Exploiting Virtual Observatory and Information Technology: Techniques for Astronomy


The lecture notes for this course are:

Lecture
 Topic
 Files
 Comments
Lecture 1
 Introduction
 [pdf][sxi][print]
 NAW
Lecture 2
 Data and Databases: Technologies
 [pdf][sxi][print] NAW
Lecture 3
 Applications: Technologies
 [pdf][sxi][print] NAW
Lecture 4
 Databases: Mining the SDSS
 [pdf][sxi][print] RGM
Lecture 5
 Demos: Applications
 [pdf][sxi][print] NAW
Lecture 6
 Demos: Workflows
 [pdf][sxi][print] NAW
Lecture 7
 Radio/Sub-mm: challenges and solutions
 [pdf][sxi][print] JSR
Lecture 8
 Radio/Sub-mm: applications and pipelines
 [pdf][sxi][print] JSR

Note: The [sxi] version is OpenOffice1.0/StarOffice7.0 format. The [print] version is also in .sxi format - but without the image background - therefore suitable for black+white printing - choosing the greyscale option when printing in OpenOffice.

Lectures given by Nicholas Walton (naw@ast.cam.ac.uk) (NAW), John Richer (jsr at mrao.cam.ac.uk) (JSR) and Richard McMahon (rgm@ast.cam.ac.uk) (RGM)

Lecture course first given Feb/Mar 2005


Links of interest:

Title
 Link
 Comment
AstroGrid
 http://www.astrogrid.org
 UK-VO

http://wiki.astrogrid.org
 The AstroGrid wiki

http://wiki.astrogrid.org/bin/view/Astrogrid/AgScience
 AstroGrid 'science'
Euro-VO
 http://www.euro-vo.org
 AVO/Euro-VO (AstroGrid is a major partner)

http://www.eurovotech.org
 Euro-VO: VO Technology Centre
NVO
 http://www.us-vo.org
 The major USA VO project
IVOA
 http://www.ivoa.net
 The International Virtual Observatory Alliance


Published by Nicholas Walton <naw@ast.cam.ac.uk>
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA
Tel: +44-(0)-1223-337503/337548
FAX: +44-(0)-1223-337523
Last modified: Mon  Mar 7, 2005