ePESSTO(+) @ Tuorla 2019 Apr. 8-9
Venue: Tuorla Observatory (directions from Turku below)
Getting to Tuorla:
Taxi: Cost should be ~30 Eur. Get the hotel to call one.
Would suggest taking the bus from bus stop number 1684 ("Tuomiokirkkotori" directly opposite the cathedral) to bus stop number 6149 ("Tuorla").
All buses to Piikkiö will pass Tuorla: 702, 704, 705 etc.
Cost: 3 Eur each way (would advise having change; Euro notes < 20 only.
The journey takes about 20 min.
The series of pictures below show the path from the bus stop, up the hill to the observatory buildings.
Lunch:
Lunch on both days will be at the Tuorlan Majatalo.Cost: ~10Eur (inc. soup, salad buffet, and coffee)
This is the yellow building (in picture 1 above) that you will have passed while trudging up the hill from the bus stop.
Schedule:
Monday 8th: 10 -- 16:30
Morning session I chair: David O'Neill
10:00--10:05 Welcome & logistics (RK)
10:05--10:35 Cosimo -- ePESSTO+
10:35--11:00 Janet -- "TAT and GROND data release to ePESSTO"
11:00--11:15 Mark -- Templates from PESSTO
11:15--11:45 Coffee
Morning session 2 chair: Matt
11:45--12:05 Ken -- Update on Lasair
12:05--12:30 Claudia -- Type II SNe in low-luminosity hosts
12:30--12:55 Hanin -- CCSN nebular spectroscopy
12:55--13:00 Group photo in front of main bldg (weather permitting)
13:00--14:15 Lunch (Tuorlan Majatalo)
Afternoon session chair: Claudia
14:20--14:45 Morgan -- Miscellaneous interacting things
14:45--15:05 Leo -- PSNJ13+39, LSQ13zm, 2016ija, and friends
15:10--15:40 Coffee
15:40--16:05 Tom -- Update on 16gsd
16:05--16:30 Teppo -- The search for X-ray bright CCSN-progenitors
Tuesday 9th: 10:00 -- lunchtime
Morning session I chair: Mark
10:00--10:25 Nada -- Nuclear transients with Gaia and OGLE surveys
10:25--10:50 Mariusz -- Nuclear update & OGLE17jei
10:50--11:15 Matt -- The tidal disruption event AT2018lna
11:15--11:45 Coffee
Morning session II chair: Stefan
11:45--12:10 Peter -- Update on LSQ13ddu
12:10--12:35 Barnabás -- Abundance tomography of Type Iax SNe
12:35--13:00 Discussion / wrap up
13:00--14:20 Lunch
Attendees:
add your name here + length of stay + talk (yes/no/under duress) + Dinner (Mon.) + Dietary req.
1. Matti Hiihtomestari (UTU) 7-10 Yes Yes Vegetarian (Rubina Kotak)
2. Massimo Della Valle (INAF) 7-9 No
3. Mariusz Gromadzki (Warsaw) 7-9 Yes Yes
4. Matt Nicholl (Edinburgh) 7-10 Talk if needed!
5. Stefan Taubenberger (MPA) 7-10 Talk if needed Yes -
6. Janet Chen (MPE) 7-10 Yes Yes
7. Steven Williams (Lancaster) 7-10 No Yes Vegetarian
8. Barnabás Barna (Szeged) 7-10 Talk if needed Yes -
9. Cosimo Inserra (Cardiff) 7-10 Yes Yes
10. Shane Moran (UTU/NOT) 7-10 (Mini)talk if needed Yes Vegan
11. Nada Ihanec (Warsaw) 7-9 Talk Yes
12. Claudia P. Gutiérrez (Soton) 7-10 Yes Yes
13. Stephen Smartt (QUB) 8-10 No Train from Helsinki morning of 8th
14. Ken Smith (QUB) 7-9 If needed Yes -
15. Dave Young (QUB) 7-9 If needed Yes -
16. Morgan Fraser (UCD) 7-10 If needed Yes -
17. Seppo Mattila (UTU) No Yes -
18. Sergio Campana (INAF-Brera) 7-11 No Yes -
19. Marco Berton (UTU/FINCA) 8-10 No Yes -
20. Erkki Kankare (UTU) No Yes -
21. David O'Neill (QUB) 3-10 No Yes -
22. Mark Magee (TCD) 7-10 Quick update on templates - not full talk Yes
23. Tom Reynolds (UTU) Yes Yes Vegetarian
24. Jesper Sollerman (Stockholm) 7-8 No No No
25. Hanin Kuncarayakti (UTU) Under duress Yes No pork
26. Teppo Heikkilä (UTU) Yes Yes
27. Leo Tartaglia (Stockholm) Yes
Getting here:
Many paths lead to Turku.
Air:
i) Fly to TKU -- small airport, ~15min drive to the centre. Mostly served by SAS or Finnair. (Good bus connections 3 Eur; taxi ~ 30 Eur.)
ii) Fly to HEL (!) -- then get a connecting (~25min) flight to TKU, or take the train / bus (see below).
From the continent, many options to either HEL or ARN
From the island of Ireland: there are direct flights to HEL (with Norwegian)
Water:
~10.5h ferry ride from Stockholm (through the glorious archipelago -- highly recommended if you can spare the time).
https://www.directferries.com/stockholm_turku_ferry.htm
Land:
It is advisable to buy bus/train tickets beforehand. They are usually only valid for the time indicated (unless you’ve bought a flexi train tkt for an extra 5 Eur),
or depending on the whim of the bus driver.
Bus / Train: both take ~2hrs from Helsinki (airport) to Turku
Buses: https://www.matkahuolto.fi/en/
Trains: https://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage
Accommodation:
Lots to choose from. Inexhaustive list below.
Some university accommodation (rooms or studios) may also be available (4th link below.
If interested, get in touch as this will have to be booked by an UTU staff member).
http://www.centrohotel.com/en/
https://www.scandichotels.com/hotels/finland/turku/scandic-julia
https://www.omenahotels.com/en/
https://www.utu.fi/en/university/for-visitors/guestrooms
Tuorlan Majatalo: accommodation (with shared facilities) available at Tuorla observatory -- if interested, send an email to either
Erkki / Rubina.
There are also quite a few airbnb places in the area.
Social: see below (but don't worry, no communal saunas)
https://www.visitfinland.com/
Dinner on Monday 8th April
Viikinkiravintola Harald, Aurakatu 3
https://www.ravintolaharald.fi/turku/
** Tables booked for 19h. Please bring cash, we will arrange for copies of receipts for those who
need them. **
Noniin... tervetuloa Turkuun; välkommen till Åbo.