DARA training - data reduction 2025

Name: DARA training - data reduction 2025
Start: 2025-03-31T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-11T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Kenya / Botswana / South Africa / Madagascar / Mozambique / Ghana / Zambia

31 Mar 2025, 08:00 → 11 Apr 2025, 17:00 Africa/Johannesburg

Kenya / Botswana / South Africa / Madagascar / Mozambique / Ghana / Zambia

Jack Radcliffe (University of Manchester)

Description

This is the event page for the DARA data reduction tutorial for 2025. The webpage for the content presented in this unit can be found here - https://www.jb.man.ac.uk/DARA/unit4/unit4.html

Registration

Registration for DARA data reduction (2025)

Contact

jack.radcliffe@manchester.ac.uk

robert.beswick@manchester.ac.uk

E.C.Smith1@leeds.ac.uk

+27 (0) 73 421 7237

Monday, 31 March ¶
- 1
  
  L1 - Introduction to DARA data reduction training¶
- 2
  
  L2 - Introduction to CASA¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W1 - UNIX / python / CASA introduction: W1.1¶
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- 3
  
  L3 - Introduction to radio interferometry¶
- 15:00
  
  Break
- 4
  
  L4 - Modern interferometers¶
Tuesday, 1 April ¶
- 5
  
  L5 - Fourier transforms¶
- W2 - Fourier transforms and aperture synthesis: W2.1¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W2 - Fourier transforms and aperture synthesis: W2.2¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- 6
  
  L6 - EVN data¶
- W3: EVN continuum tutorial - part 1: W3.1¶
- 15:00
  
  Break
- W3: EVN continuum tutorial - part 1: W3.2¶
Wednesday, 2 April ¶
- 7
  
  L7 - Calibration¶
- W3: EVN continuum tutorial - part 1: W3.3¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- 8
  
  L8 - Fringe fitting¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- W3: EVN continuum tutorial - part 1: W3.4¶
- 14:30
  
  Break
- 9
  
  L9 - Imaging¶
Thursday, 3 April ¶
- W4: EVN continuum tutorial - part 2: W4.1¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- 10
  
  L10 - Parameter estimation¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- 11
  
  L11 - Self calibration¶
- 14:00
  
  Break
- W4: EVN continuum tutorial - part 2: W4.2¶
Friday, 4 April ¶
- W4: EVN continuum tutorial - part 2: W4.3¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- 12
  
  L12 - Flagging¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- W4: EVN continuum tutorial - part 2: W4.4¶
- 14:30
  
  Break
- 13
  
  Science talk #1¶
Monday, 7 April ¶
- 14
  
  L13 - Advanced imaging and calibration¶
- W5: EVN continuum tutorial - part 3: W5.1¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W5: EVN continuum tutorial - part 3: W5.2¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- 15
  
  L14 - Error recognition¶
- 14:00
  
  Break
- W5: EVN continuum tutorial - part 3: W5.3¶
Tuesday, 8 April ¶
- 16
  
  L15 - Spectral lines¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W6: Spectral line tutorial: W6.1¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- 17
  
  L16 - Life cycle of projects¶
- W6: Spectral line tutorial: W6.2¶
- 15:30
  
  Break
- W6: Spectral line tutorial: W6.3¶
Wednesday, 9 April ¶
- 18
  
  L17 - Life in academia¶
- W6: Spectral line tutorial: W6.4¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W6: Spectral line tutorial: W6.5¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.1¶
- 14:30
  
  Break
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.2¶
Thursday, 10 April ¶
- 19
  
  L18 - Polarisation¶
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.3¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.4¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.5¶
- 14:30
  
  Break
- W7: e-MERLIN tutorial: W7.6¶
- 20
  
  Science talk #2¶
Friday, 11 April ¶
- Catch up time: C1¶
- 10:30
  
  Break
- Catch up time: C2¶
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- 21
  
  Training summary & awards¶