Yale Astrometry Workshop Syllabus (last update - 15 July 2005)
 

Day


Hour


Speaker

Topics 

Mon. 7/18  

8:45 - 9:30



Registration at Workshop Location.

 


 
9:30 - 9:45 


van Altena

Introduction: the opportunities and challenges of microarcsecond astrometry. pdf ppt



9:45 - 10:30

11:00 - 12:30


Stavinschi

Stellar Positions: primer on spherical astronomy and the gnomonic projection; time and Earth rotation; reference frames and systems, including the Hipparcos and Gaia satellite reference systems. pdf ppt



14:00 - 15:30


Stavinschi

Correcting for refraction, precession, nutation and aberration of light. pdf ppt



16:00 - 17:30


van Altena

Atmospheric limits to precision in ground-based Astrometry; tip-tilt and adaptive optics correction system. pdf ppt






Tue. 7/19 

 
9:00 - 10:30 


Horch

Diffraction-limited imaging using Speckle Interferometry techniques. Observation of binary stars from the ground, HST and Hipparcos. pdf ppt



11:00 - 11:45


Horch

Optical Interferometry. pdf ppt



11:45 - 12:30


Kenney

Radio Interferometry  pdf ppt



14:00 - 16:00

early end today


van Altena

Introduction to geometrical optics and the aberrations relevant to optical astrometry; astrographs, refractors and reflectors. pdf ppt



16:45 - 18:00


Yale Campus tour for those interested.





Wed. 7/20 

 
9:00 - 10:30 

11:00 - 12:30


van Altena

Characteristics of CCD's as detectors. Image centering algorithms. Astrometry and photometry with CCD's. pdf ppt 
Time-delayed integration: CTI, Sloan, Quest and 2MASS. pdf ppt



14:00 - 15:30


Tang

From measures to celestial coordinates. Telescope-modeling techniques. Extending astrometric calibration regions to fainter objects and to different passbands, e.g. optical counterparts of X-ray and Gamma-ray sources. pdf ppt




16:00 - 17:30


Reed

Calibration of complex instrumental systems using the HST Fine Guidance Sensors as an example. pdf ppt






Thu. 7/21


9:00 - 10:30


López

Schmidt-based and other survey catalogues: GSC, STScI Digital Sky Survey, USNO A2.0 & B-1, UCAC, 2MASS, NPM, SPM, etc. pdf ppt

 
11:00 - 12:00


Drukier

HST imaging astrometry and photometry. pdf ppt



12:00 - 12:30

Merino

Image deconvolution. pdf ppt



14:00 - 15:30


van Altena

Trigonometric Parallaxes: The calibration of luminosities and the Mass-Luminosity relation. pdf ppt



16:00 - 16:45


 Dinescu

Membership determinations in star clusters. pdf ppt



16:45 - 17:30

Drukier

Internal motion determinations in star clusters. pdf ppt

18:30 - ??
Workshop Dinner at La Piazza






Fri. 7/22 


9:00 - 10:30


López

Solar System astrometry: observing natural satellites in the glare of the planet; NEO's, occultations and the observation of extra-solar planets. pdf ppt



11:00 - 12:30


Dinescu

Astrometry and Galactic Structure: The role that Astrometry plays in defining the spatial and kinematical structure of the Galaxy. pdf ppt



14:00 - 14:45


van Dokkum

Astrometry and Cosmology: The cosmological distance scale; machos and dark matter; gravitational lensing. 



15:15 - 16:30


Easther

How Astrometry can help constrain critical cosmological parameters.



16:30 - 17:00


Kenney

Closing Remarks by Astronomy Deptartment Chairman followed by Reception

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