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Seeing Monitor

The ATCA Seeing Monitor comprises two reinforced commercial 1.8-m parabolic dishes with a baseline of about 230m detecting a 30-GHz beacon signal emitted by the Optus-B3 communications satellite.

The signals from these two dishes are used to determine an estimate of ATCA atmospheric phase stability.

Observers can monitor this information on a monica display. Choose the Navigator option in the MONICA menu bar, then, select



Robin Wark 2006-10-24