Scientific Tutorials - ESDC

Scientific Tutorials

The ESA Science Archives contain a wealth of scientific data, freely available online to researchers and the public alike.

To support the research of professionals, the studies of University students and the learning of school children and teachers, the ESDC have created a range of scientific tutorials. These tutorials have been designed to show example science use cases and how the tools can be used by professionals and students to answer scientific questions. The tutorials are step-by-step and in some cases demonstrate how the archives can be used in collaboration with other VO-enabled tools.

The tutorials are the following:

Identifying kinematical members of the Pleiades cluster: A step-by-step VO tutorial using ESASky and TOPCAT
CESAR/ESASky Science Cases
ESAC SOHO Science Archive tutorial: Determining the solar differential rotation
Investigating solar cycles: A SOHO Science Archive and Ulysses Final Archive tutorial
Merging galaxies: An XMM-Newton Science Archive and Hubble Space Telescope tutorial
Classifying the SEDs of Herbig Ae/Be stars
VOSpec science tutorial: Calculating the redshift of galaxies
VOSpec science tutorial: Comparing spectra of the Sun and other stars
VOSpec typical session

IDENTIFYING KINEMATICAL MEMBERS OF THE PLEIADES CLUSTER: A STEP-BY-STEP VO TUTORIAL USING ESASKY AND TOPCAT

A tutorial demonstrating how to use ESASky and TOPCAT for normal scientific work. It uses Hipparcos and Gaia data to identify members of the Pleiades cluster with ESASky and the VO tool TOPCAT. Useful for researchers wanting to get familiar with the applications as well as for University students.

cesar-esasky science cases

Educational activities using ESASky for Secondary School students and undergraduates, done in collaboration with the CESAR educational initiative at ESAC.

		The Colours of Astonomy: Introduction to multi-wavelength Astronomy
		Exploring the ISM: Introduction to the Interstellar Medium
		The Secrets of Galaxies: Introduction to the basic properties of galaxies.

ESAC SOHO Science Archive Tutorial: Determining the Solar Differential Rotation

The aim of this tutorial is to explore SOHO images of the Sun, watch the evolution of sunspots and finally to determine the differential rotation of the Sun at different latitudes. This is a classroom tutorial developed for secondary school students and uses the ESAC SOHO Science Archive and the VO tool Aladin.

Investigating Solar Cycles. A SOHO Science Archive and Ulysses Final Archive tutorial

A step-by-step classroom tutorial developed for University undergraduates and school students. This tutorial uses the ESAC SOHO Science Archive and the Ulysses Final Archive..

Merging Galaxies: An XMM-Newton Science Archive and Hubble Space Telescope tutorial

A classroom tutorial developed for university undergraduates and secondary school students. Uses the ESA XMM-Newton Science Archive and the VO tool Aladin.