Talks - The Second Citizen Sky Workshop

The second Citizen Sky Workshop was held in early September of 2010 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, CA. Here you will find links to videos and presentations (as they become available) from some of the talks that were given during the workshop.

Friday 9/3

• Welcome, Arne Henden and Ryan Wyatt (10) video
• Project Update, Rebecca Turner (20) video
• Update on the status of the epsilon Aurigae eclipse, Dr. Bob (30) download pdf | video
• Evolutionary status of the binary based on recent measurements, Brian Kloppenborg (30) download pdf | video
• What more can we learn from the SED, Steve Howell (15) download ppt | video
• Disks in Astrophysical Objects, Steve Howell (15) download ppt | video
• VStar Workshop, David Benn (60) download ppt | video
• Team Reports: David Benn (download ppt), Chris Stephan (download ppt), Joan Chamberlin (see team page), Brian Kloppenborg (30) (download pdf) | video
• What’s a Light Curve?  Unexpected Reasoning Difficulties When Interpreting Graphs, Tim Slater (30) download ppt | video

Saturday 9/4

• The AAVSO International Database, Aaron Price (30) download ppt | video
• Precision, Accuracy and Uncertainty in Data, Mike Koppelman (30) download pdf | video
• Introduction to Variable Stars Through Their Light Curves, Arne Henden (60) download ppt | video
• Poster introductions
• Basic Time Series Analysis, Grant Foster (60) download ppt | video
• Concurrent sessions (60)
  • Intermediate Time Series Analysis, Grant Foster download ppt | video
  • Using Variable Star Data in Education/Science Olympiad, Donna Young & Douglas Lombardi download ppt |

Sunday 9/5

• Picking Topics for Scientific Investigation, Doug Welch (45) download pptx
• An Introduction to Writing Science Papers, Doug Welch (45) download pptx
• Team Planning Session (30)
• Analysis of spectrum monitoring by San Mateo College observing team, Sally Seebode (20) download ppt
• NVO Inside: How to Access Rich Multi-Wavelength Astronomy Data Through the "Invisible Observatory," Jordan Raddick (20)
• Using ADS and SIMBAD for Astronomical Research, Brian Kloppenborg (20) download pdf
• Closing, Aaron (15)