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”. Aladin is compatible with Java releases from Java release 1.7 to the last one.

• TOPCAT: Download the topcat-full.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar topcat-full.jar”. TOPCAT is written in the Java language using the Java 2 Standard Edition version 8, and should run on any Java SE 8 or more recent system.

• VOSA: Web server. You don't need to install anything. We recommend to register in advance.

• STILTS: Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar stilts.jar”.

Day 1. Thursday 3 December (09:15h - 14:00h)

• 09:15 - 09:30 Reception of participants. Check that everything (zoom, slack, video, audio,...) is working well

• 09:30 - 09:35 Welcome (Belén López)

• 09:35 - 10:05 Introduction to VO and the School (Enrique Solano)

• 10:05 - 11:40 Tutorial #1: Discovery of Brown Dwarfs mining the 2MASS and SDSS databases (PDF)
  
  • 10:05 - 10:20 Presentation of the science case. Introduction to Aladin, TOPCAT and STILTS
  • 10:20 - 11:40 Hands-on activity by participants
  • VO-tools: Aladin, TOPCAT, Stilts
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Script_aladin,
    • Params
    • script_stilts.txt
  • Tutor: Miriam Cortés
  • Backup tutors: Belén López, Alba Aller

• 11:40 - 12:00 Break

• 12:00 - 12:45 Demo #1: Advanced Aladin (PDF).
  • Tutor: Miriam Cortés
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Examples
    • Guide

• 12:45 - 13:30 Demo #2: Advanced TOPCAT (PDF).
  • Tutor: Belén López

• 13:30 - 14:00 Everything you always wanted to know about VO but never dared to ask
  • Informal discussion on the tutorials, tools and other VO-related topics.

Day 2. Friday 4 December (09:15 - 13:30h)

• 09:15 - 09:30 Time to comment the most relevant discussions on Slack

• 09:30 - 11:05 Tutorial #2: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA (PDF)
  • 09:30 - 09:45 Presentation of the science case. Introduction to VOSA
  • 09:45 - 11:05 Hands-on activity by participants. Science cases I and II
  • VO-tools: VOSA
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Intro
    • vosa_usecase_final.txt
    • vosa_usecase_paper_final.txt
    • vosa_excess.txt
  • Tutor: Patricia Cruz
  • Backup tutors: Alba Aller, Miriam Cortés

• 11:05 - 11:25 Break

• 11:25 - 12:10 Demo #3: Advanced VOSA (PDF)
  • 11:25 - 11:40 Presentation
  • 11:40 - 12:10 Hands-on activity by participants. Science case III
  • VO-tools: VOSA
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Intro
    • vosa_extinction.txt
• • Tutor: Alba Aller
  • Backup tutors: Patricia Cruz, Miriam Cortés

• 12:10 - 12:55 Tutorial #3: ADQL (Intro, Tutorial)
  • Tutor: Francisco Jiménez
  • Backup tutors: Miriam Cortés, Enrique Solano

• 12:55 - 13:20 Feedback and open time for discussion (Enrique Solano)

• 13:20 - 13:30 Wrap-up (Enrique Solano)

• Test yourself with the following challenges!
  

• Bonus material:
  
  • Brown dwarfs case with ADQL (PDF)