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Program
ESO, Garching, August 30 - September 8, 2006
All lectures are in the ESO Auditorium if not stated otherwise. The tutorial exercises and practical work is located in the Council Room.
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 |
| Wednesday, August 30 | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Welcome to the NEON school at ESO | Harald Kuntschner, Bruno Leibundgut |
| 10:00-10:45 | Optical imaging (PDF) | Richard Hook |
| 11:00-13:00 | Photometric techniques talk I + talk II (PDF_I) (PDF_II) | Sergio Ortolani |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Observing with modern Observatories (PDF) | Martino Romaniello |
| 15:00-15:30 | Setup of computing facilities, accounts etc. | Helpdesk |
| 15:45-16:30 | Distribution of research projects and tutor groups | Tutors |
| 16:45-17:30 | Tour of the ESO facilities | Jean-Loius Lizon |
| followed by a welcome drink | ||
| Thursday, August 31 | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Overview of VLT instrumentation (PDF) (60 MB!) | Alan Moorwood |
| 10:00-10:45 | Science with Multi-wavelength Archival Data (PDF) | Paolo Padovani |
| 11:00-12:30 | Practical work | All |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Friday, September 01 | ||
| 09:00-10:30 | Introduction to spectroscopic techniques (PDF) | Michel Dennefeld |
| 10:45-11:30 | Introduction to ALMA (PDF) | Tom Wilson |
| 11:30-12:30 | Practical work | All |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Saturday, September 02 | ||
| Free Morning | ||
| 13:00-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Sunday, September 03 | ||
| Full day off | ||
| Monday, September 04 | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Introduction to VLTI and first scientific results (PDF) | Andrea Richichi |
| Here is a good link to more information about interferometry. | ||
| 10:00-10:45 | Producing catalogues for multi-wavelength data (PDF) (Animation) | Mario Nonino |
| 11:00-12:30 | Practical exercise: Making a multi-wavelength catalogue | Mario Nonino |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Tuesday, September 05 | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Detectors in astronomy (only PDF) | Gert Finger |
| 10:00-12:30 | Practical work | All |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Submission of ESO proposals and Phase 2 | Harald Kuntschner |
| 14:15-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Wednesday, September 06 | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | History and future of telescopes (PDF) | Philippe Dierickx |
| 10:00-12:30 | Practical work | All |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Discussion of job possibilities in astronomy (PDF) | Harald Kuntschner |
| 14:15-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Thursday, September 07 | ||
| 09:00-12:30 | Practical work | All |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-18:00 | Practical work | All |
| Friday, September 08 | ||
| 09:00-12:30 | Presentation of the results | students |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | ||
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