Propuesta de Telescopio
1. Information for Thursday’s Afternoon Session
During this session, we will work in small groups to develop and submit an observing proposal for the Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) or the Mopra Telescope.
Each group will choose one of the following four projects to work through:
- (Mopra) The Molecular Gas - TeV Gamma Ray Connection in W28
- (Mopra) A 3mm Emission Line Survey of the 30 Doradus Molecular Ridge
- (ATCA) Radio Flux Density Monitoring and Imaging of Supernova 1987A
- (ATCA, harder) The Atomic Interstellar Medium in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies
Before the session, you will need to register an account with the ATNF online proposal system (OPAL, http://opal.atnf.csiro.au). OPAL registrations will open on Wednesday 29th July.
2. Example Proposals
Several example telescope proposals (in some cases with feedback from the Time Allocation Committee) are attached to the bottom of this page.
3. List of Recommended Webpages
Before the session, please spend some time familiarising yourself with the technical capabilities and online observing tools of ATCA and Mopra by browsing the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) website.
Telescope Information
General Information about Observing with ATNF
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/
ATCA Information and User Guide
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/observing/
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/observing/users_guide/html/atug.html
Mopra Information and User Guide
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/obsinfo.html
Online Tools that are useful for preparing an ATCA/Mopra observing proposal
COORD – calculates rise/set times of astronomical sources
http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/cgi-bin/utilities/coord.cgi
Rest Frequencies of Commonly Observed Atomic and Molecular Emission Lines
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/observing/spectral.html
Velocity-to-Frequency Calculator – calculates sky frequency of spectral lines
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/observing/obstools/velo.html
Mopra Mapping Sensitivity Calculator – calculates integration time for Mopra maps
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/sensitivity_mopra_otf.html
Mopra Sensitivity Calculator - calculates integration time for Mopra single pointing observations
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/sensitivity_mopra_pswitch.html
ATCA Observing Characteristics Calculator – calculates integration time and angular resolution
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/docs/at_sens/
ATCA Virtual Radio Interferometer - tool for simulating (u,v) coverage
http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/astronomy/vri.html
Sites that require OPAL registration (accessible after Monday 27th July)
ATOA – the online ATNF Data Archive
OPAL – the online ATNF Proposal System