program

Program

ESO, Garching, August 30 - September 8, 2006

All lectures are in the ESO Auditorium if not stated otherwise. The tutorial exercises and practical work is located in the Council Room.


In the following we present an outline of the program; the power point presentations (where available) can be obtained by clicking on the title of the talks:

 
Time Topic Speaker
 
 
Wednesday, August 30
 
 
09:00-10:00 Welcome to the NEON school at ESO Harald Kuntschner, Bruno Leibundgut
 
10:00-10:45 Optical imaging (PDF) Richard Hook
 
11:00-13:00 Photometric techniques talk I + talk II (PDF_I) (PDF_II) Sergio Ortolani
 
13:00-14:00 Lunch
 
14:00-14:45 Observing with modern Observatories (PDF) Martino Romaniello
 
15:00-15:30 Setup of computing facilities, accounts etc. Helpdesk
 
15:45-16:30 Distribution of research projects and tutor groups Tutors
 
16:45-17:30 Tour of the ESO facilities Jean-Loius Lizon
  followed by a welcome drink
 
 
Thursday, August 31
 
 
09:00-09:45 Overview of VLT instrumentation (PDF) (60 MB!) Alan Moorwood
10:00-10:45 Science with Multi-wavelength Archival Data (PDF) Paolo Padovani
11:00-12:30 Practical work All
 
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:00-18:00 Practical work All
 
 
Friday, September 01
 
09:00-10:30 Introduction to spectroscopic techniques (PDF) Michel Dennefeld
 
10:45-11:30 Introduction to ALMA (PDF) Tom Wilson
 
11:30-12:30 Practical work All
 
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30-18:00 Practical work All
 
 
Saturday, September 02
 
 
  Free Morning
 
13:00-18:00 Practical work All
 
 
Sunday, September 03
 
 
  Full day off
 
 
Monday, September 04
 
 
09:00-09:45 Introduction to VLTI and first scientific results (PDF) Andrea Richichi
  Here is a good link to more information about interferometry.  
 
10:00-10:45 Producing catalogues for multi-wavelength data (PDF) (Animation) Mario Nonino
 
11:00-12:30 Practical exercise: Making a multi-wavelength catalogue Mario Nonino
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30-18:00 Practical work All
 
 
Tuesday, September 05
 
09:00-09:45 Detectors in astronomy (only PDF) Gert Finger
 
10:00-12:30 Practical work All
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30-14:15 Submission of ESO proposals and Phase 2 Harald Kuntschner
14:15-18:00 Practical work All
 
Wednesday, September 06
 
09:00-09:45 History and future of telescopes (PDF) Philippe Dierickx
 
10:00-12:30 Practical work All
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30-14:15 Discussion of job possibilities in astronomy (PDF) Harald Kuntschner
 
14:15-18:00 Practical work All
Thursday, September 07
 
 
09:00-12:30 Practical work All
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30-18:00 Practical work All
 
 
Friday, September 08
 
 
09:00-12:30 Presentation of the results students
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
 
 
14:00-14:45