Program

Our tentative program is included below, but please feel free to suggest topics that you would like to have included. If there is enough interest this schedule can certainly be adjusted.

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome

09:15 – 09:30 ALMA Overview

09:30 – 10:00 Basics of Interferometry

10:00 – 10:45 ALMA 6 Capabilities

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:00 The ALMA Proposal Preparation Process

12:00 – 01:30 Lunch (provided for registered participants)

01:30 – 02:45 The Cycle 6 ALMA Observing Tool, including hands-on tutorial

02:45 – 03:00 Break

03:00 – 05:00 Imaging and Simulating Observations in CASA, including hands-on tutorial

Download ALMA OT here

Download CASA 5.1.1 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.