Scientific Programme

Monday, February 12th  
09:30 - 10:00

Registration, Welcome + a brief history of ESO and La Silla (Florian Rodler)

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10:00 - 11:00 Basic concepts of ground-based observing, telescopes and types of instruments (Eleonora Sani)
 
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:00
Astronomical instruments at ESO (Eleonora Sani)  
12:00 - 13:00 Imaging / Photometry: basic concepts of observing techniques, calibrations (Jonathan Smoker)
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13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:00

Introduction to astronomical detectors (Nicolas Haddad)

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15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 - 17:00 Students presentations: who you are, what you are doing (science, hobby, etc. - 3 min each)  

Tuesday, February 13th  
09:30 - 10:30 Spectroscopy: introduction, observations, calibrations (Luca Sbordone) pdf
10:30 - 11:00 Introduction to interferometry at ESO (Claudia Paladini) pdf
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:15 Science at ESO: The Alchemists - how the stars made the periodic table (Luca Sbordone) pdf
12:15 - 13:00 Observing and data reduction with HARPS+NIRPS at the 3.6m (Gaspare LoCurto / Emanuela Pompei) pdf
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:00 Introduction to Python for Astronomy (Michaël Marsset)  
15:00 - 15:30 Coordination meeting for group work (set-up of the groups)  
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break  
16:00 -   Project work  
Wednesday, February 14th
 
09:30 - 10:15

Astronomical archives and related tools: a world to discover (Magda Arnaboldi, from Garching)

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10:15 - 11:00 The art of scientific writing: proposals - from the idea to submission (Claudia Paladini) pdf
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:00 ESO specific observations preparation tools and concepts: ETC, P2 (Francesca Lucertini) pdf
12:00 - 13:00 Instrument pipelines: what are they and how to correctly use them (Faviola Molina) pdf
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 Observing and data reduction with NTT / EFOSC (Linda Schmidtobreick)
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14:45 - 15:30

Science at ESO: Exoplanets and their atmospheres (Elyar Sedaghati)

Online material: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tgUVwGfUZZ0OFBcgx1y3BaZv-Zs35SDI?usp=sharing

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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 -
Project work  
Thursday, February 15th  
09:30 - 10:00 How to make a good presentation (Itziar de Gregorio Monsalvo)
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10:00 - 11:00 Diversity, inclusion and bias in astronomy (Belén Alcalde) pdf
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:15  Science at ESO: Extragalactic surveys (Boris Häußler) pdf
12:15 - 13:00 Science at ESO: Blue Straggler Stars in Open Clusters (Maria Jose Rain) pdf
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 Science at ESO: AGNs (Marco Berton) pdf
14:45 - 15:30

Astronomy in Chile (Evelyn Johnston)

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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 18:30
Project work  
     
18:30 Banquet in the garden at ESO Vitacura
 
Friday, February 16th
9:30   Departure from the hotel to the La Silla Observatory
21:00  Safety talk
Saturday, February 17th
14:30 - 16:30 Preparation of the projects and observations
16:15 - 17:00 How to observe with the MPG 2.2m telescopes (Roland Gredel)
17:00 Visit of the 2.2m telescope
21:00 - Project work
Sunday-Tuesday, February 18th-20th
Observations, data analysis
Sunday 16:00: Visit of the telescopes 3.6 and NTT
Wednesday, February 21st
14:00 Departure from La Silla to Santiago
Thursday, February 22nd
11:30 - 13:00 Data analysis, preparation of presentations
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:45 Data analysis, preparation of presentations
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 -
Data analysis, preparation of presentations
Friday, February 23rd
11:30 - 13:00 Career advice: Job application and interview (Evelyn Johnston and Florian Rodler) - pdf
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Presentations of groups 1-3 (30 min each)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00
Presentations of groups 4-5 (30 min each)
17:00 Concluding remarks, then
Wine & Cheese

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ESO acknowledges the support from the MPIA for giving three nights of the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope time to the summer school.