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ORM: Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory
WHT: William Herschel Telescope

Monday, 30 October 2023
Sea level
13:30Bus 1 departs from Hotel H10 Taburiente Playa for ORM Residencia (this bus is only for those staying overnight at the ORM Residencia)
13:30Bus 2 departs from Hotel Parador for ORM Visitor Centre, stopping in Los Cancajos and Santa Cruz de La Palma (this bus is only for those staying at sea level).
ORM Residencia
15:15Bus 1 departs for ORM Visitor Centre
ORM Visitor Centre
15:30Welcome
15:40Introducing WEAVE (Gavin Dalton)
16:05The WEAVE Survey (Scott Trager)
16:30WEAVE installation, commissioning and first results (Marc Balcells)
16:55Coffee
17:30Buses depart for the WHT
William Herschel Telescope
18:00Speech by representatives and inauguration
18:20Live concert: Renaissance of the William Herschel Telescope
18:45Group photograph
18:55Toast
19:00Watching the WEAVE positioner
20:00Bus 1 departs for ORM Residencia
20:00Bus 2 departs for Hotel Parador, stopping in Santa Cruz de La Palma and Los Cancajos
Sea level
21:45Bus 2 arrives in Hotel Parador
Only for those staying in ORM Residencia overnight
20:15Dinner
22:00Bus 3 departs for WHT
22:00Observations with WEAVE
23:00Bus 3 departs for ORM residencia
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
08:00Bus 4 departs for ORM Residencia
09:15ORM Residencia
09:30Isaac Newton Telescope
10:45Gran Telescopio Canarias
12:00Cherenkov Telescope Array (LST1)
13:15ORM Residencia
13:30Bus 4 departs for sea level
14:45Hotel H10 Taburiente Playa
15:00Airport


The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) operates the 4.2 metre William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and the 2.5 metre Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain. The ING is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC-UKRI) of the United Kingdom, the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) of the Netherlands, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain. IAC's contribution to ING is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.