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 (Linux users only) and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar Aladin.jar”. MacOS and Windows users: download the suitable files here. 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”. MacOS users: download the suitable file here. 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). All participants must register in advance.
  

• STILTS: Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar stilts.jar”. MacOS users may need to install JDK to be able to run STILTS.
  

Day 1. Wednesday 9 December (09:00 - 13:00h BRT)

• 09:00 - 09:15 Reception of participants. Check that everything (Zoom, Slack, video, audio,...) is working well

• 09:15 - 09:20 Welcome (Patricia Cruz)

• 09:20 - 09:50 Introduction to VO and to the School (Enrique Solano)

• 09:50 - 10:20 The Brazilian VO - Status and Challenges (Rafael Santos)

• 10:20 - 10:40 Break

• 10:40 - 12:40 Tutorial #1: Discovery of a brown dwarf using Aladin
  
  • 10:40 - 11:00 Introduction to Aladin. Presentation of the science case. (PDF)
  • 11:00 - 12:40 Hands-on activity by participants.
  • Tutorial:
    • PDF file
  • Auxiliary files:
    • Script_aladin
    • Params
  • Tutor: Miriam Cortés
  • Backup tutors: Belén López, Francisco Jiménez, Alba Aller

• 12:40 - 13:00 Open time for questions and discussion.
  

Day 2. Thursday 10 December (09:00 - 13:00h BRT)

• 09:00 - 09:15 Time to comment the most relevant discussions on Slack

• 09:15 - 11:10 Tutorial #2: Determination of the distance to the Pleiades cluster using TOPCAT
  • 09:15 - 09:35 Introduction to TOPCAT. Presentation of the science case. (PDF)
  • 09:35 - 11:10 Hands-on activity by participants.
  • Tutorial:
    • PDF file
  • Tutor: Belén López
  • Backup tutors: Francisco Jiménez, Miriam Cortés, Alba Aller

• 11:10 - 11:30 Break

• 11:30 - 12:40 Tutorial #3: How to use ADQL
  • 11:30 - 11:50 Introduction to ADQL. Presentation of the science case. (PDF)
  • 11:50 - 12:40 Hands-on activity by participants.
  • Tutorial:
    • PDF file
  • Tutor: Francisco Jiménez
  • Backup tutors: Miriam Cortés, Enrique Solano, Belén López

• 12:40 - 13:00 Open time for questions and discussion.

 Day 3. Friday 11 December (09:00 - 13:00h BRT)

• 09:00 - 09:15 Time to comment the most relevant discussions on Slack

• 09:15 - 11:10 Tutorial #4: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA
  • 09:15 - 09:35 Introduction to VOSA. Presentation of the science case. (PDF)
  • 09:35 - 11:10 Hands-on activity by participants.
  • Tutorial:
    • PDF file
  • Auxiliary files:
    
    • vosa_usecase_final.txt
    • vosa_usecase_paper_final.txt
    • vosa_excess.txt
    • vosa_extinction.txt
  • Tutor: Patricia Cruz
  • Backup tutors: Alba Aller, Miriam Cortés, Francisco Jiménez

• 11:10 - 11:30 Break

• 11:30 - 12:00 Everything you always wanted to know about VO but never dared to ask (Enrique Solano)
  • Informal discussion on the tutorials, tools and other VO-related topics (VO archives).

• 12:00 - 12:30 Feedback

• 12:30 - 12:45 Group picture and Wrap-up

• Test yourself with the following challenges!
  • Challenge #0: Repeat the search for brown dwarfs in 2MASS and SDSS described with Aladin using TOPCAT and STILTS (solutions here).
  • Challenges #1 to #5
    

• Bonus material:

The following tutorial is given as aditional material for those who want to learn more about ADQL.

• Identifying Brown Dwarf Candidates with ADQL (PDF)