Educational Resources

GROWTH Astronomy School 2019

The educational material from the 2019 GROWTH astronomy school is posted on this page.

The school consisted of twelve lessons covering different aspects of observing, processing, and analyzing data relevant to multi-messenger, time-domain astronomy. Each lesson has two components: (1) a lecture introducing the concepts and the science behind the topic (Youtube recording), and (2) an interactive python module that you can download.

The python modules contain a Jupyter Notebook with annotated python code and a number of different exercises for the student to complete on their own. The modules also include installation instructions and any observational datasets necessary to complete the exercises. Modules are listed in the order they appeared in the school program, but each of them is self-contained and can be downloaded and run separately.

The "Quick View" button provides a pre-rendered view of each of the Jupyter notebook solutions to give a taste of what the notebook covers, but in order to complete the exercises and execute the lesson locally, the user must download the module. Clicking on the "Download" button will allow you to download a tar.gz file containing the module.

Please, download and read the installation instructions before running any of the modules.

README

If you want to download all modules at once, click on the button below. Note that the file is gzipped tarfile that's about 800 MB. When unzipped, the folder with all modules will be about 1.5 GB.

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If you have questions about the resources posted here, you can get in touch with us at growth.astro.school@gmail.com. We will do our best to answer your questions, but please note that while we make our material available to students and educators, we don't have the resources to offer ongoing support.