Southern RECON Training Workshop
Kingman, Arizona — Preliminary Schedule
La Senita School, 3175 Gordon Drive Kingman, AZ 86409
Sunset – 6:47PM / Civil Twilight – 7:12PM
Thursday, March 19, 2015:
10-11:30AM or after 12:30PM– La Senita Front Entrance
Drop-off telescopes and place in storage case to be provided
1-5PM – La Senita Library
Introductions
Overview of RECON Project
Orientation to night sky
Orientation to telescopes
Practice setting up scopes during daytime
5-7PM – Check into hotel and dinner
7:30PM-10:30PM – La Senita Outside
Practice aligning and using telescopes
Friday, March 20, 2015
10AM-noon & 1PM-4PM – La Senita Library
Debrief on previous day
Orientation to camera system
Practice with camera system during daytime
More on RECON science
4:45-6:30PM – Dinner
7-10:30PM – La Senita Outside
Practice using both telescope and camera system
Saturday, March 21, 2015
10AM-noon & 1PM-4PM – La Senita Library
Debrief on previous day
Orientation to OccultWatcher, RECON website, and software tools
Practice making predictions and analyzing data from previous night
More on RECON science
4:45-6:30PM – Dinner
7:00-10:30PM – La Senita Outside
Practice occultation event simulation
Sunday, March 22, 2015
9AM-noon – La Senita Library
Conference evaluation
Debrief on previous day
Networking across communities
Final logistics and farewells