Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Australia Telescope Compact Array
- 1.1. The Australia Telescope National Facility
- 1.2. Overview of the ATCA
- 1.3. Choosing an Observing Frequency
- 1.4. Choosing Angular and Frequency Resolution
- 1.5. Centimetre Observations (16–4 cm bands)
- 1.6. Millimetre-wave observations (15mm–3mm)
- 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 and Observing
- 2. Preparing for Observations
- 2.1. Observational Sensitivity
- 2.2. Calibration
- 2.2.1. What type of calibration do I need to do?
- 2.2.2. What sources can be used for delay calibration?
- 2.2.3. How do I calibrate the bandpass response of the antennas?
- 2.2.4. How do I calibrate the flux density of my observations?
- 2.2.5. How do I best calibrate the time-varying gains?
- 2.2.6. What do I need to do for polarisation calibration?
- 2.2.7. When is pointing calibration required?
- 2.2.8. When is paddle calibration required?
- 2.3. Scheduling your observations
- 2.3.1. What is meant by “schedule”?
- 2.3.2. How do I best observe if I want to image compact sources?
- 2.3.3. How do I best image a source with a large angular extent, or a wide field region?
- 2.3.4. How do I schedule a mosaic observation?
- 2.3.5. How do I best map regions of spectral line emission?
- 2.3.6. Are there limits to the frequencies I can observe?
- 2.3.7. Can I change between frequencies during my observations?
- 2.3.8. How do I observe a planet in our Solar System?
- 2.3.9. How do I observe a minor object in our Solar System?
- 2.3.10. What are the antenna “wraps”?
- 2.3.11. How do I prepare a schedule file?
- 2.3.12. Could I see an example continuum schedule file?
- 2.3.13. Could I see an example spectral-line schedule file?
- 2.4. Running a schedule
- 2.5. Rapid Response Mode
- 2.5.1. Who can use the rapid response mode?
- 2.5.2. How does the rapid response mode work?
- 2.5.3. Can I over-ride any scheduled block?
- 2.5.4. How can I make a schedule file automatically?
- 2.5.5. What is this authorisation token that I need?
- 2.5.6. But how do I make a request?
- 2.5.7. How can I find out what the service is doing?
- 2.5.8. What is the recommended strategy for a rapid response schedule?
- 2.5.9. How does the service shorten my schedule?
- 2.6. Pre-observation Checklist
- 3. Observing
- 4. After your Observations
- A. caobs 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
- B.7. Changing Correlator Configs
- B.8. Changing to 1MHz, No Zooms
- B.9. Changing to 64MHz Zooms
- B.10. Changing to Hybrid Config (1MHz Continuum and 64MHz Zoom Mode)
- B.11. Changing to Pulsar Binned mode
- B.12. Changing to 1MHz Zooms
- B.13. CABB issues
- C. SPD reference
- D. vis
- E. MoniCA
- F. Web Scheduler
- G. Observatory Coordinates
- H. ATCA Configurations
- Index