Workshop Preparation
If you are planning on attending an upcoming workshop, please read the following preparation information.
- Laptops
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You are expected to bring a personal laptop to the workshop. This allows you to learn CIAO in the environment you will regularly use, and makes it easy to bring all your workshop hands-on projects back with you.
Your laptop must be able to run CIAO! The supported platforms are available on the Platform Support page.
- CIAO/Chandra Data questions
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If you have already worked with CIAO and/or Chandra data and have questions you would like to ask, we suggest to submit them in advance to CXC Helpdesk. Mention that you are a CIAO workshop attendee, and we will make sure that an answer is ready for you at the time of the workshop.
- Suggested pre-workshop reading
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If you don't have CIAO available, try installing the software. There are step-by-step instructions available on the Download page.
We also suggest reading and/or trying some of the introductory threads found on the Introductory Threads page.
- Working on your own Chandra data:
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We encourage you to download your favorite observation from the Chandra Data Archive. If you have no preference, download some of the datasets used in the CIAO threads:
Imaging Data:
- 578 - 3C295, ACIS-S
- 1447 - Cas A, ACIS-I
- 144 - G21.5-0.9, HRC-I
- 1557 - G21.5-0.9, HRC-S
Grating Data
- 459 - 3C273, ACIS/HETG
- 29 - Alpha Cen, HRC-S/LETG