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2023 Instrumentation School

Milan, Italy

17 - 26 May 2023

Are you interested in astronomical instrumentation? Do you want to know how an instrumentation project is realised? The ORP Instrumentation School will be organised 17 - 26 May 2023 in Milan, Italy, with the theme "Integral-field spectroscopy".

In this ORP funded school you will do a 'Phase A' study of an astronomical instrument dedicated to integral-field spectroscopy. You will plan an instrument in small groups led by an experienced tutor. During the first week the mornings are dedicated to lectures and the afternoons to group work. During second week the students will concentrate on group work. In the end of the school all groups will present their instrument plans.

The school is mainly meant for M.Sc/PhD students in astronomy or engineering who want to gain more experience in astronomical instrumentation. However, astronomers and engineers at any stage of the career are very welcome to apply to the school.

If you are interested in the whole process of designing an astronomical instrument, this school is perfect for you.

Brera

Credits: INAF

How to Apply


The deadline for applications was Friday 24 February 2023.

The applicants will be informed about the selection in the end of March.

Preliminary Programme

Wednesday May 17

08:30 - 09:00 Course overview and logistics
09:00 - 10:30 Science with optical spectroscopy in astronomy (Randich)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 From science requirements to instrument concept (Dekker)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Science with integral field spectroscopy (Origlia)
16:00 - 18:00 Introduction of the students, teachers, and groups

Thursday May 18

09:00 - 10:30 Systems Engineering (Schnetler)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Available technologies for IFU based instrumentation (Guinouard)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Optics for telescope and spectrographs (Oliva)
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups

Friday May 19

09:00 - 10:30 Mechanics (Zanoni)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Detectors (Amico)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Fibre optics (Avila)
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups

Saturday May 20

Organised City Tour

Sunday May 21

Free day

Monday May 22

09:00 - 10:30 Adaptive optics (Busoni)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 VLTI (Garcia)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Software and data reduction (Landoni)
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups

Tuesday May 23

Visit and activities at laboratories and telescopes at INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate

Wednesday May 24

09:00 - 10:30 Careers in science (Korhonen)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Project work in groups
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Evening School dinner

Thursday May 25

09:00 - 10:00 Dark and quiet sky protection (Józsa)
10:00 - 11:00 TBD
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Project work in groups
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Project work in groups

Friday May 26

09:00 - 09:45 Group presentation
09:45 - 10:30 Group presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Group presentation
11:45 - 12:30 Group presentation
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch + closing remarks

SOC

Andrea Bianco (INAF, Italy)
Heidi Korhonen (ESO)
Giorgio Pariani (INAF, Italy)
Marco Riva (INAF, Italy)
Secretary: Lorella Galliani (INAF, ITaly)

Tutors

To be announced

Lecturers

Paola Amico (ESO)
Gerardo Avila (ESO)
Lorenzo Busoni (INAF, Italy)
Paulo Garcia (University of Porto, Portugal)
Isabelle Guinouard (Observatoire de Paris, France)
Gyula I. G. Józsa, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany
Heidi Korhonen (ESO)
Tino Oliva (INAF, Italy)
Livia Origlia (INAF, Italy)
Sofia Randich (INAF, Italy)
Hermine Schnetler (Science and Technology Facilities Council - STFC, UK)

Contact: send a message to the organisers.