Scientific Programme - La Silla Observing School 2027
Program Overview
| Monday, February 8th | ||
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| 09:30 - 10:15 |
Registration, Welcome + a brief history of ESO and La Silla (Elyar Sedaghati) [Chair: Sedaghati] |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 | Basic concepts of ground-based observing + Introduction to telescopes (TBD) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:45 |
Types of astronomical instruments (TBD) | pptx |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Introduction of the tutors and observing projects (5 min each) | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Students presentations: who you are, what you are doing (science, hobby, etc. - 2 min each) | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee break | |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | How to record and store astronomical data - detectors, FITS format (TBD) |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 | Introduction to Spectroscopy (Elyar Sedaghati) | pptx |
| Tuesday, February 9th | ||
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| 09:30 - 10:30 | Introduction to Imaging and Photometry (TBD) [Chair: TBD] | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Instruments on La Silla: HARPS+NIRPS @ 3.6m & EFOSC @ NTT (TBD) |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Introduction to ETC, P2 and OBs (TBD) | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Data reduction: basic concepts, with an introduction to ESO's archive & pipelines, as well as EDPS/esoreflex (Elyar Sedaghati; a practical session) [Chair: TBD] | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 |
Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Organization of project groups with tutors | |
| 16:10 - 17:00 | Write a successful proposal for your project - talk + practical session (TBD) | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Project work | |
| Thursday, February 11th | ||
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| 09:00 | Departure from the hotel to the La Silla Observatory | |
| 21:00 | Safety talk | |
| Wednesday, February 17th | ||
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Project work | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Project work | |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 - 18:30 |
Project work | |
| Thursday, February 18th | ||
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Careers in astronomy, including the ESO Studentship and Fellowships (TBD) [Chair: TBD] | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Introduction to Interferometry [a live demo from Paranal] (TBD) | pptx |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Introduction to radio astronomy and ALMA (TBD) | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Project work |
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| 16:00 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 - 18:30 |
Project work | |
| 19:00 | School Dinner | |
| Friday, February 19th | ||
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | The future: The ELT (Rob De Rosa) [Chair: TBD] | pptx |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Astronomy in Chile (TBD) | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Group Presentations: 1 (30 mins each) [Chair: Sedaghati]
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Presentations: Groups 2-4 (30 min each)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Discussion & Concluding Remarks | |
| 16:00 - |
Wine & Cheese in the ESO garden |
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