 A mini
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A mini
Observing Guide (old version!) |
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TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
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BEFORE OBSERVING
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Calibration
Sources - Catalogues of
pointing and
flux density calibrators are available in
the control room
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Software
to help the planning of observations:
ASTRO
(part of the GILDAS package)
COCO
Object location and coordinate converter (HEASARC site)
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Integration time
Calculator(under construction)
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TRAVEL AND
ACCOMODATION
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There are two double, six single rooms, as well as a room for disabled persons
available. The charge is 9 € per night (more details). Observers can also
reserve rooms at MPIfR in Bonn.
There is a fully equiped kitchen and dinning area at the observers'
disposal. Some ready-made meals and snacks can be bought from the telescope
operator. It is strongly advised that adequate supplies of food be purchased before going to the telescope since shopping possibilities there are absolutely minimal.
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| DURING THE
OBSERVATIONS |
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Two
UNIX
workstations can be used for offline
analysis. Their names are astrobone1
(a Linux PC) and chef (a SUN
workstation). Usernames and
passwords will be provided by the local staff.
Observers who perform their analysis on these computers are urged to
backup their processed data (and clean their subdirectory) before
leaving the observatory. No backups of visitors'
processed data are guaranteed. Observers are also welcome to bring up their
laptop - a DHCP server is running. However they are asked to have an up-to-date
virus scanner installed on their computer.
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Offline
Analysis Software
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A variety of
analysis software is available, depending on the observing mode used:
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Continuum - A guide
for the "Toolbox" software package is available in the Control room
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Spectral Lines - CLASS
is part of the GILDAS
software package designed for analysis of spectral line data.
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A PDF version of the
user manual can be found here |
A short
guide on how to
examine spectral line data from the AK90 and the FFTS with
CLASS while you are at the telescope. |
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AFTER THE
OBSERVATIONS
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Data
export
Data will be written
to a
CD-ROM by the MPIfR staff
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Available only within Effelsberg or MPIfR in Bonn
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Currently
available only for MPIfR observers (in German)
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