Observatoire de Haute-Provence
2-14 October 2022
During this two week school you will plan observation, observe with professional 1-2 metre telescopes, and reduce and analyse data. All this will be done with a help of an experienced tutor. The school also includes lectures on topics related to telescopes and observing techniques.
The school is primarily meant for PhD students in Astronomy, who do not have prior experience in observing with professional 1-2 metre class telescopes. MSc students in the late stages of their thesis work, and young PostDocs who do not have observing experience, can also be considered.
If you are interested in hands-on observing experience, and learning all the steps from planning the observations to reducing the data, this school is perfect for you.
Sunday October 2 | |
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Arrival at the observatory | |
Monday October 3 | |
09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome and practical information (Korhonen) |
09:15 - 10:45 | Lecture: Telescope optics (Steele) |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break |
11:15 - 12:45 | Lecture: Observing techniques - photometry (Korhonen) |
12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 16:00 | Site visit |
16:00 - 17:00 | Introduction of the students, teachers, and projects |
17:00 - 19:00 | First group meeting |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Tuesday October 4 | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Group work: planning observations |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 16:00 | Lecture: Observing techniques - spectroscopy (Dennefeld) |
16:00 - 18:30 | Group work: planning observations |
18:30 - | Dinner |
19:30 - | 1st observing night |
Wednesday October 5 | |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 16:00 | Group work: planning observations |
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture: Astronomical detectors (Amico) |
17:30 - 18:30 | Group work: planning observations |
18:30 - | Dinner |
19:30 - | 2nd observing night |
Thursday October 6 | |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 15:30 | Group work: planning observations |
15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture: Introduction to Adaptive Optics (Amico) |
17:00 - 18:30 | Group work: planning observations |
18:30 - | Dinner |
19:30 - | 3rd observing night |
Friday October 7 | |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 18:30 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
18:30 - 19:30 | Dinner |
19:30 - 20:30 | Talk: Dark and quiet sky protection (Józsa) |
Saturday October 8 | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | 14:30 - 19:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Sunday October 9 | |
Free day | |
Monday October 10 | |
09:00 - 13:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 16:00 | Lecture: Introduction to radio astronomy (McKean) |
16:00 - 19:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Tuesday October 11 | |
09:00 - 11:30 | Group work: reducing and analysing data | 11:30 - 13:00 | Discussion: Proposal writing (Korhonen) |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 19:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Wednesday October 12 | |
09:00 - 11:30 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
11:30 - 13:00 | Discussion: Careers in science (Korhonen) |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 19:00 | Group work: reducing and analysing data |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Thursday October 13 | |
09:00 - 11:30 | Group work: presentation preparation | 11:30 - 13:00 | Introduction to optical/infrared interferometry (Merand) |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 19:00 | Group work: presentation preparation |
19:00 - | Dinner |
Friday October 14 | |
09:00 - 09:30 | Group presentation 1 |
09:30 - 10:00 | Group presentation 2 |
10:00 - 10:30 | Group presentation 3 |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 11:30 | Group presentation 4 |
11:30 - 12:00 | Group presentation 5 |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
13:30 | Leaving the observatory |
Tutors |
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Charlotte Angus, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Topic: Supernovae |
Camilla Juul Hansen, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Topic: Stellar abundances |
Jyri Lehtinen, University of Helsinki, Finland, Topic: Stellar activity |
Tapio Pursimo, Nordic Optical Telescope, Spain, Topic: Extra-galactic astrophysics |
Christina Thöne, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, Topic: Transient astrophysics |
Lecturers |
Paola Amico, European Southern Observatory, Germany |
Michel Dennefeld, Institut Astrophysique de Paris, France |
Gyula I. G. Józsa, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany |
Heidi Korhonen, European Southern Observatory, Chile |
John McKean, ASTRON and University of Groningen, the Netherlands |
Antoine Mérand, European Southern Observatory, Germany |
Iain Steele, Liverpool John Moores University, the UK |