Dear all,

the meeting of the project "Stellar and exoplanet investigations in the context of the TESS and JWST space missions" was held from Monday 15 October to Tuesday 16 October, 2018.

www.tfai.vu.lt/tessjwst2018


Participants:

Vilius Bagdonas
Karsten Frank Brogaard
Arnas Drazdauskas
Yuriy Chorniy
Carolina von Essen (remotely)
Frank Grundahl
Rimvydas Janulis
Hans Kjeldsen
Šarūnas Miklolaitis
Renata Minkevičiūtė
Erika Pakštienė (remotely)
Edita Stonkutė
Gražina Tautvaišienė
Carlos Viscasillas Vasquez

 

 


Programme:

Sunday 14 October

20:00 Reception at restaurant SAULA. 27 minutes on foot from Ratonda hotel (see map), using trolleybus No 1 or 7 (see map). Also UBER or TAXIFY could be an option.

Monday 15 October

10:00 - Welcome and introduction of participants

10:30 -  Overview of the project "Stellar and exoplanet investigations in the context of the TESS and JWST space missions" - presenter Gražina Tautvaišienė 

11:00 - Ground-based spectroscopic stellar abundance determinations - moderator Gražina Tautvaišienė  

13:00 Lunch and visit to the Library

14:30 - Analysis of TESS time-series observations -  moderator Hans Kjeldsen

16:30 - Ground-based spectral time-series observations of stars - moderator Frank Grundahl

20:00 - Dinner

Tuesday 16 October

10:00 - visit to the Vilnius University Library

12:00 - Lunch

14:00  - Ground-based photometric time-series observations of stars - moderator Frank Grundahl

16:00 - Investigations of exoplanet atmospheres - moderator Šarūnas Mikolaitis

18:00 - Closing discussion

20:00 - Closing dinner

 

 




Venue:

The meeting will take place in the NATIONAL CENTRE OF PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (NFTMC).

Address: Saulėtekio av. 3, 10257 Vilnius, LITHUANIA.

See location on google maps: http://goo.gl/QQH1oX

 

Please, use trolley No 4 from the stop "Juozo Tumo-Vaižganto" to "Antakalnis" (tickets for 1.00 from the driver). Otherwise, please, use UBER or TAXIFY. These services are cheap in Vilnius.