Turn Pössel's "Beginner's Guide to Working with Astronomical Data" into a Guide

[kelle]

https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.13189
"This elementary review covers the basics of working with astronomical data, notably with images, spectra and higher-level (catalog) data. The basic concepts and tools are presented using both application software (DS9 and TOPCAT) and Python. The level of presentation is suitable for undergraduate students, but should also be accessible to advanced high school students."

Could be turned into a guide using the Jupyter Book, same as the ccd reduction guide

Markus has said he's happy for us to do this and @miguelsalazar is interested in getting it started.

[mpoessel]

I'm not often on Github, and this is fairly unfamiliar, but I managed to log in at least. So yes, I'm happy for the Beginner's Guide, or parts of it, to be turned into a guide. I don't have a huge amount of time to spend on this, but if there's a specific way I can help, please tell me.

[miguelsalazar]

I'll start by reproducing all the exercises in a Collab notebook, to make sure that everything's running smoothly and we don't need additional data sources.

[mpoessel]

Thank you, that sounds good! If you need anything beyond what's in the published version of the Beginner's Guide, please tell. Also, if you give me your contact data, I can send you the latest improved version, which is not yet on arXiv.

[laudb]

Hi, i'm quite interested in this and wondering if there's a part I could take up towards realizing this goal?

[kakirastern]

Hi @miguelsalazar I am from Learn Astropy as one of the content developers. We would like to know if you have started work on the issue and of the progress if work has already begun? It would be great to let us know, so that someone else such as @laudb can work on it if you are no longer interested in the issue.