Winter Term 2015/2016

Introduction to IDL for Scientific Research

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sabine Reffert

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Block Course from Feb 08 to Feb 19, 2016,
9:45 a.m. to 15:45 p.m. (with coffee and lunch breaks)
Location: Seminarraum, Nordinstitut, Landessternwarte (LSW)
how to get there

If you know already that you will participate please sign up via email. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Please bring a laptop, if possible!

Preliminary Outline:

  • Lecture 1
    1. Installation, Setup, Getting Help
    2. Variables

  • Lecture 2
    1. Arrays and Operators
    2. Loops and more Operators
    3. Procedures and Functions
    4. Good Programming Praxis and Frequent Errors

  • Lecture 3
    1. Data I/O
    2. Strings
    3. Structures

  • Lecture 4
    1. Basic Plotting Commands
    2. Making Nice Looking Plots

  • Lecture 5
    1. Color, Pre-IDL 8.0
    2. Plotting in IDL 8.x

  • Lecture 6
    1. Working with FITS Files
    2. Working with Images

  • Lecture 7
    1. Optimization Problems (Fitting)
    2. Astronomical Libraries

  • Lecture 8
    1. Data Calibration
    2. Useful Library Routines

  • Lecture 9
    1. Objects
    2. Lists and Hashes

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Useful Introductory Resources:

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