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=Using the wiki= | =Using the wiki= | ||
*[[Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki]] | *[[Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki]] | ||
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xeCfCTz7NM Video overview of the Cool Wiki] (~6 min | + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xeCfCTz7NM Video overview of the Cool Wiki] (~6 min) |
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUI4w_m3FTo Video overview of how to edit the wiki] (~10 min) | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUI4w_m3FTo Video overview of how to edit the wiki] (~10 min) | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpnbZ-bDHw Video overview of organization guidance] (~4 min) | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpnbZ-bDHw Video overview of organization guidance] (~4 min) | ||
| − | *and by popular demand, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtN4xP-dcbI Video overview with more advanced editing techniques] (~6 min)! | + | *and by popular demand, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtN4xP-dcbI Video overview with more advanced editing techniques] (~6 min)! |
| + | =Movies and other online resources= | ||
| + | *<font color="red">LOOK HERE!</font> Varoujan's PPT: [[file:trs_vg_talk.ppt]] | ||
| + | *[[Studying AGN]] - wiki page here | ||
| + | *[http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/664-ask2009-001-Where-Is-the-Center-of-the-Universe- Varoujan's video on the center of the Universe] | ||
| + | *[http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/ Lesson on Black Holes from STScI] | ||
| + | *[http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/black_hole_sun.html Bad Astronomy page on Sun turning into a black hole] | ||
| + | *[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/active_galaxies.html Active galaxies page from GSFC] | ||
=Downloading the data = | =Downloading the data = | ||
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*[[How do I download data from Spitzer?]] has a wide variety of flavors of tutorials. The [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/dataanalysistools/cookbook/6/#_Toc288477466 second formal chapter] of the professional astronomer's Data Reduction Cookbook ultimately comes from Luisa's last year's NITARP project. | *[[How do I download data from Spitzer?]] has a wide variety of flavors of tutorials. The [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/dataanalysistools/cookbook/6/#_Toc288477466 second formal chapter] of the professional astronomer's Data Reduction Cookbook ultimately comes from Luisa's last year's NITARP project. | ||
*[http://sha.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/Spitzer/SHA SHA] | *[http://sha.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/Spitzer/SHA SHA] | ||
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=Mosaics = | =Mosaics = | ||
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*[[Resolution]] | *[[Resolution]] | ||
*Why does it matter to know what is an artifact and what is not? [http://www.universetoday.com/86497/proof-bio-station-alpha-is-just-an-image-artifact/ So you don't get fooled by stuff like this.] | *Why does it matter to know what is an artifact and what is not? [http://www.universetoday.com/86497/proof-bio-station-alpha-is-just-an-image-artifact/ So you don't get fooled by stuff like this.] | ||
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=Getting data from other wavelengths = | =Getting data from other wavelengths = | ||
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*[[Resolution]] | *[[Resolution]] | ||
*Also: [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/wise/ Access the WISE archive directly here], and [http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/wise_image_service.html see a step-by-step WISE archive tutorial from Berkeley here]. | *Also: [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/wise/ Access the WISE archive directly here], and [http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/wise_image_service.html see a step-by-step WISE archive tutorial from Berkeley here]. | ||
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=Literature work= | =Literature work= | ||
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*[[I'm ready to go on to the "Advanced" Literature Searching section]] | *[[I'm ready to go on to the "Advanced" Literature Searching section]] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR58i8zvMwQ YouTube video] on how to take antiquated coordinates from a literature papers and use 2MASS to get updated current, correct coordinates for each object. May only work well for YSOs (the BRC project). | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR58i8zvMwQ YouTube video] on how to take antiquated coordinates from a literature papers and use 2MASS to get updated current, correct coordinates for each object. May only work well for YSOs (the BRC project). | ||
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=Doing photometry = | =Doing photometry = | ||
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*[[Central wavelengths and zero points]]. | *[[Central wavelengths and zero points]]. | ||
*[[Color-Magnitude and Color-Color plots]] | *[[Color-Magnitude and Color-Color plots]] | ||
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=Making SEDs = | =Making SEDs = | ||
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*[[Units]] | *[[Units]] | ||
| − | *[[SED plots]] | + | *[[SED plots]] - some stuff on blackbodies here |
Latest revision as of 18:26, 16 August 2011
Here is a collection of potentially useful links throughout the wiki (with occasional references to YouTube videos) that may or may not be helpful for your summer work.
Contents
Using the wiki
- Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki
- Video overview of the Cool Wiki (~6 min)
- Video overview of how to edit the wiki (~10 min)
- Video overview of organization guidance (~4 min)
- and by popular demand, Video overview with more advanced editing techniques (~6 min)!
Movies and other online resources
- LOOK HERE! Varoujan's PPT: File:Trs vg talk.ppt
- Studying AGN - wiki page here
- Varoujan's video on the center of the Universe
- Lesson on Black Holes from STScI
- Bad Astronomy page on Sun turning into a black hole
- Active galaxies page from GSFC
Downloading the data
- How do I download data from Spitzer? has a wide variety of flavors of tutorials. The second formal chapter of the professional astronomer's Data Reduction Cookbook ultimately comes from Luisa's last year's NITARP project.
- SHA
Mosaics
- What is a mosaic and why should I care?
- Resolution
- Why does it matter to know what is an artifact and what is not? So you don't get fooled by stuff like this.
Getting data from other wavelengths
- How can I get data from other wavelengths to compare with infrared data from Spitzer?
- How can I make a color composite image using Spitzer and/or other data?
- Resolution
- Also: Access the WISE archive directly here, and see a step-by-step WISE archive tutorial from Berkeley here.
Literature work
- How can I find out what scientists already know about a particular astronomy topic or object?
- I'm ready to go on to the "Advanced" Literature Searching section
- YouTube video on how to take antiquated coordinates from a literature papers and use 2MASS to get updated current, correct coordinates for each object. May only work well for YSOs (the BRC project).
Doing photometry
OK, this step is doing to take the longest, be the most complex, involve the most steps and the most math.
Never just trust that the computer has done it right. It probably did what you asked it to do correctly, but you asked it to do the wrong thing. Always make some plots to test and see if the photometry seems correct.
- Units
- Resolution
- Photometry
- I'm ready to go on to a more advanced discussion of photometry
- Aperture photometry using APT, specifically this, which is the closest thing to a cookbook we will give you.
- YouTube video on using APT, including calculating the number APT needs. (15 min because it starts from software installation and goes through doing photometry.)
Working with (text) data tables
- YouTube video on what tbl files are, how to access them, and specifically how to import tbl files into xls. (10min) Also works for any plain text file.
- Units
- Central wavelengths and zero points.
- Color-Magnitude and Color-Color plots
Making SEDs
WARNING: lots of math and programming spreadsheets here too.. you WILL do this more than once to get the units right!
