The activity is based on the LIGO-Virgo EM Follow-Up Tutorial of the Gravitational-wave Astronomy Community; for more information see https://gw-astronomy.org/wiki/LV_EM/TechInfo. HELPix Python module healpy and Aladin Sky Atlas were widely used during the training.

The skymaps used for the 1st DAS GraWIToN school come from a simulation of the LIGO-Virgo detectors as they are expected to operate in 2015 and 2016. The simulation and full data release are given at http://www.ligo.org/scientists/first2years/

Presentation and Supplementary materials:

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