Using Herschel Data: A series of introductory webinars.

July 2014

NHSC hosted a series of online webinars, directed to astronomers who had never used Herschel data. The series provided a good overview of the Herschel archive and the steps necessary to download, inspect, and reprocess data. These webinars served as a base for a more advanced exploration of the Herschel data.

The webinars took place on a series of days as follows:

Monday, July 14

An introduction to the Herschel Space Observatory and its Archive.

Presentation (.pptx) David Ardila:

• The Herschel mission
• The Herschel instruments
• How to use the Herschel Science Archive
• Inspecting data with HIPE
• The Herschel portal at IRSA
• What NHSC can do for you

Tuesday, July 15

An introduction to photometry with SPIRE.

• SPIRE Instrument: Photometer Overview (PDF) B. Schulz
• Overview of Photometer Pipeline & Data Reduction Using Pipeline Scripts (PDF) C. K. Xu
• Data reprocessing (PDF) B. Schulz
• Photometry with Q&A session (PDF) B. Schulz

Wednesday, July 16

An introduction to photometry and spectroscopy with PACS.

Presentation (PDF) Roberta Paladini:

• The PACS instrument: photometry
• PACS data: download and visualization in HIPE
• PACS data products
• PACS calibration
• When to reprocess PACS data
• How to reprocess PACS data

Thursday, July 24

An introduction to spectroscopy with HIFI.

• Introduction to the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) (PPTX). P. Morris
• Observing Modes, Data Products, and Data Processing.
• Introduction to Point Mode Observations. (PDF) C. Borys
• Introduction to Spectral Scan Observations. (PPTX) P. Morris
• Introduction to Spectral Map Observations.

Wednesday, August 13

An introduction to spectroscopy with SPIRE.

• SPIRE Instrument: Spectrometer Overview (PDF) B. Schulz
• Overview of Spectrometer Pipeline Data Processing and Products (PDF) N. Lu
• Introduction to SPIRE Spectrometer Data Analysis (PDF) N. Lu