Welcome to the documentation for CANFAR’s Science Portal!

The CANFAR Science Portal provides astronomers the computing resources they need to work with their data. In addition to the documentation here, aimed at newer users, more advanced topics are covered at https://github.com/opencadc/science-containers/tree/main/doc

Please acknowledge the CANFAR Science Portal in any resulting publications with the following:

The authors acknowledge the use of the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomy Research (CANFAR) Science Platform. Our work used the facilities of the Canadian Astronomy Data Center, operated by the National Research Council of Canada with the support of the Canadian Space Agency, and CANFAR, a consortium that serves the data-intensive storage, access, and processing needs of university groups and centers engaged in astronomy research (Gaudet et al 2010).

Tutorials for New Users

General Tutorials

Tips and Tricks

ALMA Tutorials (Desktop Session)

Indices and tables