August
10, Sunday | | |
| | | Students and lecturers arriving |
| 17:00-18:00 | | Tour of the Observatory |
| 18:00-19:00 | Grazina Tautvaisiene | Lecture about Lithuanian Astronomy |
| 19:00-21:00 | | Welcome reception |
August 11,
Monday | | |
| 09:00-09:45 | | Breakfast |
| 10:00-10:45 | Jan-Erik Solheim | Introduction of the course |
| 11:00-11:45 | Hans Kjeldsen | Telescopes and instruments |
| 12:00-13:45 | Jan-Erik Solheim and other lecturers | Student presentations (5 minutes each) |
| 14:00-14:30 | | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:00 | Hans
Kjeldsen | Introduction to Station visits |
| 15:00-18:00 | Jan-Erik Solheim
Erika Pakstiene
Rimvydas Janulis
Julius Sperauskas
Justas Zdanavicius | Visits by groups to 5 working places (5 telescopes)
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| 18:00-19:00 | | Dinner |
| 19:00-21:00 | Same | Station visits continues |
August 12,
Tuesday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Jan-Erik Solheim
| Pulsating compact stars
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| 12:00-12:45 | Jan-Erik Solheim
| Hot white dwarfs and sdB pulsators
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| 13:00-13:45 | Hans Kjeldsen | Observation planning
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| 14:00-14:45 | Hans Kjeldsen and instructors | Local instruments (3x15 min)
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| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-19:30 | Hans Kjeldsen | Exercise in observation planning
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| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
August 13,
Wednesday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Thomas Augusteijn
| The Nordic Optical Telescope
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| 12:00-12:45 | Eric Stempels
| Echelle spectroscopy fundamentals
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| 13:00-13:45 | Eric Stempels | The FIES pipeline
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| 14:00-14:45 | Erika Pakstiene
| Cool white dwarfs pulsators
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| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of the last night observations |
| 17:30-19:15 | Rimvydas Janulis
Erika Pakstiene | Exercises in data reduction of images |
| 19:30-20:00 | Thomas Augusteijn
Eric Stempels | Preparations for remote NOT observations |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
August 14,
Thursday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Andreas Korn
| Spectral line formation
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| 12:00-12:45 | Andreas Korn
| Stellar Abundances
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| 12:45-13:15 | Coffee-break | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Grazina Tautvaisiene | Abundances and evolution
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| 14:15-15:00 | Ana Palacios
| Evolutionary effects in stellar atmospheres - introduction
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| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of the last night observations |
| 17:00-20:00 | Erika Pakstiene | Exercise in photometric data reduction |
| 19:30-20:00 | Thomas Augusteijn
Eric Stempels | Preparations for remote NOT observations |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
| 22:00-04:15 | | Remote observations: NOT, IAC80 |
August 15,
Friday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Thomas Augusteijn | Cataclysmic Variables |
| 12:00-12:45 | Anna Palacios | Evolutionary effects in stellar atmospheres II
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| 12:45-13:15 | Coffee-break | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Anna Aret | Chemical diffusion of elements |
| 14:15-15:00 | Andreas Korn | Stellar abundances |
| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of the last night observations |
| 17:00-20:00 | Andreas Korn
Grazina Tautvaisiene
| Exercises in stellar abundances determination |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
| 22:00-04:15 | Instructors
| Remote observations: NOT, IAC80 |
Saturday, 16
August | | |
| | | Relaxation day |
| | | Lunar eclipse
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Sunday, 17
August | | |
| | | Sightseeing day |
August 18,
Monday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Nikolai Piskunov | Advanced Astrophysical Spectroscopy |
| 12:00-12:45 | Dainis Dravins | Signatures of stellar surface structure |
| 12:45-13:15 | Coffee-break | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Nikolai Piskunov | Doppler imaging: Theory |
| 14:15-15:00 | Nikolai Piskunov | Doppler imaging: Experiments |
| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of Friday night observations |
| 17:00-20:00 | Nikolai Piskunov | Exercise in Doppler imaging |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
| 22:00-04:15 | Instructors | Remote observations: NOT, IAC80 |
August 19,
Tuesday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Nikolai Piskunov | High precision spectroscopy/radial velocities for planet detection
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| 12:00-12:45 | Dainis Dravins | Other methods in searching for exoplanets |
| 12:45-13:15 | Coffee break
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| 13:15-14:00 | Eric Stempels
| Fundamental stellar parameters from eclipsing binaries
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| 14:15-15:00 | Hans Kjeldsen | How to apply for observing time |
| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of the last night observations |
| 17:00-20:00 | Jan-Erik
Solheim
Hans Kjeldsen | Exercises in evaluation of observing proposals |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
| 22:00-04:15 | Instructors | Remote observations: NOT, IAC80 |
August 20,
Wednesday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-11:45 | Grazina Tautvaisiene, Anselmo Sosa Mendez | The OPTICON opportunities |
| 12:00-12:45 | Dainis Dravins | Future challenges in stellar astrophysics |
| 12:45-13:15 | Coffee-break
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| 13:15-14:00 | Dainis Dravins | Future of European astronomy |
| 14:15-15:00 | Hans Kjeldsen
| Future of asteroseismology
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| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:30-17:00 | | Reports of the last night observations |
| 17:00-20:00 | Jan-Erik
Solheim etc. | Start on large assignment |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
| 22:00-02:30 | Instructors | Observations on local telescopes |
| 22:00-04:15 | Instructors | Remote observations: NOT, IAC80 |
August 21,
Thursday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-15:00 | Selected lecturers | Work on the large assignment |
| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:00-20:00 | Selected lecturers | Work on the large assignment |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
August 22,
Friday | | |
| 10:00-10:45 | | Breakfast |
| 11:00-15:00 | Selected lecturers | Work on the large assignment |
| 15:00-15:30 | | Lunch |
| 16:00-20:00 | Selected lecturers | Work on the large assignment |
| 20:00-21:00 | | Dinner |
August 23,
Saturday | | |
| 09:00-10:00 | | Breakfast |
| 10:00-13:45 | All lecturers | Presentations of the large assignments |
| 14:00-14:30 | | Lunch |
| 15:00-16:00 | Grazina Tautvaisiene | Evaluation of the school |
| 19:00-24:00 | | Closing dinner |
Sunday, 24
August | | |
| | | Departure of students and lecturers |
NordForsk school 2008 
