12, 13 & 14 November 2019
NEF Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
Tools to download before the school
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”)
- TOPCAT (Download the topcat-full.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar topcat-full.jar”)
- VOSA (Web server. You don't need to install anything)
- STILTS (Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar stilts.jar”)
Program
# Tuesday 12
13:00 - 13.05 Welcome
13:05 - 13:30 Introduction to VO (E. Solano)
13:30 - 15:10 
Tutorial #1. Discovery of Brown Dwarfs from 2MASS and SDSS (E. Solano): 
params_aladin_bd.txt, script_aladin_bd.txt, script_stilts.txt
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:10 Tutorial #2. CDS tutorial (A. Nebot)
(This includes some showcases of pythons calls to VO services for those familiar with python coding and Web interfaces otherwise)
# Wednesday 13
09:00 - 10:40 Tutorial #3. VOSA & Clusterix (E. Solano) vosa_nice.txt vosa_usecase_final.txt vosa_excess.txt
(How to choose a stellar cluster, get photometry, fit SEDs, then isochrone in a few clicks)
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 Tutorial #4. Exploring gaia with TOPCAT and STILTS (A. Nebot) ( Tutorial #4 - Advanced)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 13:40 Tutorial #4 (cont'd). Exploring gaia with TOPCAT and STILTS (A. Nebot)
13:40 - 15:10 Tutorial #5. Advanced capabilities of VO tools: AQDL (A. Nebot, E. Solano)
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 Tutorial #6. Advanced Aladin (E. Solano)
# Thursday 14:
09:00 - 10:30 Tutorial #7. Advanced TOPCAT/STILTS (E. Solano)
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 - 11:30 Round-up and last questions
11:30 - 12:00 Feedback & wrap-up
Invited lecturers
- Ada Nebot (CDS Strasbourg)
- Enrique Solano (CAB Madrid)
Registration
Please register as early as possible to plan coffee breaks:
https://framadate.org/LBHbCRv5obvu3vkY
