Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) - Zambia 2019

Overview

In July 2019, Mubela Mutale (University of Hertfordshire) and I will be teaching radio astronomy at a workshop in Lusaka, Zambia. The workshop is organized as part of the DARA project.

The workshop will be held at University of Zambia from July 01, 2019 to July 12, 2019.

Schedule

  • Please note that this schedule is subject to change depending on the progress made during the workshop.

  • Morning break: 10:00-10:30

  • Lunch break: 12:30-13:30

  • Evening break: 15:30-16:00

  • Lecturers: Mubela Mutale (MM) & Sarrvesh Sridhar (SS)

Date

Time

Title

Lead

01/07

09:00-10:00

L1: Introduction

SS/MM

10:30-13:00

T1: The UNIX terminal

MM

14:00-15:00

T2: Python basics

SS

15:00-17:30

T3: Python packages

SS

02/07

09:00-10:30

L2: Introduction to Radio Interferometry

MM

13:30-15:00

T5: CASA & Measurement set

SS

15:00-16:00

L4: Imaging parameters

SS

16:30-17:30

T6: Imaging with CASA

SS

03/07

09:00-09:30

Recap from previous day

SS/MM

09:30-10:30

L: Radio interferometry: First principles

SS

11:00-12:30

T: Imaging simulator (interactive session)

SS

11:00-12:30

T4: Fun with Fourier transforms

MM

13:45-15:00

L Proposals & projects

SS

04/07

09:00-11:30

T: Fun with Fourier transforms (interactive session)

SS

11:30-12:30

T5: CASA & Measurement set (recap)

SS

14:00-14:30

L: Calibration

MM

14:00-16:30

T9: EVN Continuum tutorial

SS/MM

05/07

09:00-15:30

T9: Continuum tutorial 1

SS/MM

16:00-16:30

Recap - Week 1

SS/MM

08/07

09:00-09:30

Recap - Week 1

SS/MM

09:30-10:30

Imaging

MM

10:30-15:30

T9: Continuum tutorial 2

SS/MM

09/07

09:00-12:30

T9: Continuum tutorial 2

SS/MM

14:00-16:30

T10: Continuum tutorial 3

SS/MM

10/07

09:00-10:00

Science talk

SS

10:30-11:00

L9: Modern interferometers

SS

11:00-12:00

Science talk

MM

12:00-12:30

L10: Error recognition

MM

14:00-16:30

T10: Continuum tutorial 3

SS/MM

11/07

09:00-12:30

Proposals & projects

12/07

09:00-10:00

Data & literature archives

SS

10:00-10:30

Time for final questions

SS

11:00-12:00

Summary & Feedback

SS/MM

Other files

  • Download the script for fun with Fourier transforms here.

Software

The following software tools are required to follow the tutorials presented during this workshop:

  • Python3 (with NumPy, Matplotlib, AstroPy, and AplPy)

  • On Ubuntu, make sure python3-tk is installed.

  • CASA 5.4.1

Acknowledgements

Lectures and tutorials presented during the workshop are based on original teaching material from a previous DARA workshop.