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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G.1 Array Configurations

6.0A abW4W45W102W173W196W392
337628872108714231500195922962587292330153352443953115939
6.0BW2W64W147W182W196W392
21453675094912701806202022192755296930003214375050205969
6.0C abW0W10W113W140W182W392
153413643105615771730199021432633278632143857427058476000
6.0DW8W32W84W168W173W392
77367796116312861362208221582449252533523429471455105878
1.5AW100W110W147W168W196W392
15332142956671975088810411316146930003429375043164469
1.5B abW111W113W163W182W195W392
31199291490765796105610871255128630153214350542704301
1.5C acW98W128W173W190W195W392
77260337459689949102611481408148530153092335240414500
1.5D bcW102W109W140W182W196W392
107214474582643857111712241332143930003214385743324439
750A cW147W163W172W190W195W392
7713824527635238341349065873530153092336735053750
750BW98W109W113W140W148W392
6112216823041347453659764376537353857427043324500
750CW64W84W100W110W113W392
4615319924530639844455170475042704316446947145020
750D cW100W102W128W140W147W392
3110718429139842958261268971937503857404144394469
EW367 dW104W110W113W124W128W392
46619213816821423027630636740404102427043164408
EW352 dW102W104W109W112W125W392
1467710712215319924532135240874286433244084439
EW214W98W102W104W109W112W392
14661779210712215316821442864332440844394500
NS214W106N2N7N11N14W392
3146617710710713816818421443764376437743794381
H214 eW98W104W113N5N14W392
829213213813814424021723024742704378438344084500
H168 eW100W104W111N7N11W392
616110711113214116817118519243014379438144084469
H75 eW104W106W109N2N5W392
3131434646557777828943324378437843784408
122CW98W100W102W104W106W392
31313131616161929212243764406443744684498
Obsolete
375W2W10W14W16W32W392
31619212218421424527633745955105755578658475969
210W98W100W102W109W112W392
3131466110713815316818321442864332443944694500
122AW0W2W4W6W8W392
31313131616161929212258775908593959696000
122BW8W10W12W14W16W392
31313131616161929212257555786581658475878

Notes:

  1. Each array is specified over two lines in the table above. Listed on the first line is the array name, along with its associated symbols (a, b, c, d or e), and the next six columns are the stations for antennas 1 to 6 respectively. Listed on the second line are the baseline lengths available in this configuration in metres, in ascending order.
  2. Configurations within each group of 4, or with common symbols (a, b, c, d or e) form complementary sets for multi-day observations. (This is for single-frequency observations. For a more sophisticated approach see section on bandwidth and multi-frequency synthesis.)
  3. Antenna 6 sits permanently on station W392. Baselines to this antenna (the last 5 columns of the second line) are shown for all configurations, but form part of a designed array only for configurations 6.0A to 6.0D.
  4. Prior to July 1996, the 122B configuration was referred to as 120 and the 122A configuration was known as 122.

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