SARA Conference 2020 Sections Update and Initiatives

The SARA Conference 2020 Sections Update presents a detailed agenda focusing on the purpose, organization, volunteering opportunities, section coordinators, and collaboration with various organizations. The update emphasizes structuring SARA similar to other national and professional organizations, enhancing member involvement, and promoting projects like the Cas A Observation Project. Section coordinators play key roles in analytical, electronics, galactic, cosmology, outreach, solar system, stellar, and educational management. Volunteering opportunities include sharing knowledge, contributing to website content, creating observing guides, and more. The emphasis is on collaboration, knowledge sharing, and growth within the amateur astronomy community.

• SARA Conference
• Update
• Amateur Astronomy
• Volunteering
• Collaboration

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1. SARA Conference 2020 SARA Sections Update

2. SARA Sections Update 2020 Agenda Purpose of SARA Sections Organization of SARA Sections Volunteering Section Coordinators What s New? Suggested Projects 2

3. SARA Sections Update 2020 Purpose of SARA Sections Organize SARA like other national amateur organizations (e.g., AAVSO, ALPO) and professional organizations Sections more conducive to volunteering; database collection; strategic planning; posting of observation protocols; and personal member interests Helps maintain consistency and thoroughness throughout SARA website More member empowerment to create SARA s future Promote Cas A Observation Project and/with RASDR 3

4. SARA Sections Update 2020 Organization of SARA Sections Wikipedia Approach: Post Living Documents Management and Professionalism Guidelines Tools and Resources -Listserv -SARA Sections Team -Internet/Research -Observing Protocols; Data Templates; Strategic Plans Beginner s Tab: Under SARA Section Introduction Six SARA Sections organized by related topics of Interest (POCs Posted) 4

5. SARA Sections Update 2020 Volunteering Get Involved, Share knowledge, Learn, Work with Others Help research/populate Section webpages with information Create Observing Guides Develop/Update Data Collection Templates & Programming Promote Wikipedia Entry for SARA; write SARA Journal articles Assist with management and historic archive materials Participate in brainstorming meetings Offer Radio Telescope time and encourage partnership Review and interpret papers for amateurs 5

6. SARA Sections Update 2020 Section Coordinators Analytical Section: Stephen Tzikas Electronics and Instrumentation Section: Bogdan Vacaliuc Galactic and Cosmology Section: David Westman (Also Technical Queries) Outreach Section: Tom Crowley Solar System Section: Whitham D. Reeve (Also Journal Contributing Editor) Stellar Section: Skip Crilly Other: Jon Wallace s Education Section Management Section (Professionalism, Ethics, Administration) Several cooperating amateur organizations and universities 6

7. SARA Sections Update 2020 Analytical Section Suggested Projects: Mission Statements August 2, 2020: 20m Radio Telescope Demo and Pulsar Tutorial (Posted) Citizen Science Database for the Fading of Cassiopeia A (0.67 %/year in L-band) Cas A: Bright source for RASDR Evaluation of other potential targets: Tau A, Cyg A, Vir A, Rosette Nebula Volunteer Roles: Manuals, Templates, Database, RASDR Integration Green Bank Conference Account - Explore! (20m Account) Skynet Account (free UNC Course) - Your Personal Account! 7

8. SARA Sections Update 2020 Tutorials (Posted) 2019: Cas A Observation Program with flux measurement demo. 2020: Pulsar Observation Program explaining a prepfold plot of a pulsar. New Astronomical League Citizen Science Awards Radio Galaxy Zoo (galaxyzoo.org) Radio Meteor Zoo (zoouniverse.org) Solar Storm Watch II (zooniverse.org) 8

9. SARA Sections Update 2020 Object Description Link Daisy scan: typical strong source detection. Quasar 3C273 18720 M57 Daisy scan with no detection. 18766 Suggested Projects Continued Jupiter Daisy scan: faint, but detected. 18840 Daisy scan: detection of object plus another source. Eagle Nebula 18629 Examples of 20-meter Skynet projects Daisy scan: OH filter, beset with interference. Taurus A 18934 Cas-A RaLongMap example. 17570 http://www.gb.nrao.edu/20m/dataexamples.html RaLongMap example showing W3 plus other source in the Galactic Plane. W3 nebula area 16638 Hydrogen clouds spectrum. (HIRES mode) W3 nebula. 16438 Shows hydrogen nearby plus whats in M31. M31 - Andromeda galaxy. 16720 Shows hydrogen nearby plus whats in M31 - on/off observation. M31 - Andromeda galaxy. 17767 Shows hydrogen at 21 cm plus absorption by cloud of closer hydrogen. Galactic Center - Sgr-A 17760 Spectral Line map showing absorption in Hydrogen line Cas-A 18864 OH lines at 1665.4 and 1667.4 MHz in HIRES mode, on-off display. W3 nebula 19769 9

10. Contact Questions, Comments, Volunteering? Email SARA Section Analytical Section Coordinator Tzikas@alum.rpi.edu stephentzikas@gmail.com 10