Programme
Preliminary Programme
Day 1 - 10 February, Warkworth
Morning: Radio Telescope Fundamentals
8.30am
Registration on AUT City Campus
9.30am
Depart for Warkworth
10.30am
Welcome, introduction, and safety induction
11.00am
Tour of the telescopes
12.30pm
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon: Spectral Analysis
1.30pm
Time series analysis
2.30pm
Radio spectroscopy
4.00pm
Demonstration: methanol maser observation with 30-m dish
5.30pm
Return to city (arriving around 18:30)
Day 2 - 11 February, AUT City Campus, WG404
Morning: Imaging Fundamentals
9.00am
Image formation
10.30am
Morning tea (provided)
11.00am
Image calibration
12.30pm
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon: Advanced Imaging
1.30pm
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
2.30pm
Bayesian uv-plane modelling
3.30pm
Afternoon tea (provided)
4.00pm
Demonstration: imaging with CASA tools
5.30pm
Close
Day 3 - 12 February, AUT City Campus, WG404
Morning
9.00am
Polarimetry
10.30am
Morning tea (provided)
11.00am
Pulsars
12.30pm
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon
1.30pm
Low-frequency pulsar astronomy
2.30pm
Fast Radio Bursts
3.30pm
Afternoon tea (provided)
4.00pm
Demonstration: pulsar data analysis
5.30pm
Close
Thursday 13 February
Computing for SKA Colloquium
Colloquium Dinner
Friday 14 February
Computing for SKA Colloquium