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HydA Gold Observation

HydA Gold Observation

As part of the MWAX new correlator development and testing, an observation was taken using both the MWAX correlator and the existing MWA correlator.

Observation: 1297526432

Obs ID: 1297526432

View Receiver PPDs

MWA and MWAX correlator mode:

  • Frequency averaging: 10 kHz
  • Integration time: 0.5 second

MWAX Corrections Applied: None

  • Specifically:
    • No cable length corrections
    • No geometric corrections
    • No digital gain correction
    • No bandpass corrections

Observation duration:

  • MWA: 296 seconds
  • MWAX: 296 seconds

Channel selection comparison:

Receiver Channel #MWA Coarse Channel #MWAX Coarse Channel #
11791
118102
119113
120124
121135
122146
123157

Data Access:

Download MWA observation via MWA ASVO: click here (24 coarse channels, metafits)

Download MWAX data: click here (7 coarse channels worth of fits files)

Receiver / Tile health:

Bad pointing: rec08:[LBB5], rec10:[RFIpole], rec14:[LBC1]

Bad Beam Shape: rec03:[LBF7] rec10:[Tile102] rec16:[Tile164]

Due to failure of an SFP at the MRO, no MWAX data was received from VCS11.

See the following articles for information on ordering of data and fits format:

MWAX Visibility File Format

MWAX Antenna Ordering