This session will present ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and its capabilities, with a special emphasis on practical issues: from how to convert an idea into a proposal to analysing data.

The session will feature presentations and demonstrations, but also will have plenty of time for discussion and feedback.

Programme

• simulate observations and feasibility
• prepare proposal (ESO phase 1 tool)
• prepare observations (ESO phase 2 tool)
• reduce data
• analyse data

Invited speakers

• Farin Drewes (Southampton U., UK)
• Evgenia Koumpia (ESO, CL)
• Emma Bordier (Cologne U., DE)
• James Leftley (Obs. Cote d'Azur, FR)
• Foteini Claire Lykou (Konkoly Obs., HU)
• Jens Kammerer (ESO, DE)

Scientific organisers

Antoine Mérand (ESO, DE), Rebeca Garcia-Lopez (University College Dublin, IE), Foteini Claire Lykou (Konkoly Observatory, HU)

Contact

amerand[at]eso[dot]org