The 11^th Xinglong Observational Astrophysics Training Workshop Held Successfully

The 11^th Xinglong Observational Astrophysics Training Workshop was successfully held in October 23-29, 2018. The workshop was supported by Bureau of Personnel of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Personnel Department of National Astronomical Observatories of CAS (NAOC), and jointly hosted by the Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, NAOC, and the Xinglong Observatory, NAOC. About thirty participants attended the workshop, coming from over ten institutes and universities, e.g., NAOC, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Purple Mountain Observatory, Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, Institute of Modern Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

On the first day, October 23, a series of lectures were presented in the NAOC headquarters. Prof. Huijuan Wang gave a welcome speech and introduced the Xinglong Observatory. Then Prof. Shude Mao from Tsinghua University, Prof. Shenghong Gu from Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Profs. Jianrong Shi, Chao Liu, Chenzhou Cui, Yu Dai, and Asso. Prof. Lu Feng from NAOC presented the scientific talks focusing on the frontiers of astronomical research, which broadened the scientific view of the students.

During October 24-29, the workshop moved to the Xinglong Observatory. The participants toured the Xinglong Observatory. Combined with the reports introducing the telescopes, the participants learned a lot about the structure and operation of the optical astronomical telescopes. On October 25 and 26, Dr. Juanjuan Ren and Dr. Junbo Zhang of NAOC introduced the study of white dwarf binary and stellar abundance using high-resolution spectra, respectively. The workshop also arranged observation exercises for the participants to use the 2.16m. In order to promote the training, the participants were divided into three groups, and each group was led by an instructor who helped the participants with the questions and problems they encountered. One of the groups was an English-speaking group. The participants showed high enthusiasm in learning and practicing. Under the joint efforts of the participants and instructors, almost all the participants completed their data reduction and derived the extracted and normalized spectra, which were the main task of the workshop.

There was a scientific discussion session in this training workshop. The participants took this chance to introduce their research studies. This session promoted the scientific exchange among the participants. In the final assessment session, in addition to the closed-book exam, every participant also presented a short talk reporting their gains and experience during the workshop, while some participants also briefly introduced their research work. Finally, the organizing committee issued the certificates stamped by the Bureau of Personnel of CAS and NAOC for the outstanding students. The participants said they gained a lot in the workshop, and many of them hoped to continue to participate in the series of the training workshops in the future.

Welcome to pay attention to the 12th Xinglong Observational Astrophysics Training Workshop which will be held in 2019.

 

Group Photo

 

Scientific reports （from left to right: Prof. Huijuan Wang, Prof. Shude Mao, Prof. Shenghong Gu, Prof. Jianrong Shi, Prof. Chao Liu, Asso. Prof. Lu Feng, Prof. Chenzhou Cui, and Prof. Yu Dai）

 

One participant is giving a talk in the scientific discussion session

 

Participants are discussing

 

Issuing certificates