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Preface
this Guide
Conventions

(1) The Australia Telescope Compact Array

/1./	The Australia Telescope Compact Array
/1.1/	The Australia Telescope National Facility
/1.2/	Overview of the ATCA
/1.3/	Centimetre Observations (16–3 cm bands)
/1.4/	Millimetre-wave observations (15mm–3mm)
/1.5/	Choosing an Observing Frequency
/1.6/	Choosing Angular and Frequency Resolution
/1.7/	Additional Observing Notes and Techniques
/1.8/	High Time Resolution, Pulsars, Planets and VLBI
/1.9/	Other Things to Consider
/1.10/	Submitting a proposal
/1.11/	Successful Proposals

(2) Preparing for Observations

/2./	Preparing for Observations
/2.1/	Scheduling Strategy
/2.2/	Calibration Requirements
/2.3/	How to Prepare a Schedule File
/2.4/	How to Prepare a Mosaic File
/2.5/	Observation Requirements
/2.6/	Pre-observation Checklist

(3) Observing

/3./	Observing
/3.1/	Changeover
/3.2/	Setting up
/3.3/	Observing
/3.4/	Troubleshooting
/3.5/	cm Observing Startup Checklist
/3.6/	mm Observing Startup Checklist

(4) After your Observations

/4./	After your Observations
/4.1/	Archiving Your Data
/4.2/	Report Your Experiences
/4.3/	Data Analysis
/4.4/	Publishing Results

(A) caobs reference

/A./	caobs reference
/A.1/	Using caobs

(B) cacor reference

/B./	cacor reference
/B.1/	Cacor Status Panel
/B.2/	Cacor Data Panel
/B.3/	Cacor Timing Panel
/B.4/	Cacor Log Panel
/B.5/	Cacor Command Panel
/B.6/	Cacor Commands

(C) SPD reference

/C./	SPD reference
/C.1/	Introduction to SPD
/C.2/	SPD Commands

(D) vis

/D./	vis
/D.1/	VIS Commands

(E) Web Scheduler

/E./	Web Scheduler
/E.1/	Scheduler Fields
/E.2/	Scheduler Actions

(F) Observatory Coordinates

/F./	Observatory Coordinates
/F.1/	Site Location
/F.2/	Station Locations

(G) ATCA Configurations

/G./	ATCA Configurations
/G.1/	Array Configurations
/G.2/	Shadowing Diagrams

(H) People to contact

/H./	People to contact

Index

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Australia Telescope Compact Array Users Guide

Users Guide last modified on 2011-04-27 15:49:06