Program

Below is a tentative program for the Community Day event at UF. Note that this will be adjusted according to the interests communicated by participants as part of the registration.

09:00-09:30: Welcome and Introduction to NRAO Facilities
09:30-10:15: ALMA Overview and Capabilities
10:15-10:45: Interferometry Basics (Part 1)
10:45-11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-11:45: Interferometry Basics (Part 2)
11:45-12:15: Cycle 7 Proposal Preparation
12:15-13:45: Lunch
13:45-14:15: The ALMA Observing Tool
14:15-14:45: Observing Tool hands-on
14:45-15:00: Using the ALMA Archive
15:00-15:30: CASA Imaging and Simulations
15:30-15:45: Concluding discussion (including additional NAASC resources), final Q&A

Download CASA here

Download the ALMA Cycle 7 Observing Tool here.

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.