Logistics

Greetings, & Welcome to Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus Morelia!

 

 

We look forward to your participation in the NRAO Community Day Event Thursday and Friday, September 28 and 29, 2023.

Venue: The two-day workshop will take place in the Seminar Room (Aula de Seminarios) of the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at the UNAM campus in Morelia.

The address is:

Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701 Ex-Hda. San José de la Huerta

58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México

More on the Venue (Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica).

 

Maps:

To locate the IRyA within the Campus, please turn right after you pass the main entrance and cross the white building right in front of you. Follow the gravel "sciences path" to the end. IRyA is in the yellow building that also hosts the Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas (CCM). The Seminar Room is located on the second floor.


Airports:  Morelia has an international Airport that connects with Mexico City as well as with several cities in the USA. This airport is 27 km away from the city center (about 30-40 minutes drive).  Airport taxis are available at affordable rates.

 

Other nearby airports: 

 

Hotels and local transportation: 

The city of Morelia offers a large variety of hotel options. However, these are the hotels that offer a special price (tarifa convenio UNAM) to the attendees at the ngVLA event and NRAO Community Days. The code for the hotel reservation will be sent to the participants after registration.

Uber rides from the city center to the campus take around 20 minutes.

 

 

Food: Special in-campus catering service will be arranged (at no cost) for lunch on both days. Participants are expected to make their own plans for dinner. Downtown area has plenty of options within walking distance of the hotels.

 

More on Morelia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connect with NRAO

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.

Founded in 1956, the NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. NRAO telescopes are open to all astronomers regardless of institutional or national affiliation. Observing time on NRAO telescopes is available on a competitive basis to qualified scientists after evaluation of research proposals on the basis of scientific merit, the capability of the instruments to do the work, and the availability of the telescope during the requested time. NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.

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