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We hope that by now all participants will have their travel booked to and from San Juan for the Summer School? If they are staying in hotels near Arecibo, we trust that they will have reserved their rooms against a credit card? There have been remarkably few cancellations of those selected to participate in the School, and we look forward to welcoming all to Arecibo for the School.
This third announcement requests participants to make a pre-selection of the Hands-on Project in which they would like to be involved. The announcement also provides details of a number of other matters of relevance to your attendance at the school.
At the Summer School all participants will take part in a "Hands-on-Project". Mentored by a member of the NAIC or NRAO staff, each of you will join a team of 3 or 4 participants to perform a short pre-planned research-style observation. The participants will set up the observation, take the data, perform data reduction, interpret the results and give a short presentation on the project on the last afternoon of the School.
We ask you to review the 16 projects briefly described on the web page, http://www.naic.edu/~astro/sdss5/handsonprojects. At the bottom of this web page you should then record your four preferred selections in the order of your preference. Please do this by Monday, July 6th. We will then allocate you to a project based on these selections. We apologize in advance if you do not get your first choice as the number of participants per project are limited to 3 or 4. Those not completing the web form by the above date (July 6th) will be allocated to a project by us, based as much as possible on the "Topic of Interest" you entered in your original application to the School.
During the Summer School, we hope to be able to take everyone on a tour of the 305-m telescope's suspended platform. Please note that the platform is situated some 450 feet above the main dish, and is accessed by either a catwalk or cable car. If you suffer from fear of heights/vertigo think carefully before undertaking the trip. As mentioned below, "closed shoes with flat heels" are obligatory for joining a telescope platform tour.
Presently, the times being considered for the tours include Saturday (July 11th) afternoon, Sunday morning (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Wednesday and Thursday mornings. This will be finalized by the time participants arrive at Arecibo. We note that bad weather could force the postponement of any of these tours.
For those who gave their travel details, and requested a pick up/drop off at San Juan airport, we will be informing you in the near future of the arrangements and timing for this. Participants will be taken to the appropriate hotel, or to the Observatory for those being accommodated on-site.
We hope that all participants assigned accommodation at a nearby hotel have now reserved their rooms. Those being accommodated at the Observatory are expected to pay their room charges to Ms. Carmen Torres during the School, preferably during registration which will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 12th in the Observatory Learning Center. Payment by credit card (Visa and MasterCard only) is accepted.
We remind participants that pre-payment of the registration fee ($200) can be made via the link to the "Fee Payment Form (PDF)" on the school web page (http://www.naic.edu/~astro/sdss5/).
The temperatures at the Observatory in July are typically in the mid-80's (about 30 deg C) by day, dipping to the mid-70's (about 24 deg C) at night. Rainfall is likely to occur rather frequently during July. Hence, while summer clothing is appropriate, a light sweater may be needed for the evenings (and also in the air-conditioned rooms and lecture theater of the Observatory.)
The Observatory site is deep in the countryside, and we would recommend that participants bring at least one stout pair of shoes, such as tennis shoes/trainers. "Closed shoes" are also obligatory for the planned trip for participants to the platform of the 305-m telescope.
The Observatory possesses a swimming pool, which participants will be welcome to use outside the hours of classes, etc. Please come prepared.
Consider bringing a bottle of insect repellent (e.g. Off or similar) with you.
You a likely to want to make telephone calls while at Arecibo Observatory. However, we point out that the use of cell phones within or near the Observatory grounds is STRICTLY PROHIBITED due to the associated Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) which can disturb observations being made with the telescope. For participants in hotels in the Arecibo area, cell phones can be used safely from there. For those staying on-site, or for others wishing to make calls from the Observatory grounds, we urge you to bring a telephone calling card with you. When you purchase these, make sure that they are cards that will work from Puerto Rico.
For those accommodated at the Observatory, each room has an internet connection via ethernet. There is no wireless internet connection within the Observatory, again due to RFI considerations.