GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 03/09/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9723
3. Observer : P. Kamphuis
4. Observer's Email : peterkamphuisastronomy@gmail.com
5. Project Name : Probing the cause of rapid star formation changes in early type galaxies
6. Project Code : 32_042
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Shilpa, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_042/obs_j1352\+08.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/03sep/32_042_03sep2017.lta.2, /gsbifrdata1/03sep/32_042_03sep2017.lta.1, /gsbifrdata1/03sep/32_042_03sep2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2482, /odisk/online1/logflags/32_042.FLAGS.1, /odisk/online1/logflags/32_042.FLAGS

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1361 MHz ,RF2 : 1361 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1300 MHz, ILO2 : 1300MHz , IVLO1 : 61 MHz, IVLO2 : 61 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 10+14 dB, 16 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 10+14 dB, 16 MHz,ON

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_shivneri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
23. ACQ BW : 16.666666 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 139
28. LO5 -2  : 166

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1361 1361 1300 1300 61 61
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :30

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 03 Sep 2017 10:00:00 - 03 Sep 2017 22:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :30

37. Comments (During Observations) :
10:00 : Started settings.
10:10 : Started scan on 3C147.
10:20 : C03 taken for RAS2017 demonstration.

10:32 : astro8 machine (GSB control PC) hanged, stopped scan, halted GSB.
10:40 : Restarted GSB.
10:41 : Started scan on 3C147.
10:55 : Started command file.
        /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_042/obs_j1352+08.cmd
20:36 : Stopped command file.
21:23 : Started scan on 3C468.1 for ~ 33.8228 min.
21:59 : Started scan on 3C48 for ~ 8.32149 min.
22:10 : Stopped scan and observing session over.