Juno Ground-Based Support from Amateurs: Science and Public Impact

The science program runs from early morning on May 12 and ends after lunch time on May 13. A bus will leave the observatory on May 13 at 14:30.

Goals of this workshop:

Agenda

Accomodation Information

Hotel Kyriad Nice Port

6 rue Emmanuel Philibert, 06300 Nice

Campanile Hotel Nice Centre Acropolis

58 Boulevard Risso, 06300 Nice,

Adagio - appart’ hotel (typically around 90 €), 42 bd Risso, 06300 Nice - Tel : 04 92 27 82 00

Local Maps

Local transportation: Arriving at Nice airport: You can take the 98 bus in Nice airport towards Promenade des Arts. That bus will take you close to the hotels area. The last stop "Promenade des Art" which is very close to the hotels area. The same bus can be taken to go back to the airport at the station "Lycée Masséna" in Avenue Félix Faure. See the upper left map for further information. See also Airport Bus 98 Schedules. and further information

The Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur has kindly provided a budget to secure transportation from the city to the observatory and return both days. A bus signaled "Transports Brema" will leave Riquier, Place Blanqui (the "B" symbol in the first map) at 8:30 both mornings. The bus will return to the city departing the observatory at 18:30 the first day and at 14:30 (after lunch at the observatory) the second day.

People arriving late or requiring another transport may use the public bus service. The "B" symbol in the first map signals Riquier (place Blanqui) where you can take the bus number 84 (direction Beaulieu Baie des Fourmis) that goes up to the observatory. However this is not recommended since the public bus is small and may not cover all participants. If you need to use the public bus 84 you can check its schedules in this document.

If you are staying in other city areas you can get close to Riquier by using the Tramway. See: Information about Nice's tramway in English.

Lunch at the Observatory: Lunches will be given at the observatory canteen both days. Participants will have to pay an unexpensive ticket. If you have any dietary constrain or if you are vegetarian please contact the organization (Ricardo Hueso). If you have an early return flight on Friday 13 and can not attend the lunch that day please also contact the organization to make the proper booking at the observatory.

Acknowledgements: This workshop is supported by Europlanet 2020 RI Work Package NA1 - Innovation through Science Networking, Task 5. The EU-project Europlanet 2020 RI has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654208. Additional support from the Planetary Space Weather Service from Europlanet 2020 and the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur is also acknowledged.

Outline: From July 2016, the NASA spacecraft Juno will explore Jupiter's inner structure from a series of long elliptical orbits with close flybies of the planet. To understand the atmospheric dynamics of the planet at the time of Juno, NASA has requested the collaboration of amateur astronomers observing the Giant Planet. The collaborative effort between Juno and amateurs is linked to the visual camera onboard Juno: JunoCam. Juno opens an exciting opportunity for amateurs to provide an unique dataset that will be used to plan the high-resolution observations from JunoCam and that will advance our knowledge of the atmospheric dynamics of the Giant planet Jupiter. An invitation only workshop is organized at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur for European amateur astronomers. Funding support is provided from Europlanet 2020-RI, an european research infrastructure. Our goals are to discuss the amateur contribution to Juno in particular and to Jovian atmospheric sciences in general. Prominent amateur astronomers from different countries in Europe will assist this meeting as well as some professional astronomers involved in Juno and Jupiter research.
Invited amateurs will get refunded from their travel, hotel and workshop costs. Important note: Please read the Reimbursement Rules. In particular, take into account that dayly allowance and overnight allowance are limited to 24.90€ and 91.50€ respectively.
Although this workshop is available by invitation only the sessions will be recorded and make openly available through the internet to interested amateurs.
Science Organizing Comitte (SOC): Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU, Spain) Marc Delcroix (Société Astronomique de France) François Colas (IMCCE – Pic du Midi) John Rogers (British Astronomical Association, UK) Glenn S. Orton (JPL, USA) Manuel Scherf (Europlanet representative, Austria) Kargl Günter (Europlanet representative, Austria) Local Organizing Committee (LOC): Paolo Tanga (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) Ricardo Hueso (formerly at Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)

Juno Ground-Based Support from Amateurs: Science and Public Impact An international amateur workshop supported by Europlanet 2020-RI

Goals of this workshop:

Agenda

Juno Ground-Based Support from Amateurs: Science and Public Impact
An international amateur workshop supported by Europlanet 2020-RI