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
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