Useful Resources

Before the Workshop:

• Open a MyST account: https://proper.stsci.edu/proper/authentication/auth
• Download the latest APT and make sure it works: http://www.stsci.edu/scientific-community/software/astronomers-proposal-tool-apt/
• For the coronagraphy session: download the coronagraphic visibility toll. We encourage installing from the python source rather than the Mac OS app: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-other-tools/jwst-target-visibility-tools/jwst-coronagraphic-visibility-tool-help
• For the TSO session, download this spectrum.
• For the NIRSpec MOS session, download this file. It will unpack as 2020_steward/MOS and contains 2 catalogues plus a trial APT file. And this file for the ETC part.
• For the IFU session, download this file. It will unpack as MIRI_IFU_example and contains a pdf on the MIRI MRS ETC and APT example, and a spectrum that is required for the ETC example.

To get started

• Establishing a MyST account: https://proper.stsci.edu/proper/authentication/auth
• JWST User Documentation (JDox)
• JWST HelpDesk
• JWST Video Tutorials
• Conda/astroconda installation

Tools

• JWST Exposure Time Calculator (ETC)
• Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT)
• Visibility Tools
• A quick look of different software tools available to assist JWST users: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-other-tools

Other

• Approved GTO programs (along with the public PDFs and APT files)
• Approved ERS programs (along with the public PDFs and APT files)