Programme

• Links of interest:

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

1. ALADIN (Download the aladin.jar file and execute it from a terminal using "java -jar aladin.jar") 

2. TOPCAT (Download the topcat-full.jar file and execute it from a terminal using "java -jar topcat-full.jar")

3. VOSpec (Download the VOSpec_6.6.jar file and execute it from a terminal using "java -jar VOSpec_6.6.jar")

4. VOSA (Web server)

5. STITLS (Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using "java -jar stilts.jar")

6. SPLAT (Download the installer version and execute the jar file using "java -jar splat-vo.jar")

• Programme:

Day 1. Tuesday Nov 25, 2014

•  10:00 - 10:45 Introduction

  • 10:00 - 10:45 Welcome. Introduction to the Virtual Observatory and the school (Enrique Solano)

•  10:45 - 11:30 Tutorial #1 (1h45m).

  • Title: Discovery of Brown Dwarfs mining 2MASS and SDSS

  • VO-tools: TOPCAT, STILTS, ALADN

  • Tutor: Miriam Aberasturi

•  11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break

•  12:00 - 13:00 Tutorial #1 (cont.)

•  13:00 - 13:30 Tutorial #2 (1h45m)

  • Title: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA

  • VO-tools: VOSA

  • Tutor: Enrique Solano

•  13:30 - 15:00 LUNCH

•  15:00 - 16:15 Tutorial #2 (cont.)
  

•  16:15 - 17:00 Tutorial #3 (1h45m)

  • Title: Classifying the SEDs of Herbig Ae/Be stars

  • VO-tools: VOSpec / SPLAT

  • Tutor: Francisco Jiménez

•  17:00 - 17:30 Coffee break

•  17:30 - 18:30 Tutorial #3 (cont.)

 

Day 2. Wednesday Nov 26, 2014

• 10:00 - 11:00 Aladin / TOPCAT Advanced features (E. Solano)

•  11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

• 11:30 - 12:30 Treasure Hunt (E. Solano, F. Jiménez, M. Aberasturi)

•  12:30 - 13:30 Participant's projects

•  13:30 - 15:00 LUNCH

• 15:00 - 16:00 Participant's projects

•  16:00 - 17:00 Project presentations  

•  17:00 - 17:30 Feedback session and wrap-up.

17:30 END OF THE SCHOOL