Observation and Reduction procedures
The information path to prepare, perform and reduce a radioastronomical
observation, using the Arcos
correlator, is schematized in the figure:
The programs reside part on the computer network of the Arcetri
Observatory, and part at the
Medicina Radio
Telescope. All programs running at Arcetri are written for a Sun
workstation, and are public domain software, available upon request.
Programs running at the telescope are written for a PC with
DOS/Windows (or Linux).
Index:
How to prepare an observation (not yet available)
Individual sources (manual)
List of sources (automatic)
Map a region
How to observe:
Checklist of operations/checks to be done
before starting an observation session
Available receivers
Schedule preparation (program arcobs). A
tar archive with the program sources is available
Observation of spectral lines
Total power observations (calibrations)
Archiving and exporting data
How to reduce data (at the telescope):
Difference spectrum and quick look (program SPETTRO)
Sum several scans for quick look of long integrations
(program AVER)
How to reduce data (at home)
Structure of the database A PostScript version is also available
Selecting observations from the database
Extracting and calibrating data
Reduction and data analysis with CLASS
Search catalog for multiple observations
of the same source (program searchdup)
Radio Group Home Page
Arcetri Home Page