Australia Telescope National Facility

Visualization Workshop: Astronomy Imaging and Advanced Visualization of 3-D Datasets

ATNF Marsfield

The visualization challenges for astronomers include creating images for public outreach, especially relevant during the International Year of Astronomy, and presenting intrinsically multidimensional data within research papers that are exclusively 2-dimensional.

The following 2 workshops are designed to inform astronomers about approaches to these challenges and provide hands-on experience with colour image creation and 3D plot presentation.

For requirements for the hands-on portions of the visualization sessions, the abstracts for each lecture, and other details, please see http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~english/vizATNF/

If you have one, please bring a laptop for the hands-on portion. We will work in groups of 2 or 3 so laptops can be shared.

Wednesday Feb 4, 2009: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba)
Cosmos versus Canvas: Tensions between Art and Science in Astronomy Images.
9:00am - 10:00am Lecture Room - presentation.
10:30am - 12:30am Faraday Room - hands-on event.

Thursday Feb 5, 2009: Chris Fluke (Swinburne University of Technology)
(Almost) Everything you wanted to know about using S2PLOT to visualise astronomy datasets.
9:00am - 10:00am Lecture Room - presentation.
10:30am - 12:30am Faraday Room - hands-on event.

Contact: jayanne_english@umanitoba.ca

If you can, please RSVP for planning purposes.