Programme

It is important to have installed beforehand in your laptops the VO-tools to be used in the School, namely:

• ALADIN (Download the Aladin.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar Aladin.jar”)
• TOPCAT (Download the topcat-full.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar topcat-full.jar”)
• VOSA (Web server. You don't need to install anything)
• STILTS (Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar stilts.jar”)

Day 1. Thursday 24 May

• 10:00 - 10:25 Introduction to the VO and the school (Enrique Solano) (PDF)

• 10:25 - 12.10 Tutorial #1
  • Title:  Discovery of Brown Dwarfs mining the 2MASS and SDSS databases (PDF)
    
  • VO-tools: Aladin, TOPCAT
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Script,
    • Params,
    • script_stilts.txt
  • Tutor: Miriam Cortés

• 12:10 - 12:30 Coffee break

• 12:30 - 14:10 Tutorial #2
  
  • Title: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA (PDF)
    
  • VO-tools: VOSA
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Intro
    • vosa_usecase_final.txt
    • vosa_usecase_paper_final.txt
    • vosa_excess.txt
    • vosa_extinction.txt
  • Tutor: Enrique Solano

• 14:10 - 15.30 Lunch

• 15:30 - 17:15 Tutorial #3
  • Title: The CDS tutorial (PDF)
    
  • VO-tools: Simbad, Vizier, CDS services.
  • Tutor: Francisco Jiménez.

Day 2. Friday 25 May

• 10:00 - 10:45 Advanced Aladin (PDF)
  
  • Tutor: Enrique Solano
  • Auxiliary file: Guide

• 10:45 - 11:30 Advanced TOPCAT (PDF)
  
  • Tutor: Miriam Cortés

• 11:30 - 12:15 Advanced VOSA (PDF)
  • Tutor: Enrique Solano

• 12:15 - 12:35 Coffee-break

• 12:35 - 14:10 Tutorial #4
  • Title: ADQL (PDF)
    
  • Tutor: Enrique Solano

• 15:30 - 16:30 Support to participants' projects and specific questions.

• 16:30 - 17:00 Feedback and wrap-up