Botswana Unit 4 2018-19
This unit was conducted by Joe Callingham and Jack Radcliffe in 2018-19 for Botswana and Namibia. The table below shows the schedule for this version of unit 4. Some have hyperlinks which you can use to see the materials while some are specific to this year's course. If you would like all of the materials use the buttons below to download a tarball. The editable Powerpoint (ppt) presentations are available to download for any future lecturers
| Day | Lectures (L) and Workshops (W) | Supplementary data |
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| 1 (01/07/19) |
(L) Introduction & overview (W) Intro. to UNIX (W) Intro to python (L) Revision of interferometry (W) Fun with Fourier |
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| 2 (02/07/19) |
(L) Modern Interferometers (W) Introduction to CASA L5 (L) EVN data reduction - a guide (W) EVN continuum p.1 - data inspection (L) Science talk 1 |
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| 3 (03/07/19) |
(L) Calibration & fringe fitting (W) EVN continuum p.1 - a priori calibration (W) EVN continuum p.1 - flagging (W) EVN continuum p.1 - fringe fitting |
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| 4 (04/07/19) |
(L) Basic imaging (W) - EVN continuum p.2 - refine calibration (W) EVN continuum p.2 - imaging (L) Picking the right calibration parameters (L) Self-calibration |
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| 5 (05/07/19) |
(W) EVN continuum p.2 - self-cal & imaging (L) Flagging (W) EVN continuum p.3 - refine calibration (W) EVN continuum p.3 - imaging & self-cal |
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| 6 (08/07/19) |
(L) Recap of week 1 (W) 3C277.1 calibration (W) 3C277.1 calibration (W) 3C277.1 calibration (L) Science talk 2 |
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| 7 (09/07/19) |
(L) Advanced imaging (W) 3C277.1 imaging (W) 3C277.1 imaging (L) Life cycle of a project and archives |
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| 8 (10/07/19) |
(L) Spectral line science and reduction (W) NGC660 spectral line - data reduction (L) Error recognition and image analysis (W) NGC660 spectral line - imaging |
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| 9 (11/07/19) |
(W) NGC660 spectral line - image analysis (W) Make your own telescope proposal (W) Student presentations (L) Academic life |
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| 10 (12/07/19) |
(L) Polarisation (L) Recap of week 2 and summary of unit Award ceremony |