Program
ESO, Garching, July 14-24, 2004
The purpose of the school is to provide the opportunity to gain practical experience in observational astrophysics via archival research, data-reduction and data-analysis, including virtual observatory tools. The research projects, centered on selected astrophysical topics, will be carried out in small groups (4 students) under the supervision of experienced astronomers, and complemented by lectures on general observational techniques and archival research for both ground and space based astronomy.
In the following we present an outline of the program; the power point presentations (where available) can be obtained by clicking on the title of the talks:
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Neon school at ESO | Harald Kuntschner |
| 10:00-11:00 | Optical imaging | Richard Hook |
| 11:00-12:00 | Photometric techniques I | Giampaolo Piotto |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Photometric techniques II | Giampaolo Piotto |
| 14:30-15:30 | Observing with modern Observatories | Benoit Pirenne |
| (Demonstration of Data Flow) | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Setup of computing facilities, accounts etc (30min) | Helpdesk |
| 16:00-16:30 | Presentation of the topics proposed by the tutors | Tutors |
| 16:30-17:30 | Tour of the ESO facilities (late afternoon) | Jean-Loius Lizon |
| followed by a welcome drink | ||
| Thursday 15 July | ||
| 9:00-11:00 | Spectroscopic techniques (45min + 45min) | Michel Dennefeld |
| (including introduction on spectroscopy, and | ||
| observing requirements) | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | ESO/HST archives | Alberto Micol |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Overview of VLT instrumentation | Alan Moorwood |
| 14:30-17:00 | Distribution of topics and groups | All |
| Preparation of proposals and "observations" | ||
| (first all together, than in groups) | ||
| Friday 16 July | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Science with Multiwavelength Archival Data | Paolo Padovani |
| 10:00-11:00 | Observing possibilities in Europe | Roland Gredel |
| 11:00-12:00 | Job possibilities in astronomy | Peter Shaver & Stephane Blondin |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30- | Practical work | All |
| Saturday 17 July | ||
| Free Morning | ||
| 13:00- | Practical work | All |
| Sunday 18 July | ||
| Full day off | ||
| Monday 19 July | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Moving towards the Virtual Observatory - Astrophysical Virtual Observatory Demo | Paolo Padovani |
| For AVO Demo instructions click here. | ||
| 10:00-12:30 | Practical exercise with archives | Benoit Pirenne & Alberto Micol |
| 12:30-14:00 | lunch | |
| 14:00- | Practical work | All |
| Tuesday 20 July | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Alma | Tom Wilson |
| 10:00-12:00 | Practical work | All |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Submission of proposals and Phase 2 | Harald Kuntschner |
| 14:30- | Practical work | All |
| Wednesday 21 July | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Introduction to VLTI and first scientific results | Andrea Richichi |
| Here is a good link to more information about interferometry. | ||
| 10:00-12:00 | Practical work | All |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30- | Practical work | All |
| Thursday 22 July | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | From Galileo to OWL: Telescopes of the past, present, and future (30 MB) | Philippe Dierickx |
| This link gives you access to the full ppt presentation (59 MB) | ||
| 10:00-12:00 | Practical work | All |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30- | Practical work | All |
| Friday 23 July | ||
| 09:00-12:00 | Presentation of the results | students |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch | |
| 13:30-16:00 | General discussion, feedback etc. | all |
For general questions about the NEON summer school at ESO please email neon04@eso.org.