First MicroFUN Workshop
Stardome Observatory
Auckland, New Zealand
2008 Dec 15-18
The First MicroFUN Workshop was hosted by the Stardome Observatory in
Auckland New Zealand 2008 December 15 thru 18, drawing together amateur
and professional astronomers to review the status of the MicroFUN
collaboration, plan for the future, and celebrate our successes over the
last few Bulge seasons.
Linked below are PDF files of the talks presented at the workshop.
Workshop pictures coming soon...
Monday, Dec 15
Session 1
- Introduction & Overview
- Grant Christie & Jennie McCormick (Auckland, NZ):
Welcome
- Andy Gould (OSU): Review of MicroFUN Planet Detections (2005-2008)
- Andy Gould (OSU): Event Selection
- Data Acquisition (1)
- Bill Allen (Blenheim, NZ): Vintage Lane Observatory
- Greg Bolt (Perth, AUS): Perth (Craigie) Observatory
- Grant Christie (Auckland, NZ): Auckland Observatory
Session 2
- Lightcurve Modeling (1)
- Scott Gaudi (OSU): Light Curve Phenomenology
- Cheongho Han (Chungbuk, Korea): Planet Lightcurve Characteristics
- Subo Dong (OSU): Robust Modeling of Single-Planet
Systems
- Data Acquisition (2)
- Chung-Uk Lee (KASI): Mt. Lemmon Robotic Telescope
- Gavin Milne (Auckland, NZ): Teaching Astronomy
at Secondary School Level
Tuesday, Dec 16
Session 3
- Data Reduction (1)
- Chung-Uk Lee (KASI): Data Analysis (DIA vs. ISIS)
- Subo Dong (OSU): Coordination
- Data Acquisition (3)
- Jennie McCormick (Auckland, NZ): Farm Cove Observatory
- David Moorhouse & Guy Thornley (Kumeu, NZ):
Kumeu Observatory
- Richard Pogge (OSU): CTIO/SMARTS
Session 4
- Other Work
- Tim Natusch (AUT, NZ): Radio Astronomy in NZ
- Auxiliary Information
- Andy Gould (OSU): Getting Other Parameters from Microlensing
- Subo Dong (OSU): High-Resolution Imaging with HST and VLT
- Lightcurve Modeling (2)
- Scott Gaudi (OSU): Multi-Planet Microlensing
Wednesday, Dec 17 - Excursion
Thursday, Dec 18
Session 5
- Data Reduction (2)
- Szymon Kozlowski (OSU): Difference Imaging Analysis
- Future of Microlensing Planet Searches
- Scott Gaudi (OSU): Next-Generation Microlensing Planet Searches from Space and Ground
- Byeong-Gon Park (KASI): The Korean Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet)
- Data Acquisition (4)
- John Drummond (Gisborne, NZ): Possum Observatory
- Marc Bos (Glenfield, NZ): Molehill Astronomical Observatory
- Grant Christie (Auckland, NZ): New Telescope in NZ