Australia Telescope: Mopra Telescope

Welcome to the Mopra Telescope

The Mopra Observatory is part of CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility. Mopra is a 22-m single-dish radio telescope located at the edge of the Warrumbungle Mountains near Coonabarabran, about 450 km north-west of Sydney. Mopra is situated at a latitude and longitude of -31:16:04, 149:05:59 and an elevation of 866 m. The telescope is primarily used for 3-mm spectroscopy and VLBI experiments. Mopra is operated remotely from a control desk at the Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri, home of the CSIRO Australia Telescope Compact Array.

Mopra Observing Guides

Information for Observers All the information you need to prepare your proposal and your observing run
UPDATE 03 FEB 2010 Mopra Current Issues Check here before starting your observing run
Mopra Online CAlendar Check here before asking for greentime
Mopra Remote Observing Find out how to set up remote observing sessions
UPDATE 03 FEB 2010 Mopra Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) Also check the "Current Issues" page please.
Telescope Control System User Interface (TCS UI) Manual

ATNF Observing Information

Observing Tools

Observability charts plotter
NEW 28 JAN 2010 Beam position mapper to verify your maps. DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU ARE THE OBSERVER IN CHARGE!
mops_vis: The tools for finding your central frequency and zoom window numbers. (requires wish, runs on linux/cygwin/osx)
Sensitivity calculator (2005 versions)
Sensitivity calculator 2009 version
Schedule File Tool: Position Switching v4.5
UPDATE 20 JAN 2010 On-The-Fly Mapping v6.0 Schedule File Tool, supports fast mapping and graphical zoom window selection. If you have trouble with the new Schedule File Tool, here's the old one: On-The-Fly Mapping v5.3
Velocity to frequency calculator
Catalogue & Monitoring of SiO masers
Coordinate Calculator COORD
Submit a Fault Report
Submit Observer Questionnaire

Data Reduction

ASAP - ATNF Spectral Analysis Package NEW An ASAP-GUI interface has been developed by Cormac Purcell and is available for download
Livedata/Gridzilla - On-the-fly Mapping Analysis Package

Mopra Monitoring Information

TOAD (ATNF external access) Bookmark the new URL!
TOAD (ATNF internal access) Bookmark the new URL!
Weather
Lightning
Select monitor points
MAPS
Miscellaneous(Also see information on MoniCA)
NEW Impending CLOUDSAT passes. Avoid pointing near zenith with 3mm on axis during CLOUDSAT passes!

Mopra Science

Local Mopra Observatory Information

Mopra OHS manual [PDF].
Mopra Visitor's guide

Modified: Balt Indermuehle (26 May 2009)