HydA Gold Observation
- Greg Sleap
Owned by Greg Sleap
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 # |
|---|---|---|
| 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: