Name: Astro-CC Scientific Training event
Start: 2026-09-29T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-01T16:20:00+02:00
Location: Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg

Astro-CC Scientific Training event

from Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (8:45 AM) to Thursday, October 1, 2026 (4:20 PM)

Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

8:45 AM Opening of the Observatory
Opening of the Observatory
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:00 AM Introduction: The ASTRO-CC project - Mark Allen (CDS/CNRS)
Introduction: The ASTRO-CC project
- Mark Allen (CDS/CNRS)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:20 AM Introduction: What is the Virtual Observatory? & Introduction to the training event - Manon MARCHAND
Introduction: What is the Virtual Observatory? & Introduction to the training event
- Manon MARCHAND
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:40 AM Break
Break
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Amphitheater
10:00 AM Tutorial: The Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) - Hendrik Heinl (INAF-OATS) Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
Tutorial: The Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL)
- Hendrik Heinl (INAF-OATS)
- Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater
Tutorial: Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables (TOPCAT) - Mark Taylor (University of Bristol) Ivan Brossard françois-xavier pineau (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS)
Tutorial: Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables (TOPCAT)
- Mark Taylor (University of Bristol)
- Ivan Brossard
- françois-xavier pineau (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Meeting Room Downstairs TOPCAT is a VO-friendly desktop application for manipulating tables in astronomy. This tutorial will introduce TOPCAT by working with data from Gaia DR3. It will give you hands-on experience of using the tool to query remote data services via VO protocols, set up and explore interactive plots, manage row selections and perform crossmatches to analyse catalogue data in detail. There will also be an opportunity to perform similar analysis programmatically using STILTS, TOPCAT's command-line counterpart.
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Tutorial: The Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) - Hendrik Heinl (INAF-OATS) Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
Tutorial: The Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL)
- Hendrik Heinl (INAF-OATS)
- Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meeting Room Downstairs
Tutorial: Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables (TOPCAT) - Mark Taylor (University of Bristol) Ivan Brossard françois-xavier pineau (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS)
Tutorial: Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables (TOPCAT)
- Mark Taylor (University of Bristol)
- Ivan Brossard
- françois-xavier pineau (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater TOPCAT is a VO-friendly desktop application for manipulating tables in astronomy. This tutorial will introduce TOPCAT by working with data from Gaia DR3. It will give you hands-on experience of using the tool to query remote data services via VO protocols, set up and explore interactive plots, manage row selections and perform crossmatches to analyse catalogue data in detail. There will also be an opportunity to perform similar analysis programmatically using STILTS, TOPCAT's command-line counterpart.
3:00 PM Break
Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Amphitheater
3:30 PM Tutorial: Accessing the Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services - Manon MARCHAND Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg) Matthieu Baumann (CDS) Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
Tutorial: Accessing the Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services
- Manon MARCHAND
- Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
- Matthieu Baumann (CDS)
- Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Meeting Room Downstairs We will query the diverse Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services to gather information about carbon stars. The tutorial can be re-used for any other kind of data hosted in the CDS. This tutorial uses the databases *via* webpages and with python interfaces. We will use: - The SIMBAD database which provides curated data and cross-identifications for objects outside of the solar system, - the VizieR datbase which is a homogenized way of accessing tabular data and catalogues from the astronomical literature and archives, - the CDS cross-match service X-match, - the sky (and planetary surfaces) visualization software suite Aladin.
Tutorial: The Virtual Observatory SED Analyser (VOSA) - Fran Jimenez-Esteban Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg) Anais GONNEAU (CDS/CNRS)
Tutorial: The Virtual Observatory SED Analyser (VOSA)
- Fran Jimenez-Esteban
- Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
- Anais GONNEAU (CDS/CNRS)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Amphitheater This tutorial demonstrates the use of [VOSA][1], the Spanish Virtual Observatory (SVO) tool developed to estimate stellar physical parameters by fitting spectral energy distributions. The tool allows users to upload their own photometric data or collect it from VO catalogues. Through three practical scientific cases, this exercise will guide participants in exploring VOSA's main functionalities, [1]: https://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/theory/vosa/
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
9:00 AM Plenary: Exploring the ESO and ALMA Science Archives: From Web Interfaces to Programmatic Access - Ashley Barnes
Plenary: Exploring the ESO and ALMA Science Archives: From Web Interfaces to Programmatic Access
- Ashley Barnes
