Wednesday 5th July 2017.

Following in the NAM tradition, the coding Hack Day is back for NAM 2017.

Hosted by the OpenAstronomy group, this is the perfect opportunity for participants to get involved in some interesting projects, get help with coding and answers to any astronomy programming-related problems.

The event is informal and designed for people to drop in and out between any parallel sessions they are going to.

In the morning, we will organise some groups to work on various astronomy projects (suggested by you guys or our team). People can work on these problems in their own time throughout the day.

Even if you don’t have any coding experience, please feel free to join us to see what tools are available for you to use in your work. And remember, coding is anything from LaTeX to Python to C++ and can involve any kind of software, hardware and data we can get hold of.

We will provide you with a room and internet connection, just bring down your laptop (and power cable) and join.

In preparation for the event, we are compiling a list of project ideas and the skills on offer, if you have a project idea or want to offer your skills to help others then please visit our wiki:

https://github.com/OpenAstronomy/nam2017_hackday/wiki

We will be providing:

• Wireless internet connection
• Power socket
• Coffee supply (with biscuits, while stocks last)
• Projector
• White board
• Small telescopes
• CCD Sensor

Hack Day @NAM2017 is supported by: