Requesting Time and Time Usage
Information for Visiting Astronomers
Rosters, Schedules and Observation Databases
Observing Guides
Observing Tools
Monitoring Information
Observing system
Facilities

Requesting Time and Time Usage

• Applying for observing time (consult also Chapter 1 of the ATCA Users Guide)
• Target of opportunity and NAPA requests
• Use of Directors Time (unallocated time) and replacing lost time
• Weather overrides on projects

Information for visiting astronomers

• Visitor guide including on-site accommodation booking.
• Site safety
• Supporting an observation and the duty astronomer's role
• Observer computing and library facilities
• ATCA Remote Observing
• Current observing issues
• Fault Reports
• RFI Report Form
• User Questionnaires

Rosters, schedules and observation databases

• Duty astronomer roster
• Observing schedules
• Remote Observing Schedule
• CX-numbered observations
• An archive of issues that have affected ATCA data
• ATOA: Australia Telescope Online Archive
• Observing logs
• Updated Baseline solutions - for 3/12mm observations
  miriad dantpos files for mm data taken without a good mm baseline solution in place.

Observing guides

• CABB page
• General Users Guide (PDF version) (HTML single-page)
• Remote observing guide
• Guide to ATCA observing terminals
• Antenna array configurations and stations
• VLBI
• JEEEA Special Issue ("green book") on the ATCA
• YouTube Training Channel

Observing support tools

• Calibrator manual and planet positions
• Calibrator cycle time calculator
• CABB Sensitivity Calculator (Pre-CABB Calculator)
• ATCA Portal
• CABBScheduler, the scheduling program
• Mosaic Upload Page
• Velocity to frequency calculator and spectral line rest frequencies
• Water Vapor Radiometers
• Shadowing diagrams
• Observing Password Request
• Virtual radio interferometer - simulate Fourier coverage.
• Weather (forecasts as well as present and past weather data)
• Seeing Forecast (predictions of the atmospheric seeing conditions at the Compact Array using an Artificial Neural Network)
• Interference, solar activity.
• 16cm RFI Weathermap
• ACMA Register of Radiocommunications Licences
• Satellite Interference Tool (SaRFIs).
• COORD
• COCO (HEASARC version of the coordinate conversion form)
• Interactive Observability Chart Plotter.

ATCA Monitoring Information

• Get the "MoniCA" monitoring application
• ATCA weather station
• ATCA All Sky Camera
• 16cm RFI Weathermap
• Lightning detector
• Narrabri weather forecast