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:
- Register for an Astro Data Lab account here: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/account/register/
Day of the tutorial (Oct. 8):
- Go to Astro Data Lab's JupyterLab server and sign in with your Astro Data Lab username and password
- 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
