Webinars
WEBINAR SERIES ON PREPARING JWST PROPOSALS
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has re-opened its first “General Observer” (GO) call for proposals. It’s time for you to think about writing a JWST proposal. The proposal deadline is May 1 2020.
We will give webinars and organize workshops in Canada in the winter of 2020 to help canadian astronomers prepare JWST time proposals. Our January 30 2020 webinar is a general overview of the observatory and tools necessary for proposal preparation and submission. The slides can be found here while the live webinar is posted on Youtube.
Two 1-day workshops are upcoming. One organized by the University of Western Ontario on March 12 2020, one organized by the Université de Montréal, on March 18 2020. Please consider attending one of these if you are serious about submitting a JWST proposal in Cycle 1. We will give two additional webinars closer to the submission deadline to answer pressing questions and help with specific details, on April 14 2020 and April 22 2020. More details will posted later, here.
| Date | Title | Online Material | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webinar 1 (General) | January 30 2020, 3pm (EST) | General presentation of JWST and demo of the proposal preparation tools | Youtube video Slides (pdf) |
| University of Western Ontario workshop | March 12 2020, all-day | General overview of the Observatory and hands-on sessions | |
| Université de Montréal workshop | March 18 2020, all-day | General overview of the Observatory and hands-on sessions | |
| Webinar 2 (Q and A) | April 14 2020, time TBD | We will answer questions live | |
| Webinar 3 (Q and A) | April 22 2020, time TBD | We will answer questions live |
In 2017/2018 the NIRISS Instrument Team gave a series of webinar to help the canadian community prepare time proposals. Our series of webinars is available on Youtube. We invited Canadian astronomers (students, postdocs and professors) to attend a series of webinars to help then prepare a JWST proposal. We taught you via demos how to use the available tools and documentation. A series of 8 webinars were given, on Wednesdays 4pm eastern time, between November 15 2017 and February 7 2018. The webinars lasted 1 hour each. They were recorded and posted online here and also on Youtube, here
The first two webinars are introductory presentations on JWST’s capabilities and its main proposal tools. Webinars 3 to 8 are meant to provide detailed demos of specific observing modes (imaging, multi-object spectroscopy, etc) based on a notional science case.
The webinars were presented by Rene Doyon (UdeM), Chris Willott (NRC-HAA), Julien Rameau (UdeM) and Loic Albert (UdeM). Any question with this series of webinars or with JWST can be addressed to jwsthelp@listes.umontreal.ca .
| Date | Title | Online Material | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webinar 1 (General) | November 15 2017, 4pm (EST) | General presentation of JWST and its instrument capabilities*** *** Important note: This webinar was (or will be) given as a talk by Rene Doyon and Chris Willott in some universities -JWST timeline -Target visibility -Instrument description and performance: NIRCam, NIRSpec, MIRI, NIRISS -Proposal tools at a glance | MP4 presentation PDF slides |
| Webinar 2 (General) | November 22 2017, 4pm (EST) | Overview and short demos of the "Astronomer Proposal Tool" (APT), "Target Visibility Tool" "Exposure Time Calculator" (ETC) -Target visibility tools basic demo -Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) basic demo -Infrared detector readout principles -Astronomer Proposal Tool (APT) presentation and basic demo | PDF Slides JWST_webinar_2_tools_part1.m4v JWST_webinar_2_tools_part2.m4v JWST_webinar_2_tools_part3.m4v (Use VLC) |
| Webinar 3 | December 6 2017, 4pm (EST) | Demo for using the Imaging modes of NIRCam and MIRI -Infrared detector readout, recap -FOV and dithering patterns with NIRCam and MIRI -Demo of the ETC -Demo of the APT | The slides are here: PDF slides The video recording is here:live video We also produced a short video addressing the error encountered in the APT towards the end of the live demo that we did not have time to cover:addendum (use VLC) The APT file is here: zipped APT file To obtain the ETC workbook, please send an email to jwsthelp at astro dot umontreal dot ca and we will gladly share the ETC workbook produced during the live demo as well as a revised version that properly handles the NIRCam shortwave calculations. |
| Webinar 4 | December 20 2017, 4pm (EST) | Demo for using the Single Object Spectroscopy in long-slit (NIRSpec, MIRI) and slit-less (NIRCam, NIRISS) modes -Infrared detector readout, recap -Resolution, spectral coverage, nodding, sub-arrays for different modes -Demo of the ETC -Demo of the APT | Brown Dwarf Spectrum used for the ETC calculations. The flux needs to be normalized with a proper filter magnitude in the ETC. Slides in PDF format Webinar Video (MP4) Zipped APT file |
| Webinar 5 | January 10, 2018, 4pm (EST) | Demo for using the Integral Field Spectroscopy modes of MIRI and NIRSpec -MIRI and NIRSpec IFU modes -ETC demo -APT demo | Webinar video (mp4) Webinar Slides (PDF) MIRI spectrum (ascii) Science Case (pdf) zipped APT file |
| Webinar 6 | January 24, 2018, 4pm (EST) | Demo for using the Multi-Object Spectroscopy mode of NIRSpec -NIRSpec MSA mode description -ETC demo -APT demo with emphasis on the MSA planning tool | Catalog of targets Webinar Slides (PDF) Webinar video (MP4) Zipped APT file |
| Webinar 7 | January 31, 2018, 4pm (EST) | Demo for using the Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy modes of NIRCam and NIRISS -Infrared detector readout, recap -Wide Field Slit-less Spectroscopy (WFSS) instrument modes overview -Dithering patterns -Demo of the ETC -Demo of the APT | Webinar Video (mp4) Zipped APT file for the CANUCS GTO Webinar Slides (pdf) |
| Webinar 8 | February 7, 2018, 4pm (EST) | Demo for high-contrast imaging and coronagraphy modes of NIRCam, MIRI and NIRISS -Target visibility tools for coronagraphy -ETC demo -APT demo | APT file (zipped) Webinar slides (pdf) Webinar Video on Youtube |