A Beginner's Guide to Working with Astronomical Data

2019/05/30 by Markus Pössel · 2 voices
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.IM #physics.ed-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.21105/astro.1905.13189

arxiv published 2019/05/30 · arxiv updated 2020/01/07

Abstract

This elementary review covers the basics of working with astronomical data, notably with images, spectra and higher-level (catalog) data. The basic concepts and tools are presented using both application software (DS9 and TOPCAT) and Python. The level of presentation is suitable for undergraduate students, but should also be accessible to advanced high school students.

Discussions

• Also this thing I wrote a few years ago might be helpful https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.13189 [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]
• Repost: A Beginner's Guide to Working with Astronomical Data arxiv.org/abs/1905.13189 #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #Astrophysics #astrophysicist [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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