Scientific Programme - La Silla Observing School 2025

Monday, February 10th  
09:30 - 10:15

Registration, Welcome + a brief history of ESO and La Silla (Florian Rodler)

 
10:15 - 11:00 Basic concepts of ground-based observing + Introduction to telescopes (Ana Maria Jimenez Gallardo)
 
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:45
Types of astronomical instruments (Eleonora Sani)
 
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:30 Introduction of the tutors and observing projects (5 min each)  
14:30 - 15:15 Students presentations: who you are, what you are doing (science, hobby, etc. - 2 min each)  
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break  
15:45 - 16:30 How to record and store astronomical data - detectors, FITS format  
16:30 - 17:30 Introduction to Spectroscopy (Luca Sbordone)  

Tuesday, February 11th  
09:30 - 10:30 Introduction to Imaging and Photometry (Jonathan Smoker)  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:00 Instruments on La Silla: EFOSC @ NTT, with an introduction to ETC, P2 and OBs (Linda Schmidtobreick)
 
12:00 - 12:45 Instruments on La Silla: HARPS+NIRPS @ 3.6m (Gaspare Lo Curto / Emanuela Pompei)
 
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:45 Data reduction: basic concepts, with an introduction to ESO's archive & pipelines (Michaël Marsset)
 
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee break  
16:00 - 18:30
Project work  
     
18:30 BBQ in the garden of ESO Vitacura
 
Wednesday, February 12th
 
09:00

Departure from the hotel to the La Silla Observatory

 
21:00 Safety talk  
Thursday, February 13th  
15:00 - Preparation of the Observations
 
Friday-Sunday, February 14th-16th
Observations
Monday, February 17th  
11:30 - 13:30 Data reduction, taking pending calibrations
 
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch  
14:30 - 15:45 Project work  
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee break  
16:00 - 18:30
Project work  
Tuesday, February 18th
10:30 Departure from the La Silla Observatory
Wednesday, February 19th  
10:00 - 11:00 The art of scientific writing: How to write a good proposal  
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break  
11:15 - 12:00 How to give a good presentation
 
12:00 - 13:00 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Astronomy: Talk & Discussion  
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:45 Project work  
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee break  
16:00 - 18:30
Project work  
Thursday, February 20th  
10:00 - 11:00 The Job Application
 
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break  
11:15 - 12:00 The Job Interview
 
12:00 - 13:00 TBD
 
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:45 Project work
 
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee break  
16:00 - 18:30
Project work  
Friday, February 21th  
10:00 - 11:00 The future: The ELT (Michele Cirasuolo)  
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break  
11:15 - 12:00 Introduction to Interferometry (Claudia Paladini)  
12:00 - 13:00 Astronomy in Chile (Evelyn Johnston)  
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:30 Presentations: Groups 1-3  
15:30 - 15:45
Coffee break  
15:45 - 16:45
Presentations: Groups 4+5
 
16:45 - 17:00
Concluding remarks    
     
17:00 Wine & Cheese in the garden of ESO Vitacura
 

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