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ATCA Array Configurations

Configuration Name Stations Baselines (metres)
6.0A α β W4 W45 W102 W173 W196 W392 337 628 872 1087 1423 1500 1959 2296 2587 2923 3015 3352 4439 5311 5939
6.0B W2 W64 W147 W182 W196 W392 214 536 750 949 1270 1806 2020 2219 2755 2969 3000 3214 3750 5020 5969
6.0C α β W0 W10 W113 W140 W182 W392 153 413 643 1056 1577 1730 1990 2143 2633 2786 3214 3857 4270 5847 6000
6.0D W8 W32 W84 W168 W173 W392 77 367 796 1163 1286 1362 2082 2158 2449 2525 3352 3429 4714 5510 5878
1.5A W100 W110 W147 W168 W196 W392 153 321 429 566 719 750 888 1041 1316 1469 3000 3429 3750 4316 4469
1.5B α β W111 W113 W163 W182 W195 W392 31 199 291 490 765 796 1056 1087 1255 1286 3015 3214 3505 4270 4301
1.5C α γ W98 W128 W173 W190 W195 W392 77 260 337 459 689 949 1026 1148 1408 1485 3015 3092 3352 4041 4500
1.5D β γ W102 W109 W140 W182 W196 W392 107 214 474 582 643 857 1117 1224 1332 1439 3000 3214 3857 4332 4439
750A γ W147 W163 W172 W190 W195 W392 77 138 245 276 352 383 413 490 658 735 3015 3092 3367 3505 3750
750B W98 W109 W113 W140 W148 W392 61 122 168 230 413 474 536 597 643 765 3735 3857 4270 4332 4500
750C W64 W84 W100 W110 W113 W392 46 153 199 245 306 398 444 551 704 750 4270 4316 4469 4714 5020
750D γ W100 W102 W128 W140 W147 W392 31 107 184 291 398 429 582 612 689 719 3750 3857 4041 4439 4469
EW367 δ W104 W110 W113 W124 W128 W392 46 61 92 138 168 214 230 276 306 367 4040 4102 4270 4316 4408
EW352 δ W102 W104 W109 W112 W125 W392 31 46 77 107 122 153 199 245 321 352 4087 4286 4332 4408 4439
EW214 W98 W102 W104 W109 W112 W392 31 46 61 77 92 107 122 153 168 214 4286 4332 4408 4439 4500
NS214 W106 N2 N7 N11 N14 W392 31 46 61 77 107 107 138 168 184 214 4376 4376 4377 4379 4381
H214 ε W98 W104 W113 N5 N14 W392 82 92 132 138 138 144 240 217 230 247 4270 4378 4383 4408 4500
H168 ε W100 W104 W111 N7 N11 W392 61 61 107 111 132 141 168 171 185 192 4301 4379 4381 4408 4469
H75 ε W104 W106 W109 N2 N5 W392 31 31 43 46 46 55 77 77 82 89 4332 4378 4378 4378 4408
122C W98 W100 W102 W104 W106 W392 31 31 31 31 61 61 61 92 92 122 4376 4406 4437 4468 4498
Obsolete
375 W2 W10 W14 W16 W32 W392 31 61 92 122 184 214 245 276 337 459 5510 5755 5786 5847 5969
210 W98 W100 W102 W109 W112 W392 31 31 46 61 107 138 153 168 183 214 4286 4332 4439 4469 4500
122A W0 W2 W4 W6 W8 W392 31 31 31 31 61 61 61 92 92 122 5877 5908 5939 5969 6000
122B W8 W10 W12 W14 W16 W392 31 31 31 31 61 61 61 92 92 122 5755 5786 5816 5847 5878
Notes:
(i) Configurations within each group of 4, or with common symbols ($\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$, $\delta$ or $\varepsilon$), 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.]
(ii) Antenna #6 sits permanently on station W392. Baselines to this antenna (the last 5 columns) are shown for all configurations, but form part of a designed array only for configurations 6.0A to 6.0D.
(iii)  Prior to July 1996, the 122B configuration was referred to as 120 and the 122A configuration was known as 122.


Robin Wark 2006-10-24