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:20 AM Plenary: Using the CDS and the VO to investigate the dependence of X-ray luminosity on stellar and wind parameters for galactic O stars - Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
Plenary: Using the CDS and the VO to investigate the dependence of X-ray luminosity on stellar and wind parameters for galactic O stars
- Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:40 AM Break
Break
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Amphitheater
10:00 AM Tutorial: Accessing the Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services - Manon MARCHAND Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg) Matthieu Baumann (CDS) Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
Tutorial: Accessing the Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services
- Manon MARCHAND
- Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
- Matthieu Baumann (CDS)
- Thomas Boch (CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater We will query the diverse Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (CDS) services to gather information about carbon stars. The tutorial can be re-used for any other kind of data hosted in the CDS. This tutorial uses the databases *via* webpages and with python interfaces. We will use: - The SIMBAD database which provides curated data and cross-identifications for objects outside of the solar system, - the VizieR datbase which is a homogenized way of accessing tabular data and catalogues from the astronomical literature and archives, - the CDS cross-match service X-match, - the sky (and planetary surfaces) visualization software suite Aladin.
Tutorial: Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access (VESPA) - Stephane Erard (LIRA / ObsParis) Baptiste Cecconi (Observatoire de Paris)
Tutorial: Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access (VESPA)
- Stephane Erard (LIRA / ObsParis)
- Baptiste Cecconi (Observatoire de Paris)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Meetind Room Downstairs This tutorial will introduce advanced methods for accessing and analyzing planetary science data, with a focus on Mercury and the BepiColombo mission. It will present workflows for querying datasets through multi-criteria selection and the MOC (Multi-Order Coverage) framework via the [PADC FindMe][1] portal. Participants will explore how to use the VESPA geospatial portal to identify spectral data within specific morphological units on Mercury. As an optional extension, the session will cover the extraction of asteroid spectra from the Gaia database, highlighting an area of growing importance in planetary science. This hands-on tutorial is designed for users interested in planetary data discovery, and emerging tools for planetology. [1]: https://padc-findme.obspm.fr
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater
1:00 PM Tutorial: Spatial and Temporal Mutli-Order Coverages (ST-MOC) - Matthieu Baumann (CDS) Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg) Manon MARCHAND
Tutorial: Spatial and Temporal Mutli-Order Coverages (ST-MOC)
- Matthieu Baumann (CDS)
- Diana ISMAIL (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
- Manon MARCHAND
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater This tutorial focuses on the use of the Multi-Order Coverage (MOC) and Space-Time MOC (STMOC) for querying and analyzing astronomical data. We will identify Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) observed by both the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory, demonstrating how the use of ST-MOCs facilitates multi-wavelength analysis.
Tutorial: The Virtual Observatory SED Analyzer (VOSA) - Anais GONNEAU (CDS/CNRS) Fran Jimenez-Esteban Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
Tutorial: The Virtual Observatory SED Analyzer (VOSA)
- Anais GONNEAU (CDS/CNRS)
- Fran Jimenez-Esteban
- Ada Nebot (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meeting room downstairs This tutorial demonstrates the use of [VOSA][1], the Spanish Virtual Observatory (SVO) tool developed to estimate stellar physical parameters by fitting spectral energy distributions. The tool allows users to upload their own photometric data or collect it from VO catalogues. Through three practical scientific cases, this exercise will guide participants in exploring VOSA's main functionalities. [1]: https://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/theory/vosa/
3:00 PM Break (visit of the observatory's dome)
Break (visit of the observatory's dome)
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Amphitheater

3:40 PM Participants Projects: First Session
First Session
3:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater
Thursday, October 1, 2026
9:00 AM Plenary: Computing average spectra of geologic units on Mercury - Stephane Erard (LIRA / ObsParis)
Plenary: Computing average spectra of geologic units on Mercury
- Stephane Erard (LIRA / ObsParis)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:20 AM Plenary: Hands-on with the ESO and ALMA Archives: A Science Case Using Virtual Observatory Services - Juan Manuel Carmona Loaiza (ESO (European Southern Observatory))
Plenary: Hands-on with the ESO and ALMA Archives: A Science Case Using Virtual Observatory Services
- Juan Manuel Carmona Loaiza (ESO (European Southern Observatory))
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Amphitheater
9:40 AM Break
Break
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Amphitheater

10:00 AM Participants Projects: Second Session
Second Session
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater

12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater

1:00 PM Participants Projects: Presentations
Presentations
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Amphitheater

2:30 PM Break
Break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphitheater
3:00 PM Closing thoughts - Mark Allen (CDS/CNRS)
Closing thoughts
- Mark Allen (CDS/CNRS)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Amphitheater