Monash University Field Trip to Mt Stromlo Observatory
(11 - 13 September 2008)

Coordinator:

HELMUT JERJEN
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
Australian National University
email: jerjen@mso.anu.edu.au

Program

Day 1 (Thursday) 10.00am Welcome - Tour of the Observatory
including Advanced Instrumentation & Technology Centre
Woolley Car Park/Observatory/AITC Prof Geoff Bicknell (Acting Director RSAA), John Hart (Head, Mechanical Engineering), Frank Briggs (MWA Instrument scientist)
11.00am Morning Tea Tea Room
11:30am Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Dr Stefan Keller - SkyMapper: a new view of the southern skies
11:45am Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Dr Helmut Jerjen - The Stromlo Missing Satellites Survey
12:00pm Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Prof Ken Freeman - Galactic Archaeology and HERMES
12:15pm Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Prof Frank Briggs - The MWA: an SKA pathfinder at the Murchison Radio Observatory
12.30am Lunch Arranged by the Monash Group
2:00pm RSAA Colloquium Duffield Lecture Theater Prof Susan Scott (ANU Physics)
3:30pm Meeting with the RSAA PhD/Honours students CSO Common Room RSAA students
4:15am Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Prof Geoff Bicknell - Modelling Astrophysical Proceses
4:30pm Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Dr Paul Francis - What we don't know about Comets
4:45pm Talk Duffield Lecture Theatre Dr Charley Lineweaver - Astrobiology
7:00pm Stargazing (weather permitted)
Stromlo's Outreach Telescopes Emma Kirby and the RSAA Outreach Group
8:00pm End evening session
Day 2 (Friday)
10.00am Visit of the ANU Supercomputer Facility
(organised by Monash staff)
ANU Supercomputer Facility
12.30pm Stromlo BBQ CSO courtyard (food and drinks paid individually) Annino Vaccarella and the RSAA BBQ team
2:00pm Introduction to the RSAA Honours and Graduate Programs Woolley Seminar Room Dr Helmut Jerjen (Honours Program)
Prof Geoff Bicknell (Graduate Program)
2:45pm Presentation of Research Projects Duffield Lecture Theater Dr Partick Tisserand
3:30pm Working on Research Projects Public Computer Area Dr Helmut Jerjen
Dr Patrick Tisserand
Brad Tucker
Emma Kirby
Dan Bayliss
Wolfgang Kerzendorf
other RSAA PhD Students
5:00pm End of afternoon session
7:00pm Stargazing (weather permitted)
Stromlo's Outreach Telescopes Emma Kirby and the RSAA Outreach Group
8:00pm End evening session
Day 3 (Saturday) 10:00am Working on Research Projects Public Computer Area Dr Helmut Jerjen
Dr Patrick Tisserand
Brad Tucker
Emma Kirby
Wolfgang Kerzendorf
other RSAA PhD Students
12:30am Lunch Nearby Restaurants in Weston Creek
2:00pm Working on Research Projects Public Computer Area Dr Helmut Jerjen
Dr Patrick Tisserand
Brad Tucker
Emma Kirby
Wolfgang Kerzendorf
other RSAA PhD Students
6:00pm End of afternoon session
7:00pm Sunset Farewell Dinner CSO Common Room at Mt Stromlo Everybody welcome
Day 4 (Sunday) Morning Monash Group drives back to Melbourne



Last update: 12 August 2008, by Dr Helmut Jerjen (RSAA Honours Program Convener).