New Students' Camp 2023 at Institute of Astronomy, National Central University

Format of the activity

GitHub repository

Sample Python scripts for hands-on sessions can be downloaded from following GitHub repository.

To download all the sample Python scripts, try following command.


% git clone https://github.com/kinoshitadaisuke/iancu_camp202307.git

GitHub repository

Important dates

Program of the Camp

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Part 1

Day-1

31/Jul/2023
Time Talk / Session Speaker / Instructor Note
10:00--10:15 Guidance for hands-on sessions Kinoshita, Daisuke
10:15--10:45 Downloading e-books from the Library of our University Duan, Hao-Yuan last year's material
10:45--12:00 Reading textbooks Lai, Ian-Lin last year's material
12:00--13:30 Lunch break
13:30--14:30 Introductory Python programming for astronomers Kinoshita, Daisuke last year's material
14:30--14:45 My first year in the institute 1 Chen, Xiang-Yu a short talk by our graduate student about his/her experience
14:45--15:00 My first year in the institute 2 Bishnu, Acharya no talk, but a presentation slide is provided.
15:00--15:30 Tea break
15:30--16:30 Making scientific plots using Matplotlib Kinoshita, Daisuke
16:30--17:30 Making and querying a database using Python Kinoshita, Daisuke
17:30--18:30 Beer time New students and speakers

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Day-2

01/Aug/2023
Time Talk / Session Speaker / Instructor Note
10:00--11:00 Significant digits and error propagation Tian, Yong last year's material
11:00--11:40 Solving exercises (part 1) Hsu, Jen-Kai and Lai, Ian-Lin last year's material
11:40--12:00 Solving exercises (part 2) Tian, Yong last year's material
12:00--13:30 Lunch break
13:30--14:30 Trying least-squares method using Python Kinoshita, Daisuke
14:30--14:45 My first year in the institute 3 Mahitosh, Ray a short talk by our graduate student about his/her experience
14:45--15:00 My first year in the institute 4 Hsieh, Yang-Peng a short talk by our graduate student about his/her experience
15:00--15:30 Tea break
15:30--16:30 Using Astropy Kinoshita, Daisuke
16:30--17:30 Visualising orbital motion of planets and asteroids Kinoshita, Daisuke

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Additional material
Solutions to exercises

Part 2

Day-3

07/Sep/2023
Time Talk / Session Speaker / Instructor Note
11:00--11:30 Supernovae Pan, Yen-Chen 20-min talk + 10-min questions
11:30--12:00 Observing at Lulin Observatory Pan, Yen-Chen 20-min talk + 10-min questions
12:00--13:30 Lunch break
13:30--14:00 Variable stars Ngeow, Chow-Choong 20-min talk + 10-min questions
14:00--14:30 Large scale astronomical surveys Ngeow, Chow-Choong 20-min talk + 10-min questions
14:30--15:00 Planetary systems Ip, Wing-Huen 20-min talk + 10-min questions
15:00--15:30 Cosmic rays Ko, Chung-Ming 20-min talk + 10-min questions
15:30--15:45 My first year in the institute 5 Gupta, Shubham a short talk by our graduate student about his/her experience
15:45--16:15 Tea break
16:15--16:45 Asteroids and comets Kinoshita, Daisuke 20-min talk + 10-min questions
16:45--17:15 Exotic Transients --- from bright superluminous Supernovae to Faint Mini Supernovae Chen, Ting-Wan 20-min talk + 10-min questions

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Day-4

08/Sep/2023
Time Talk / Session Speaker / Instructor Note
09:30--10:00 About our institute Chou, Yi 20-min talk + 10-min questions
10:00--10:30 Compact objects Chou, Yi 20-min talk + 10-min questions

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Video file

Accommodation

Things you need to bring to the camp

Registration

Organisers

Previous camps


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