Host Institution: University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory, 373 West Geneva St., Williams Bay, WI 53191.  262-245-5555 Observatory Director: Professor Kyle M. Cudworth.  Education Outreach Coordinator:
Main Lodging is at the George Williams Campus of Aurora University in Maple Lodge. Conference Desk is 262-245-8524

To find your way to Williams Bay...

From Chicago, take I 94 north towards Milwaukee, then follow Rt. 50 west.  Take Rt. 50 west through Lake Geneva to Rt. 67 south.  Stay on Rt. 67 which will require a right turn at the stop sign in Williams Bay.  Follow the road west up the hill a mile or so.  First you will see a sign for Yerkes Observatory on the left. You turn into Observatory Drive to come to Yerkes. At the next corner you will see a sign for Aurora University. Follow the signs to reach the Aurora Campus.

Monday August 15th Arrival.  9:00 pm Observing at Yerkes

Tuesday Morning August 16th, Aurora Maple Meeting Room

• 10:30 Welcome to the Conference, Director Kyle M. Cudworth.  What's New with HOU?  Carl Pennypacker and Alan Gould
• 12:00 Meeting Schedule, Working Groups and Logistics, Vivian Hoette and Kate Meredith

Tuesday Afternoon August 16th, Yerkes Library

• 1:30 Cookie Cutter Astrophysics: Beginning CCD Astronomy, Tim Graves and Kevin McLin, Sonoma State University
• 3:00 Update on Elk Creek Observatory, Mike Ford, remotely.

Break 3:30

• 4:00 Explore and Discover Observing (EDO NASA IDEAS) Viv and Kate.
  • Roy Morris' Color Project
  • Observing and Reporting Asteroid Positions needed by the Minor Planet Center using Astrometrica.
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• 7:30 Astronomers' Control Panel (ACP) - Remote Observing via a Webpage! Learn to access the South Building telescope at Yerkes and other observatories in the HOU network. Kevin McCarron, Mike Ford's Elk Creek Observatory (remotely). 
• 9:00 Observing at Yerkes / Working Groups
  • A. Sonoma State discussions in Library. 
  • B. Observe asteroids with 24 inch.
  • C. Observe and practice using ACP in South Building.    

Wednesday Morning August 17th, Aurora Maple Meeting Room

• 10:00 Continental Breakfast in Maple
• 10:30 Active Nuclei and their Host Galaxies, Richard Kron, Director of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

Wednesday Afternoon August 17th, Yerkes Library

• 1:30 An Update on the START Collaboratory, Variable Quasars, Kate Meredith, Jordan Raddick, Paul Hertz, Gary Greenberg

Break 3:30

• 4:00 What we can Learn from Spectra Imaging... even redshift! Learn to use Subaru Image Processor Makali'i. Do it yourself Spectrograph: Example Analysis of Vega Spectrum, Vivian Hoette
• 4:45 Creating Nexus Documents, Bonnie Thurber

• 9:00 Observing at Yerkes / Working Groups
  • A. Collaboratory Beginners. 
  • B. Imaging Quasar and Capturing Spectra with 24 inch.  
  • C. Observe and practice using ACP in South Building.    

Thursday Morning August 17th, Aurora Maple Meeting Room

• 10:00 Continental Breakfast in Maple
• 10:30 TRA Share-a-thon, Hosted by Rich Lohman
  • Dave Barnaby
    • Winning at Science Fairs with Astronomical Imaging.
    • Helping your high school remotely observe with a 3 m. on Maui.
  • Ken Lewandowski:  3D Models of constellations.
  • Harlan Devore:  Spitzer Images. Calculation of the mass of a SMBH.

Thursday Afternoon August 17th, Yerkes Library

• 1:30 TRA Share-a-thon continues with break at 3:30
  • Viv Hoette and Rich Lohman: EDO: Jupiter's moons: Getting orbital periods/radii with new data.
  • John Kolena: Chandra outreach projects using DS9 Image Processing. 
  • Bob Holmes: Student Projects and Astro-Research News
  • Alan Gould: 
    • New HOU HS Module:  Discovering extrasolar planets using transit method.
    • Modeling Workshop summary.

• 8:00 Prep for Working Groups
• 9:00 Observing at Yerkes

Friday August 18th

• 10:00 am Continental Breakfast
• 10:30 Working Groups work time

Friday Afternoon at Yerkes

• 1:30 Working Group Reports
• 3:00 Break
• 3:30 Meeting Summaries and Action Plans
• 9:00 pm Observing Optional

Saturday Morning - Check out of Aurora.  Travel safely home!

08/15/2005 07:22 PM -0500