CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
ATCA Users Guide
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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F.2 Station Locations

The names of Station Posts on the East-West track are generated from their distance, in multiples of 15.306 metres, from the eastern most station post on the Compact Array (W0). Similarly, the names of station posts on the North Spur are generated from their increment from the southernmost station post on the north spur (W106).

Stationd (m)Old name
W00.000(Station 1)
W230.612(Station 2)
W461.224(Station 3)
W691.837(Station 4)
W8122.449(Station 5)
W10153.061(Station 6)
W12183.673(Station 7)
W14214.286(Station 8)
W16244.898(Station 9)
W32489.796(Station 10)
W45688.776(Station 11)
W64979.592(Station 12)
W841285.714(Station 13)
W981500.000(Station 14)
W1001530.612(Station 15)
W1021561.224(Station 16)
W1041591.837
W1061622.449
W1091668.367(Station 17)
W1101683.673(Station 18)
W1111698.980(Station 19)
W1121714.286(Station 20)
W1131729.592(Station 21)
W1241897.959
W1251913.265
W1281959.184(Station 22)
W1291974.490(Station 23)
W1402142.857(Station 24)
W1472250.000(Station 25)
W1482265.306(Station 26)
W1632494.898(Station 27)
W1682571.429(Station 28)
W1722632.653(Station 29)
W1732647.959(Station 30)
W1822785.714(Station 31)
W1892892.857(Station 32)
W1902908.163(Station 33)
W1952984.694(Station 34)
W1963000.000(Station 35)
W3926000.000(Station 37)
N230.612
N576.531
N7107.143
N11168.367
N14214.286

Notes:

  1. Antennas 1 to 5 are confined to stations W0 to W196 and N spur stations: Antenna 6 is permanently stationed on station W392. Antennas must be separated by \geq30 m.
  2. d is the distance in m from W0 at the eastern end of the array, or, for N stations, the distance from the EW track.
  3. Old Names were used before 2002.

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