PROGRAM (Times in UTC)
***Times in UTC***
| Tuesday, October 20 | |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop – Elizabeth Griffin |
| 14:15-15:00 | Session 1: Overview of photographic spectra – Christopher Corbally, chair A non-technical introduction to spectroscopic plates - Wayne Osborn and Elizabeth Griffin |
| 15:00-15:10 | Break |
| 15:10-16:00 | Session 2: Value of astronomical photographic spectra - Stephen Levin, chair Summary of data derivable from spectra Examples of past research that relied on photographic spectra - Ancient Images and Spectra like SN1987A - Ian Shelton and Elizabeth Griffin - Earth's atmospheric ozone using early-B type stars - Elizabeth Griffin - Be stars program via BeSS database - Vincent Robert |
| 16:00-16:10 | Break |
| 16:10-17:00 | Session 2 (continued) Thoughts on future research - Using ADS for glass plate research - Jennifer Bartlett and Liz Kruesi - Portable camera-based digitizing systems (Toth, U Chicago) - Two possible uses of un-analyzed archived spectra - Wayne Osborn |
| Wednesday, October 21 | |
| 14:00-14:10 | Welcome and Introduction to Day 2 - Beatrice Bucciarelli, chair Topic: Considerations for handling astronomical spectral plates |
| 14:10-15:15 | Session 3: Similarities to and differences from direct plates Physical storage, metadata storage, digital image storage for archiving (Burns, Harvard) Capturing the metadata in logbooks and research notebooks to produce finding aids The complicating factors for spectroscopic plates (Osborn) Experiments on logbook capture using AI (Filloon, Yerkes) |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-15:45 | Spectroscopic plates around the world (Massinissa) |
| 15:45-17:00 | Session 4: Practical considerations for digitizing a spectral plate – Ian Shelton Scanner issues (technical specifications) Digitization issues (output format, resolution, use FITS?, etc.) Calibration issues: cautions, successes and failures |
| Thursday, October 22 | |
| 14:00-14:10 | Welcome and program for Day 3 |
| 14:10-15:30 | Small breakout groups based on special interests (no expertise needed) 1) Librarians, archivists, science historians (Group leaders Osborn, Kruesi, & Bartlett) Topics: plate storage, cataloguing, finding aids, logbook digitization 2) Objective Prism Plate Group (Group leaders Corbally and another) Topics: (in preparation) 3) Slit Spectra Group (Group Leaders Griffin and Levine) Topics: Structuring and organizing the finding aids; Which plates in a collection should have priority for cataloging and digitizing? 4) Laboratory Spectral Plates Group (Leaders Ward & Nave) Goals: What plates do we have? And Why do we care about them? How do we make them usable? What kind of uses do they have? |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-17:00 | Reports from the special interest groups with discussion |
| Friday, October 23 | |
| 14:00-14:10 | Welcome and program for Day 4 – Elizabeth Griffin, chair |
| 14:00-15:30 | Summary of points from daily discussions – Session chairs |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-17:00 | Adoption of recommendations Ways to standardize and move forward that are effective Towards an IAU Resolution |