ASTERICS Wiki pages

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 -Xmx2048m -jar Aladin.jar”). Official version: v10
• TOPCAT (Download the topcat-full.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar topcat-full.jar”). Official version: v4.6-1
  • See detailed instructions under http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/
• STILTS (Download the stilts.jar file and execute it from a terminal using “java -jar stilts.jar”). Official version: v3.1-4
  • See detailed instructions under http://www.starlink.ac.uk/stilts/
• VOSA (Web server. You don't need to install anything). Official version: v6.0

• Java 1.8 or a later version has to be installed on your system. To check the Java installation from a terminal, type the command line: java -version

You can download the latest JRE version from: https://www.java.com/en/download/

Tuesday 20

• 09:00 Registration
• 09:30 - 10:30 Introductory talks
  • 09:30 - 09:35 - Welcome & logistics (Ada Nebot)
  • 09:35 - 09:50 - Observatory of Strasbourg (Pierre-Alain Duc)
  • 09:50 - 10:05 - The ASTERICS project (Mark Allen)
  • 10:05 - 10:30 - Introduction to the VO and the school (Ada Nebot)

• 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

• 11:00 - 12:45 Tutorial #1 (1h45m).
  • Title: The CDS tutorial.
  • VO-tools: Simbad, VizieR, Aladin
  • Tutor: K. Lutz + A. Nebot (group 1) / S. Derriere + T. Boch (group 2)

• 12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH

• 14:00 - 15:45 Tutorial #2 (1h45m)
  • Title: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA
  • Introduction to VOSA and the science case
  • VO-tools: VOSA, TOPCAT
  • Tutor: F. Jiménez + A. Nebot (group 1) / M. Cortés + G. Greco (group 2)

• 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break

• 16:00 - 18:00 Tutorial #3 (2h00m)
  • Title: Accessing and cross matching of big data sets with ADQL
  • VO-tools: TOPCAT (TAP/ADQL)
  • Tutor: H. Heinl + M. Taylor (group 1) / M. Demleitner + S. Derriere (group 2)

Wednesday 21

• 09:00 - 10:45 Tutorial #4 (group 1) / Tutorial #5 (group 2) (1h45m).
• Tutorial #4
  • Title: Exploring Gaia data with TOPCAT and STILTS
  • VO-tools: TOPCAT, STILTS
  • Tutor: M. Taylor + H. Heinl (group 1)
• Tutorial #5
  • Title: Electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational-wave events
  • VO-tools: Aladin, TOPCAT, GWsky
  • Tutor: G. Greco + C. Bot (group 2)

• 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

• 11:15 - 13:00 Tutorial #5 (group 1) / Tutorial #4 (group 2)(1h45m)
• Tutorial #5
  • Title: Electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational-wave events
  • VO-tools: Aladin, TOPCAT, GWsky
  • Tutor: G. Greco + C. Bot (group 1)

• Tutorial #4
  • Title: Exploring Gaia data with TOPCAT and STILTS
  • VO-tools: TOPCAT, STILTS
  • Tutor: M. Taylor + H. Heinl (group 2)

• 13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

• 14:00 - 16:00 Tutorial #6 (2h00m)
  • Title: Advanced usage of HiPS & MOCs
  • VO-tools:
  • Tutor: S. Derriere + K. Lutz (group 1) / C. Bot + T. Boch (group 2)

• 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

• 16:30 - 17:30 Treasure Hunt (1h)

Thursday 22

• 09:00 - 10:45 Participants project

• 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

• 11:15 - 13:00 Participants project (cont.)

• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

• 14:00 - 15:45 Participants project (cont.)

• 15:45 - 16:15 Feedback

• 16:15 - 16:30 Wrap-up