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We are planning to have a SPLASH (Spectroscopic and Photometric
Landscape of Andromeda's Stellar Halo) team meeting at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in September 2007. A team meeting is long overdue; our last one took
place over two years ago in February 2005 and did not include everyone
on the team.
It's our hope that such a team meeting will be useful for making
progress on current papers, designing new ones, and shaping
future directions for our project. This will be timely as we
are actively engaged in several studies and will be acquiring
more data this fall, including Keck/DEIMOS and MMT/Hectospec
spectroscopy and KPNO/Mosaic DDO51 imaging.
We think it would be useful to include these agenda items:
- Brief presentations to bring everyone up to speed on the
many types of available spectroscopic and imaging data
sets and data products as well as models
- Working group sessions
- Discussion of future proposals / directions
We hope to see you at the meeting!
The SPLASH meeting will take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz. We plan to begin the meeting at noon on Thursday, September 20, and end in the evening on Saturday, September 22. A secure wireless network will be provided during the meeting.
People are welcome to arrive earlier and/or stay longer and work. Wireless Internet access is available on campus via CruzNet (CruzNet guest access guidelines). (Note that CruzNet is not encrypted.)
- Do you plan to attend? Thanks to those who've responded already (last updated on September 19, 2007).
- Are there particular items you'd like to see discussed at
the meeting?
- Would you like to lead a discussion on a particular existing or new topic?
Please e-mail Priya Kollipara (p r i y a @ u c o l i c k . o r g) or Raja Guhathakurta (r a j a @ u c o l i c k . o r g).
Directions
The meeting will be held in the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB) on the UCSC campus, in conference room 102. You may find campus
maps useful for getting around on the UCSC campus. Paper maps are freely available at the main entrance kiosk at the base of campus during business hours. Directions to the Center for Adaptive Optics, which is right next door to the ISB, are also available from:
Parking
You may purchase one-day temporary parking permits at the main entrance kiosk located inside the campus main entrance, or at the TAPS Sales Office located in Barn H. Sales office hours are 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and kiosk hours are 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday through Friday. A temporary one-day permit is $5.50. Night parking permits cost $2.00 per night. Visitors from other UC campuses may be eligible for parking reciprocity when visiting UCSC. Permits are not generally required for weekend (Saturday / Sunday) parking.
We recommend that you park in the Core West Parking Structure, which is located near both the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building and the Center for Adaptive Optics in the area of campus known as Science Hill.
Airport shuttles
Shuttle services from the airport to campus or to your lodging are available for a fee:
Public transport
Public transportation options to, from, and around Santa Cruz can be found at I Ride the Bus.
Directions to, phone numbers, rates, and Internet availability for some local lodging (you are free to choose those not on this list, of course):
Some of these offer UCSC corporate rates; this option is listed on the above pages. Be sure to bring your own ethernet cable if needed in case none are available at the hotel.
Priya Kollipara (p r i y a @ u c o l i c k . o r g)
Raja Guhathakurta (r a j a @ u c o l i c k . o r g)
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