Tutorial: Exploring DESI DR1 efficiently with the Astro Data Lab science platform and SPARCL spectral database

Tutorial to use NOIRLab's Astro Data Lab and SPARCL to access data with a focus on DESI DR1 and the Legacy Surveys imaging.

What: Exploring DESI DR1 efficiently with SPARCL and the Astro Data Lab science platform
When: October 8, 2025 from 10:00am-3:00pm MST
Where: Main Conference Room (MCR), NSF NOIRLab Headquarters, Tucson AZ

Before the tutorial:

1. Register for an Astro Data Lab account here: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/account/register/

Day of the tutorial (Oct. 8):

1. Go to Astro Data Lab's JupyterLab server and sign in with your Astro Data Lab username and password
2. Launch a terminal instance in JupyterLab and clone the Tutorial-DESI-NOIRLab-2025 repository:

git clone https://github.com/astro-datalab/Tutorial-DESI-NOIRLab-2025.git

Agenda
Time (MST)	Description
09:45	Arrival / sign-in at front desk
10:00	Welcome address by NOIRLab CTO
10:05	Introduction to NOIRLab Astro Data Lab (slides)
10:20	Guided tour of the new web portal (demo)
10:40	Introduction to SPARCL (slides)
10:45	Example tutorial notebook featuring Data Lab & SPARCL (demo)
11:30	Tutorial notebook for interactive spectra viewer Prospect (demo)
11:50	Instructions to define or pick hack ideas for the afternoon
noon-13:00	Work Lunch to define hack ideas
13:00-15:00	Hack session (with pitches at beginning and wrap-up at the end)

Other links:

• Slides: shared slides
• Astro Data Lab homepage: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/
• Help desk: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/help/
• Full notebook suite: https://github.com/astro-datalab/notebooks-latest
• SPARCL homepage: https://astrosparcl.datalab.noirlab.edu/

Contact info for questions/comments:

• Astro Data Lab: datalab@noirlab.edu
• SPARCL: datalab-spectro@noirlab.edu