Herschel Data Processing Workshop for Newcomers, 24-27 June 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Participants
Venue
The workshop will be held at the
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) (Rooms B3/B5) situated near Villanueva de la Cañada, about 30kms North-West of Madrid.
Maps and driving directions to ESAC from Madrid airport (Barajas) and Madrid city centre can be found
here.
Transportation & Accommodation
A shuttle mini-bus will depart
from the entrance gate of Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera at 08:15h sharp every morning to bring the workshop participants from Madrid to ESAC. The same shuttle service will also take the participants from ESAC to the hotel in Madrid at the end of the afternoon sessions from Monday to Wednesday.
On Thursday afternoon taxis will be arranged to go from ESAC to the airport (no mini-bus service will be available).
Participants need to make their own reservations directly with the hotel. Below is a list of recommended hotels in Madrid.
Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera ***
Calle Alberto Aguilera, 18
28015 Madrid
Tel: +34 91 4460900
Fax: +34 91 4460904
E-mail: nhalbertoaguilera@nh-hotels.com
Useful Links
Download the latest HIPE User Release Candidate (HIPE 11.0.0 RC2)
What is HIPE?
HIPE stands for 'Herschel Interactive Processing Environment'. This is the software for browsing, analyzing and reprocessing Herschel data.
Which version of HIPE do I need?
The latest version of HIPE 11 (Release Candidate #2) will be the version of HIPE that will be used during the workshop. This version of HIPE (11.0.0 RC2) can be downloaded from the links below. Please install HIPE on your personal laptop (minimum requirements: RAM 4GB) in advance to the start of the workshop following the installation instructions given below for the different operating systems. Report any problems during the installation process through the
HSC Helpdesk.
Important note: You have to keep your internet connection on during the process as you download all the necessary components during the installation.
Note that this is an advanced version of HIPE 11 which is still undergoing the final acceptance tests before it becomes an official user release, something that we anticipate will happen in July.
Release candidates (RCs) are made available for internal use only. Do not distribute this software!.
The available installers for Windows and Linux come with a 32 or a 64 bit virtual machine (VM). The available installer for Mac OS X does not come with a virtual machine but will use the one available at your system.
Download HIPE 11.0.0 RC2
HIPE Installation Instructions
- Windows Instructions:
- After downloading, double-click HIPE_11_0_0_RC2_INSTALLER.exe
- Linux Instructions:
- To download the linux installer you should do a right click and then "save link as"
- After downloading open a terminal and, cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
- At the prompt type: sh ./HIPE_11_0_0_RC2_INSTALLER.bin
- Mac OS X Instructions:
- After downloading, double-click HIPE_11_0_0_RC2_INSTALLER
Note for Mac OS X 10.8 users:
HIPE user installers do not work on Mac OS X 10.8 ("Mountain Lion") due to additional security checks implemented by this operating system. Note that HIPE is not yet officially supported on Mac OS X 10.8.
There are two workarounds:
- In a terminal window, use the chmod u+x command to change the permissions of the file HIPE_11_0_0_RC2_INSTALLER.app/Contents/MacOS/HIPE_11_0_0_RC2_INSTALLER.
- In Mac OS X, from System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General → Allow applications downloads from [ANYWHERE].
HIPE Users' Documentation
Please have a look at the on-line HIPE 11 documentation clicking on the link below.
Draft Agenda
Herschel Data Processing Workshop for Newcomers, 24-27 June 2013
Draft Agenda
Monday 24 June 2013
GENERAL ISSUES (@ Room B3)
09:15-09:30: |
Welcome, local set-up and start of webex session |
09:30-09:45: |
Welcome to HIPE |
S.Ott |
09:45-10:00: |
Welcome to HSA |
P.Garcia-Lario |
10:00-10:30: |
An introduction to the HSA User Interface |
E.Verdugo |
10:30-11:00: |
An introduction to HIPE |
B.Merin |
11:00-11:30: |
Coffee break |
11:30-11:45: |
Q&A on HSA/HIPE general issues |
11:45-12:15: |
Data Handling in HIPE |
E.Verdugo |
12:15-13:00: |
Quick inspection of Herschel data products |
B.Merin |
13:00-13:30: |
Q&A on HSA/HIPE data handling and quick inspection of products |
14:30-16:00 |
Hands-on session - Part I (HSA/data access/data handling) |
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 |
Hands-on session - Part II (HIPE general issues/quick inspection of products) |
Tuesday 25 June 2013
PACS (@ Room B3)
09:00-09:30: |
Quick introduction to PACS photometer products and data processing |
09:30-10:00: |
PACS photometry pipelines and calibration |
10:00-10:20: |
PACS point source photometry (aperture and PSF photometry, correlated noise and errors) |
10:20-10:40: |
PACS photometry:mapping algorithms for extended emission |
10:40-11:00: |
Q&A on PACS photometry |
11:00-11:30: |
Coffee break |
11:30-12:00: |
Quick introduction to PACS spectroscopy products and data processing |
12:00-13:00: |
PACS Spectroscopy Tutorial |
13:10-13:30: |
Q&A on PACS Spectroscopy |
14:30-16:00 |
Hands-on session - Part I (PACS Photometry) |
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 |
Hands-on session - Part II (PACS Spectroscopy) |
Wednesday 26 June 2013
SPIRE (@ Room B3)
09:00-09:30: |
Quick introduction to SPIRE photometer products and data processing |
09:30-11:00: |
SPIRE Photometry Tutorials |
11:00-11:30: |
Coffee break |
11:30-12:00: |
Q&A on SPIRE Photometry |
12:00-12:30: |
Quick introduction to SPIRE FTS products and data processing |
Ivan Valtchanov |
12:30-13:10: |
SPIRE Spectroscopy Tutorial |
Ivan Valtchanov |
13:10-13:30: |
Q&A on SPIRE Spectroscopy |
Ivan Valtchanov |
14:30-16:00 |
Hands-on session - Part I (SPIRE Photometry) |
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 |
Hands-on session - Part II (SPIRE Spectroscopy) |
Ivan Valtchanov |
Thursday 27 June 2013
HIFI (@ Room B3)
09:00-10:00: |
HIFI observing modes and associated data processing products |
Anthony Marston |
10:00-10:30: |
Running HIFI pipelines - general and alternatives: Tutorial 1 |
Anthony Marston |
10:30-11:00: |
Q&A on HIFI Tutorial 1 |
11:00-11:30: |
Coffee break |
11:30-12:15 |
Remaining issues: Handling HIFI electrical and optical standing waves, tutorial 2 |
Elena Puga |
12:15-13:00 |
Remaining issues: Spurs and the HIFI flagtool, tutorial 3 |
Anthony Marston |
13:00-13:30: |
Q&A on HIFI Tutorials 2 and 3 |
14:30-16:00 |
Hands-on session - Part I (HIFI), point source modes |
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 |
Hands-on session - Part II (HIFI), maps and spectral scans |