UMBC 2019

NRAO Community Day at the GSFC

The NRAO will conduct a two-day Community Event hosted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on June 13 and 14, 2019.

The registration deadline is June 3, 2019. Please register using the Registration link on the left menu. The program is designed for up to 40 participants, and we will accept them in the order their registrations are received by us.

The hands-on sessions, including observation preparation and data reduction, are important components of the Community Days. Therefore, it is very important for participants to do the following well prior to the event (it is very unlikely you will be able to install CASA and download data during the Community Day):

  1. To be able to prepare VLA observations (needed for the tutorial), register at the NRAO user database if you have not done so yet.
  2. Bring a laptop.
  3. Download and install CASA 5.4.0 (for ALMA) and 5.4.1 (for the VLA)
  4. Download the demo data sets (use Firefox and enter your email address if asked for a password)

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