1st ESO-EAAE Astronomy Summer School
Programme
Please note that this programme is subject to change.
| Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | ||||||
| Group A/B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Registration (Auditorium entrance area) |
Workshop 8 Study of the Sun rotation (Council Room) | Workshop 6 Observations with a pinhole camera (Auditorium) |
Workshop 3 Experiments and exercises involving gravitational lenses (Council Room) | Workshop 1 Changes in the sky - digitally (Auditorium) |
Workshop 5 Let's make a portrait of a galaxy (Council Room) | Workshop 3 Experiments and exercises involving gravitational lenses (Auditorium) |
General working group 1 Teaching astronomy in European schools: the best and the worst (Auditorium) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Welcome Introduction (Auditorium) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break (Council Room) | |||||||||
| 11:30 - 12:30 | General lecture 1 The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) (Auditorium) |
General lecture 2 The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) (Auditorium) |
Poster session (Council Room) |
General working group 2 ESO's Educational Programmes (Auditorium) |
General lecture 3 Supernovae: the exploding stars (Auditorium) |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch (IPP Kantine) | Lunch (Council Room) | Visit to Deutsches Museum | Lunch (IPP Kantine) | ||||||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Workshop 6 Observations with a pinhole camera (Council Room) | Workshop 8 Study of the Sun rotation (Auditorium) |
Workshop 9 What makes a star so special (Council Room) | Workshop 7 Parallax - it's simple (Auditorium) |
Workshop 4 From the Armillary Sphere to the Astrolabe (Council Room) | Workshop 2 Eta Carinae - reconstruction of a major astronomical event (Auditorium) |
Workshop 2 Eta Carinae - reconstruction of a major astronomical event (Council Room) | Workshop 4 From the Armillary Sphere to the Astrolabe (Auditorium) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break (Council Room) | Break (Council Room) | ||||||||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Workshop 10 Preparing observations (Council Room or Room L130) |
Workshop 1 Changes in the sky - digitally (Council Room) | Workshop 9 What makes a star so special (Auditorium) |
Workshop 7 Parallax - it's simple (Council Room) | Workshop 5 Let's make a portrait of a galaxy (Auditorium) |
General lecture 4 At a Crossroads: thoughts about science education in Europe (Auditorium) |
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| 16:00 - 17:00 | Closing Session (Auditorium) |
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| Evening | 17:30 - 19:00 Welcome reception (Auditorium entrance area) |
20:00 - 21:00 Video link with Paranal (Council Room) 21:00 - AGAPE observing |
17:00 - Coach to hotels 18:30 - Coach to Ismaning 19:00 - 23:00 Conference dinner (Gasthof zur Mühle, Ismaning) 22:30 - Coach to hotels |
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List of sessions
General lectures
- The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT); Roberto Gilmozzi, ESO
- The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA); Paola Andreani, ESO
- Supernovae: the exploding stars; Ferdinando Patat, ESO
- At a Crossroads: thoughts about science education in Europe; Claus Madsen, ESO
General working groups
- Teaching astronomy in European schools: the best and the worst; Rosa M. Ros and Ilgonis Vilks, EAAE Spain and Latvia
- ESO's Educational Programmes; Douglas Pierce-Price, ESO
Workshops
- Changes in the sky - digitally; Sakari Ekko, EAAE Finland
- Eta Carinae - reconstruction of a major astronomical event; Ilgonis Vilks and Alexandre Costa, EAAE Latvia and Portugal
- Experiments and exercises involving gravitational lenses; Rosa M. Ros, EAAE Spain
- From the Armillary Sphere to the Astrolabe; Renelle Takvorian, EAAE France
- Let's make a portrait of a galaxy; Veselka Radeva, EAAE Bulgaria
- Observations with a pinhole camera; Sakari Ekko, EAAE Finland
- Parallax - it's simple; Ilgonis Vilks and Alexandre Costa, EAAE Latvia and Portugal
- Study of the Sun rotation; Renelle Takvorian, EAAE France
- What makes a star so special; Veselka Radeva, EAAE Bulgaria
- Preparing observations; EAAE instructors