Scientific Programme

Program Overview

Sunday, February 21 Friday, February 26 Tuesday, March 1
Monday, February 22 Saturday, February 27 Wednesday, March 2
Tuesday, February 23 Sunday/Monday, February 28/29 Thursday, March 3
Wednesday, February 24   Friday, March 4
Thursday, February 25   Saturday, March 5
Sunday, February 21
Arrival of the participants
Monday, February 22
08:30 - 09:00
 Registration
09:00 - 09:30 Introduction to the school (organisers)
09:30 - 10:30 Telescope optics (Alain Gilliotte)
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:30 Introduction to detectors (Alain Smette)
11:30 - 12:25 Basics of observations and data reduction: Imaging/photometry (Giacomo Beccari)
12:25 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Science with “small” telescopes (Joe Anderson/Jorge Lillo Box)
15:30 - 16:15 Basics of observations and data reduction: Spectroscopy (Michel Dennefeld)
16:15 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:15 Observing and data reduction with EFOSC (Linda Schmidtobreick)
17:15 - 18:00 Coordination meeting for group work (set-up of the groups)
Tuesday, February 23
09:15 - 10:00
 Basics of observation and data reductions in the NIR (Pascale Hibon)
10:00 - 10:45
 Observing and data reduction with SOFI (Kora Muzic)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45
 Advanced techniques: IFU’s (Fernando Selman)
The X3D pathway: A new avenue for the publication of multidimensional datasets (Frédéric P.A. Vogt)
12:00 - 12:45 Science with the VLT’s (Claudio Melo)
12:45 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 How to prepare a good presentation (TBD)
15:00 - 18:00
 Work in groups: discussing projects, preparing observations
Wednesday, February 24
09:15 - 10:00
 The E-ELT and its science case. Michele Cirasuolo via VC
10:00 - 10:50 Introduction to data reduction with  Reflex. Sabine Moehler
10:50 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 Introduction to Python for Astronomy. Ignacio Toledo
11:45 - 12:30 Telluric line corrections and molecfit. F. Selman and A. Smette
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Working in Projects (all tutors)
Thursday, February 25
Trip to La Silla
Friday, February 26
14:30 - 15:30
 Introduction to CCDs and CMOS detectors and its characterisation. Marco Bonati
15:30 - 15:45
 Coffee break
15:45 - 17:00
 Exercise characterising  EFOSC and SOFI detectors. M.Bonati and F. Selman
17:00 - ... Visit to telescopes. Working on projects
Saturday, February 27
14:30 - 15:30
 Introduction to the Danish 1.54m telescope (Honza Janik)
15:30 -
 Preparation of the projects, observations
Sunday / Monday, February 28 / 29
Observations and data reductions
Tuesday, March 1st
Return to Santiago
Wednesday, March 2nd
11:00 - 11:50
 Advanced techniques: Adaptive optics (Julien Girard)
11:50 - 12:40 Career advice: how to prepare a good proposal (Pierre Kervella)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - Data reductions and preparation of presentations
Thursday, March 3rd
09:30 - 10:15
 The cold universe seen by Alma (John Carpenter)
10:30 - Data reductions and preparation of presentations
Friday, March 4th
09:00 - 12:00
 Data reductions and preparation of presentations
12:00 - 13:00 Presentations (2 groups 1/2h each)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Presentations (3 groups, 1/2 h each)
16:00 - 16:15   Coffee break
16:15 - 17:00 Career advice, how to prepare a good application, job possibilities in Astronomy [Chile or elsewhere] (Claudio Melo, Henri Boffin, Michel Dennefeld)
17:00 - 17:30 General discussion
17:30 - 18:00 Break
18:00 - 20:00 Closing dinner
Saturday, March 5th
Returning home

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