Programme
The main emphasis of the school is on practical observations. The students will be divided into groups of four who will, with the help of an experienced tutor, plan and carry out astronomical observations. These observations are then reduced and analysed. During the last day of the school each group will present their work to the others.
Programme for the 2018 NEON Observing School
Sunday September 9
17:00 Bus from Venice airport to Asiago
18:30 Bus from Vicenza train station to Asiago
~20:00 Arrival in Asiago
~20:30 -> Dinner
Monday September 10
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and practical information
09:15 - 10:45 Telescope optics (Roberto Ragazzoni)
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Observing techniques - photometry (Giampaolo Piotto)
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 15:30 Site visit Pennar
15:30 - 16:30 Introduction of the students, teachers, and projects
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 19:00 First group meeting
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
Tuesday September 11
09:00 - 10:30 Observing techniques - spectroscopy (Heidi Korhonen)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Astronomical detectors (Paola Amico)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:00 - 16:00 Site visit Ekar
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00 Group work, planning observations
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 1 with 1.22m telescope
Wednesday September 12
11:00 - 12:30 Group work, planning observations
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 16:00 Introduction to Adaptive Optics (Paola Amico)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00 Group work, planning observations
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 2 with all the three telescopes
Thursday September 13
11:00 - 19:00 Planning observations, reducing data
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 16:00 Observing techniques - infra-red (Jochen Heidt)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 3 with all the telescopes
Friday September 14
11:00 - 19:00 Planning observations, reducing data
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 4 with all the telescopes
Saturday September 15
11:00 - 16:00 Planning observations, reducing data
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
16:00 - 19:30 Free afternoon
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 5 with all the telescopes
Sunday September 16
11:00 - 19:00 Free programme
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 6 with all the telescopes
Monday September 17
11:00 - 19:00 Planning observations, reducing data
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 15:30 Time domain astronomy (Valentin Ivanov)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 - 05:00 Observing night 7 with all the telescopes
Tuesday September 18
11:00 - 19:00 Data reduction and analysis
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 16:00 Introduction to MAGIC (Elisa Prandini)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
21:00 -> Remote observations with MAGIC (with Elisa Prandini and Luca Foffano)
Wednesday September 19
10:00 - 19:00 Data reduction and analysis
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 15:30 Writing observing time proposals (Heidt & Korhonen)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
Thursday September 20
10:00 - 19:00 Data analysis, presentation preparation
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Pennar Hotel
14:30 - 15:30 Career discussion (lead by Korhonen)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Pennar Hotel
Friday September 21
11:30 - 12:00 Group presentation 1
12:00 - 12:30 Group presentation 2
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Hotel Pennar
14:30 - 15:00 Group presentation 3
15:00 - 15:30 Group presentation 4
15:30 - 15:45 Concluding remarks (Korhonen)
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner in Hotel Pennar
Saturday September 22
09:30 Departure from Asiago
~11:00 arrival at the Vicenza train station
~12:30 arrival at the Venice airport
Teachers
- Paola Amico, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Jochen Heidt, Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany
- Valentin Ivanov, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Heidi Korhonen, DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Giampaolo Piotto, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy
- Elisa Prandini, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy
- Roberto Ragazzoni, INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy
Tutors
- Luca Costantin, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy
- Jochen Heidt, Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany
- Valentin Ivanov, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Maritza Lara-Lopez, DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Night support
- Marco Berton, Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, Finland (support in Asiago)
- Luca Foffano, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy (support with MAGIC)