1. Course description
This Nordic research course in observational astrophysics will introduce a new generation of young Nordic scientists to the use of front line observational facilities. The course will be located on La Palma, Spain, where the availability of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and the new Swedish solar telescope (NSST) will allow us to give the participants first hand observational experience with the excellent telescopes available to the community. We have been awarded six observing nights on the NOT and 4 days of observations on the NSST.
The aim is to give the students the crucial observational experience which will allow them to plan an observing programme, apply for observing time in a competitive environment and conduct the observations in a coherent way. The course will focus on observing in practice, where the students themselves carry out all the relevant steps in the process; planning, observing, reduction, analysis and reporting.
Apart from the activities at the telescopes, we will provide day-time
lectures on the relevant topics, for example Telescopes and Instrumentation,
Data reduction techniques and World-wide facilities (e.g., ESO and HST).
2. Title
Observational Astrophysics at the Telescope
3. Venue
Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma, Canarian Islands, Spain.
4. Dates
Summer 2003
(Preliminary dates 1-12 July 2003)
5. Organizers:
Jesper Sollerman (Course leader)
Department of Astronomy, AlbaNova, Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: (+46) 8 5537 8554
E-mail: jesper@astro.su.se
Michael Andersen, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
An der Sternwarte 16
D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: (+49) 3317499252
E-mail:mandersen@aip.de
Ingunn Burud, Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone : (+1) 4103381436
E-mail:burud@stsci.edu
Johan Fynbo, Department of Physics and Astronomy
at Aarhus University,
Ny Munkegade, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone : (+45) 8942 4888
E-mail:jfynbo@phys.au.dk
Amanda Kaas, Nordic Optical Telescope
Apartado 474, E-38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma
Canarias, Spain
Phone : (+34) 922 425472
E-mail:akaas@not.iac.es
Dan Kiselman, The Institute for Solar Physics of
the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
AlbaNova SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: (+46) 8 5537 8531
E-mail:dan@astro.su.se
Heidi Korhonen, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
An der Sternwarte 16
D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: (+49) 3317499279
E-mail:hkorhonen@aip.de
Göran Östlin, Department of Astronomy,
AlbaNova, Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: (+46) 8 5537 8513
E-mail:ostlin@astro.su.se
8. Contact Persons:
Sweden:
Claes-Ingvar Björnsson
AlbaNova, Stockholm Observatory
Department of Astronomy
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone : +46 - 8 5537 8519
Fax : +46 - 8 55378510
Email : bjornsson@astro.su.se
Finland:
Vilppu Piirola
Tuorla Observatory
University of Turku
Vaisalantie 20
FIN-21500 Piikkio
FINLAND
Phone: +358 2 2744 274
Fax: +358 2 2433 767
Email: Vilppu.Piirola@astro.utu.fi
Denmark:
Johannes Andersen
Copenhagen University
Juliane Maries Vej 30
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: +45 3532 5934
Fax: +45 3532 5989
Email: ja@astro.ku.dk
Secretary: +45 3532 5999
Iceland:
Gunnlaugur Björnsson
Science Institute
University of Iceland
107 Reykjavik
Iceland
Phone: +354 525 4800
Fax: +354 552 8801
Email: gulli@raunvis.hi.is
Norway:
Mats Carlsson
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
University of Oslo
PO BOX 1029 Blindern
N-0315 Olso
Norway
Phone:+47 22856535
Fax:+47 22856505
Email:Mats.Carlsson@astro.uio.no
8. Deadline for application
31/12 2003
8. Background required
This course is aimed at PhD students in the beginning phase of their
doctoral programme, or possibly master students at their final semester.
Preference will be given to students with little prior experience in observational
astronomy, but with future career plans in this field.
9. Web site
http://www.astro.su.se/~jesper/NOTKURS/head.html