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.
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 # |
|---|---|---|
117 | 9 | 1 |
118 | 10 | 2 |
119 | 11 | 3 |
120 | 12 | 4 |
121 | 13 | 5 |
122 | 14 | 6 |
123 | 15 | 7 |
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: