LoNNe intercomparison campaign at Observatorio UCM
By alex - Posted on June 7th, 2014
From the 17th to the 21st of July the UCM Observatory will welcome the intercomparison campaign Lønne network. This meeting is held every year to share techniques for measuring sky brightness. This time is done in the UCM Observatory and the LICA. Where participants can characterize their equipment and compare your measurements with those of other research groups.
No. of participants.: 9 Contact: alejasan@ucm.es
Tentative Schedule:
Day 17-7
10:00 Reception at Faculty of Physics.
10:30 Visit to the Infrastructures.
12:00 Presentation of the Light pollution studies at UCM.
13:00 Meal.
14:30 Measurements at LAB.
20:00 Dinner.
23:00 Measurements at Observatorio UCM and the city.
Day 18-7
11:30 Talks of the participants.
14:00 Meal
15:30 Discussion. Sky brightness measurements stantandarization
18:30 Evaluation of the measurements of the previous day.
20:00 Dinner.
23:00 Mesurments and travel to (Rural hostel) Avila.
Day 19-7
11:30 Discussion. Mapping light pollution
13:30 Meal
16:30 Evaluation of the measurements of the previous day.
18:30 Free time.
23:00 Measurements at a Dark place.
Day 20-7
10:30 Evaluation of the measurements of the previous day.
12:00 Travel to Madrid and Visit to the DSN station of Robledo de Chavela (http://www.mdscc.nasa.gov/) and the Arqueoastronomical site of "Los toros de Guisando"(http://www.iac.es/
15:00 End of the meeting.