Would you like to learn how to use software to simulate stars and galaxies? A new Star Simulations School is starting up in Second Life, organized by some of the worlds leading computational astrophysicists – and anyone is welcome to come (for free). The official announcement is after the break…

Star Simulations School

Learn about software for simulating stars, star clusters and galaxies. Organized by Piet Hut from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Aimed at anyone with a serious interest in astronomy and computer simulations of stars and galaxies.

The main idea is to provide guidance for those who are interested in learning to use and/or write software for astronomical simulations, on all levels. Examples of approaches and packages that we will discuss can be found on the following web sites:

http://www.artcompsci.org/
http://www.manybody.org/manybody/nemo.html
http://www.manybody.org/manybody/starlab.html
http://muse.li/

When: The third Friday of every month at 8:00 AM Pacific Time

Where: In the virtual world Second Life, at the ISM Workshop room:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/153/205/59

The first class will be on Friday, April 18 polling whoever attends to see what their wishes are and then in May starting to offer workshops accordingly.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Acknowledgment: P. Knezek (WIYN)