Kenya Unit 4 2017-18
This unit was conducted by Joe Callingham and Willice Obonyo in 2017-18 for Kenya. 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 (28/05/18) |
(L) Introductory Talk (L) Revision of the basics of radio interferometry (L/W) Introduction/Revision of Linux and Python (L/W) Fun with Fourier Transforms and Pyinterferometer |
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| 2 (29/05/18) |
(L) Modern Interferometers (L) Introduction to EVN data for reduction (W) n14c3 data inspection (L) Introduction to Calibration (W) n14c3 data calibration |
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| 3 (30/05/18) |
(L) Advanced Calibration (W) N14c3 data calibration part 1 (W) N14c3 data calibration part 2 (L) Introduction to Imaging (W) 1848+283/J1849+3024 imaging part 1 |
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| 4 (31/05/18) |
(L) Choosing the "best" calibration values (W) 1848+283/J1849+3024 imaging part 2 (L) Self-Calibration (W) 1848+283/J1849+3024 self-cal and imaging |
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| 5 (01/06/18) |
(L) Flagging (W) J1640+3946/3C345 data reduction (L) Science talk (Joe Callingham) |
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| 6 (04/06/18) |
(L) Advanced Imaging (W) Imaging 3C277.1 (L) Spectral Line Introduction (L) Spectral Line Reduction (W) NGC660 Hydrogen Absorption Tutorial |
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| 7 (05/06/18) |
(L) Designing an observing proposal (W) NGC660 Hydrogen Absorption Tutorial (L) Life cycle of a project and archives (W) Critique a telescope proposal |
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| 8 (06/06/18) |
(L) Error Recognition and image analysis (W) Design your own telescope proposal (L) Fringe Fitting |
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| 9 (07/06/18) |
(L) Polarisation Introduction (W) ATCA Polarisation Tutorial (L) Low Radio Frequency Astronomy (W) ATCA Polarisation Tutorial |
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| 10 (08/06/18) |
(L) Science talk (Willice Obonyo) (W) Student presentations on proposal (W) Award Ceremony (L) Joe's Colloquium at University of Nairobi |