Winter Newsletter 2021 Vol. 5
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Have a Magical Holiday Season
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Best wishes from all of us at the Arecibo Observatory! May your holidays be filled with cheer, warm memories, and happiness.
- Arecibo Team
at the Florida Space Institute
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AO’s Big Data project wins HPCWire Readers’ Choice Award for Preservation of Observatory Data
The AO Big Data program, established in 2019, was designed to improve analysis and management of the rich AO dataset collected over the past 50+ years. + Read More
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AO Radio Astronomy Observations to Resume in January 2022 with the 12-m dish
AO’s 12-m radio telescope has completed commissioning and will begin regular observations in January 2022. More details and initial results: +Read More
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New Technology for LIDAR studies awarded through UCF’s Jump Start Fund
Through a Jump Start Award from UCF, the team will establish a world-class facility to implement innovative atmospheric-sensing technology in Puerto Rico.
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AO Callisto Solar Spectrometer Catches Intense Solar Flare
The Callisto Solar Radio Spectrometer that was recently installed at AO was monitoring the Sun when it captured the solar flare that was followed by a fast and wide coronal mass ejection on October 28, 2021.
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Be sure to check out the AO Booth, talks by AO scientists, the AO Plenary Sessions, and two AO Special Sessions:
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Commemorating the Legacy Telescope
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One Year After its Collapse
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"The Biggest Dream" - Documentary
The Biggest Dream debuted on December 1st at the Arecibo Observatory and
On December 2nd in 11 movie theaters across Puerto Rico. We are working to make the movie available globally. See the trailer and learn more about our efforts to bring this documentary to you: Share The Legacy
You can find the trailer here:
https://www.naic.edu/ao/movie
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The Arecibo Science Advocacy (ASAP) group organized a commemorative event for the community on December 1st, 2021 that included:
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Science and Discoveries at Arecibo Observatory
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The Joint Meeting of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society and the Astronomical Society of New York featured “Science and Discoveries at Arecibo Observatory”. + Read More
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Beating the Noise: Using New RFI mitigation techniques, the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory detect faint signals from cold molecular clouds + Read More
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Planetary Sciences Publications
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Space & Atmospheric Sciences Publications
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NASA’s first planetary defense demonstration, the DART mission, was launched on November 24th, 2021, to its target asteroid that had been extensively studied using Arecibo data: UCF Press Release
Education & Public Outreach
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AO Hispanic Heritage Month 2021
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Dr. Gebreab Zewdie Preeminent Postdoctoral Scholar
Space & Atmospheric Sciences Team
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Emanuel Rodriguez Software Engineer II Big Data Program
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