SARA Conference 2020 SARA Sections Update SARA Sections

SARA Conference 2020 SARA Sections Update

SARA Sections Update 2020 Agenda • Purpose of SARA Sections • Organization of SARA Sections • Volunteering • Section Coordinators • What’s New? • Suggested Projects 2

SARA Sections Update 2020 Purpose of SARA Sections • Organize SARA like other national amateur organizations (e. g. , AAVSO, ALPO) and professional organizations • Sections more conducive to volunteering; database collection; strategic planning; posting of observation protocols; and personal member interests • Helps maintain consistency and thoroughness throughout SARA website • More member empowerment to create SARA’s future • Promote Cas A Observation Project and/with RASDR 3

SARA Sections Update 2020 Organization of SARA Sections • Wikipedia Approach: Post “Living” Documents • Management and Professionalism Guidelines • Tools and Resources -Listserv -SARA Sections Team -Internet/Research -Observing Protocols; Data Templates; Strategic Plans • Beginner’s Tab: Under SARA Section Introduction • Six SARA Sections organized by related topics of Interest (POCs Posted) 4

SARA Sections Update 2020 Volunteering • Get Involved, Share knowledge, Learn, Work with Others • Help research/populate Section webpages with information • Create Observing Guides • Develop/Update Data Collection Templates & Programming • Promote Wikipedia Entry for SARA; write SARA Journal articles • Assist with management and historic archive materials • Participate in brainstorming meetings • Offer Radio Telescope time and encourage partnership • Review and interpret papers for amateurs 5

SARA Sections Update 2020 Section Coordinators • Analytical Section: Stephen Tzikas • Electronics and Instrumentation Section: Bogdan Vacaliuc • Galactic and Cosmology Section: David Westman (Also Technical Queries) • Outreach Section: Tom Crowley • Solar System Section: Whitham D. Reeve (Also Journal Contributing Editor) • Stellar Section: Skip Crilly Other: • Jon Wallace’s Education Section • Management Section (Professionalism, Ethics, Administration) • Several cooperating amateur organizations and universities 6

SARA Sections Update 2020 Analytical Section Suggested Projects: • Mission Statements • August 2, 2020: 20 m Radio Telescope Demo and Pulsar Tutorial (Posted) • Citizen Science Database for the Fading of Cassiopeia A (0. 67 %/year in L-band) v Cas A: Bright source for RASDR v Evaluation of other potential targets: Tau A, Cyg A, Vir A, Rosette Nebula • Volunteer Roles: Manuals, Templates, Database, RASDR Integration • Green Bank Conference Account - Explore! (20 m Account) • Skynet Account (free UNC Course) - Your Personal Account! 7

SARA Sections Update 2020 Tutorials (Posted) • 2019: Cas A Observation Program with flux measurement demo. • 2020: Pulsar Observation Program explaining a prepfold plot of a pulsar. New Astronomical League Citizen Science Awards • Radio Galaxy Zoo (galaxyzoo. org) • Radio Meteor Zoo (zoouniverse. org) • Solar Storm Watch II (zooniverse. org) 8

SARA Sections Update 2020 Suggested Projects Continued Examples of 20 -meter Skynet projects http: //www. gb. nrao. edu/20 m/dataexamples. html Object Description Link Quasar 3 C 273 Daisy scan: typical strong source detection. 18720 M 57 Daisy scan with no detection. 18766 Jupiter Daisy scan: faint, but detected. 18840 Eagle Nebula Daisy scan: detection of object plus another source. 18629 Taurus A Daisy scan: OH filter, beset with interference. 18934 Cas-A Ra. Long. Map example. 17570 W 3 nebula area Ra. Long. Map example showing W 3 plus other source in the Galactic Plane. 16638 W 3 nebula. Hydrogen clouds spectrum. (HIRES mode) 16438 M 31 - Andromeda galaxy. Shows hydrogen nearby plus whats in M 31. 16720 M 31 - Andromeda galaxy. Shows hydrogen nearby plus whats in M 31 - on/off observation. 17767 Galactic Center - Sgr-A Shows hydrogen at 21 cm plus 17760 absorption by cloud of closer hydrogen. Cas-A Spectral Line map showing absorption in Hydrogen line 18864 W 3 nebula OH lines at 1665. 4 and 1667. 4 MHz in HIRES mode, on-off display. 19769 9

Contact Questions, Comments, Volunteering? Email SARA Section Analytical Section Coordinator Tzikas@alum. rpi. edu stephentzikas@gmail. com 10