RESOURCES
In this page I collect links that can be useful for people working in time-domain astronomy, or for those who are just curious about what we do.
Gravitational wave follow-up
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GraceDB - Gravitational Wave Candidate Event Database
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Receive alerts via GCN
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How to post GCN circulars
Transient Astronomy resources
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Live status of
observatories
(hosted by TreasureMap)
Live status of
gravitational wave detectors
(LIGO, Virgo, GEO600, KAGRA)
Observing resources
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Visibility plot tool 1 (airmass.org)
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Palomar Calendar (including twilight times)
Educational resources
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ZTF Summer School 2023: lectures and hands-on modules (Jupyter Notebooks)
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ZTF Summer School 2022: lectures and hands-on modules (Jupyter Notebooks)
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GROWTH Astronomy Schools: lectures and hands-on modules (Jupyter Notebooks)
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GROWTH Summer School 2020 - online
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GROWTH Summer School 2019 - San Diego, CA, USA: Python Basics; Gravitational Wave Localization and Galaxy Crossmatch; Observing Run Preparation; Data Analysis in X-ray Astronomy; Image Reduction; UV, Optical and IR Photometry; Image Subtraction; Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy; Analysis Methods for Lightcurves of Variable Stars; Asteroids; Radio Analysis; Machine Learning
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GROWTH Winter School 2018 - Mumbai, India: Python Basics; Gravitational Wave Localization and Galaxy Crossmatch; Observing Run Preparation; Data Analysis in X-ray Astronomy; Image Reduction; UV, Optical and IR Photometry; Image Subtraction; Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy; Analysis Methods for Lightcurves of Variable Stars; Asteroids; Radio Analysis I; Radio Analysis II
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Astronomical Techniques (in Python) by Prof. Robert Quimby
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Some excellent slides about optical imaging and photometry
Data visualization resources
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Do you want to compare project timelines or results? Gantt charts might do the trick! Find some of my data visualization code in the igorandreoni/astro-visualization repository on GitHub
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Create amazing skymap figures using Dr. Leo Singer's ligo.skymap Python package