PLANETS: POLARIZED LIGHT FROM ATMOSPHERES OF NEARBY EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS
Ensenada, Baja California, México
LOGISTICS
Schedule of events
- 15 November (Monday): arrival in Ensenada
- 16-17 November: PLANETS meeting
- 18 November (Thursday): departure
Venue for the meeting
The meeting will be held in the building that houses the Instituto de Astronomía and Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, located on the north side of Ensenada. The address is:Km 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, C.P. 22860, Ensenada, Baja California
Phone: +52-646-174-4593 and +52-646-174-4580
Travel information
Ensenada is located about 1.5 hours from the US border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana. A safe and reliable pickup service to/from the San Diego (SAN) airport is being arranged. There will be 2 trips from the San Diego Airport to Ensenada on 15 November, at approximately 9:30 hrs and 13:30 hrs. Two trips to the San Diego Airport are planned for 17 Nov. in the afternoon and 18 Nov. in the morning. A list of passangers for each trip and meeting locations will be sent to you shortly.Hotel
Av. Lopez Mateos No. 1089 (also known as “Calle Primera”)
Phone: +52-646-178-2307; 01-800-026-6999
PROGRAM
Tuesday, 16 November | Wednesday, 17 November |
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Meet in hotel lobby for transportation to IA/OAN 8:30am | |
9:00 Welcome (D. Hiriart) 9:15 PLANETS: Why the world needs THIS 2m-class telescope (J. Kuhn) 1. Science focus9:45 S. Okano10:05 S. Berdyugina 10:25 I. Cruz-González 10:45 M. Emilio 11:05 Science discussion 2. Optics technology12:00 Mirror polishing (L. Salas)12:20 Optical testing (E. Luna) 3. Telescope and optics technology15:00 Optics handling, generation (S. Truitt, J. Ritter)15:20 Mirror cell design (E. Ruiz, E. Sohn) 15:40 Building, OSS status (I. Scholl) 16:00 Discussion (J. Kuhn) 4. Instrumentation needs16:20 Coud´e, heterodyne, etc. (Y. Kasaba)16:30 Broad-band polarimetry (S. Berdyugina) 16:40 Spectropolarimetry (D. Harrington) 16:50 Photometry (M. Emilio) 17:00 IR systems (E. Cruz-González) 17:10 Adaptive optics, coronagraphy (J. Kuhn) 17:20 Discussion 18:10 The San Pedro Mártir Observatory (D. Hiriart) |
8:45 Coffee with OAN personnel5. Partners meeting9:30 Project milestones, timeline (I. Scholl)10:00 Funding discussion (S. Okano, J. Kuhn) 10:30 Partnership organization (S. Okano, J. Kuhn) 11:00 General discussion 11:30 Adjourn |
PARTNERS MEMBERS
- Svetlana Berdyugina, Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics, Germany
- Irene Cruz-González, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Marcelo Emilio, Observatorio Astronômico-Departamento de Geociências Universi- dade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
- David Harrington, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, USA
- David Hiriart, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Masato Kagitani, Tohoku University, Japan
- Yasumasa Kasaba, Tohoku University, Japan
- Gloria Koenigsberger, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM, México
- Jeffrey Kuhn, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, USA
- Esteban Luna, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Shoichi Okano, Tohoku University, Japan
- Viippu Piirola, Tuorla Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, Finland.
- Joe Ritter, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, USA
- Elfego Ruiz, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Isabelle Scholl, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, USA
- Luis Salas, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Erika Sohn, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México
- Stan Truitt, Pukalani, HI, 96788, USA