This is the third announcement for the fall 1997 meeting, which will
be held at the new Sunspot Education and Visitor Center near APO. 

Meeting logistics:

Lodging for is available in the NSO facilities at Sunspot. If we fill
these rooms, we will need to use hotel space in Cloudcroft.

Transportation from the El Paso airport to APO takes about 2.5
hours. NMSU will arrange for a van to transport people back and forth,
but only on the day before the meeting and the Sunday. This may
require some waiting at the airport or an early rise on Sunday. The
status of your transportation is indicated below.

NMSU will sponsor some of the local expenses for meals and lodging at
Sunspot.

Please return the following information to astro@nmsu.edu or
rwalterb@nmsu.edu if you have not already done so, or if you want to
update the information.


FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED UP (SEE LIST BELOW), PLEASE FILL
OUT, CUT OUT AND SEND IN:

RETURN BEFORE AUGUST 31 1997

Name:

I want to attend the ARC 3.5-m workshop?  Yes/No

I would like to give a brief presentation on 
		a. instrumentation/hardware  Yes/No
			topic:
		b. science		     Yes/No
			topic:

I suggest that we definitely discuss the following topic at the meeting:

I plan to rent a car			     Yes/No

I would prefer an NMSU van, if possible	     Yes/No

I would prefer to stay in a Sunspot dorm, if possible?		Yes/no

If necessary, I can stay (and pay for) a hotel in Cloudcroft	Yes/No
			
I would be willing to share a room in that case			Yes/No

Any other comments:


Direct questions or comments to Rene Walterbos (rwalterb@nmsu.edu)

***** FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, WHO WOULD LIKE A RIDE IN THE VAN:

Arrival time to El Paso airport and flight number for September 18:

Departure time from El Paso airport and flight number for September 21:


CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:
(please send updated information, if necessary)

						Van	Presentation? Hotel/
									dorm

Briggs, John, Univ of Chicago			?	no		
Chanover, Nancy, Goddard Space Flight Center	?	yes
Duncan, Doug, Univ of Chicago			?	yes
Gillespie, Bruce				no	?
Geha, Marla, New Mex State Univ			no	?
Heckman, Tim, Johns Hopkins Univ		no	no		hotel
Hobbs, Lew, Univ of Chicago			no	yes		maybe
Hoopes, Charles, New Mex State Univ		no	no		dorm
Lugger, Phyllis, 				?	yes
Lutz, Julie, Wash State Univ			?	yes
Mason, Paul, NMSU				no	yes		dorm
Rauscher, Bernard, Univ of Durham		?	yes
Richards, Gordon, Univ of Chicago		yes	yes		dorm
Secker, Jeff, Wash State Univ			?	yes
Strauss, Michael, Princeton Univ		yes	no		yes
Stubbs, Chris, Univ of Washington		?	?
Szkody, Paula, Univ of Washington		yes			dorm
Turner, Ed, Princeton Univ			no	yes		yes
Uomoto, Alan, Johns Hopkins Univ		yes	yes
Wallerstein, Univ of Washington			?	?		?
Walterbos, Rene, NMSU				no	yes		maybe
York, Don, Univ of Chicago			no	yes		hotel


AGENDA TOPICS:

- ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN RECENT SHUT DOWN
- DETAILED STATUS OF 3-YR PLAN, INCLUDING PLANNING FOR FUTURE
- STATUS OF NEW SECONDARY
- STATUS OF ECHELLE
- IMPROVEMENTS TO CURRENT INSTRUMENTATION
- HOW TO FUND NEW INSTRUMENTATION?
- SCHEDULING OF THE 3.5-M


Short presentations and speakers; we will accept more presentations.

 Chanover - Planetary science with the 3.5-m
 Richards - Spectroscopy of FIRST QSOs
 Lugger	  - Public Outreach through Adler Planetarium
 Duncan   - Echelle
 Turner	  - Gravitational Lens Monitoring and H_0 from APO
 Uomoto	  - Instrumentation subject
 Rauscher - Collaboration with Univ of Durham on instrumentation projects
 Lutz	  - Science topic
 Mason	  - ARC observations of accreting binaries
 Walterbos - Discovery of Candidate Luminous Blue Variables in M31 with DIS
 Szkody   - Results of Monitoring Campaigns with DIS and Satellite observations
 York	  - Echelle
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