Mopra Operations

Balt Indermuehle

13 June 2008

ATNF Mopra Operations

What’s new at Mopra

• Telescope Operating Alerting Device • Gotta love the TOAD!

• Mopra Online Calendar• Add some MOCA to your Google

• Mopra Remote Observing • Coming to a chicken, I mean screen near you

• Updated the SiO Maser catalogue• Some are a-masing and some are not

• New Web Page – Observing Information• See ya MUM

• Online schedulers updated • Bring out the box of Band Aids

• Mopra Training Day (25 March 2008)• All presentations online

ATNF Mopra Operations

• New software routines in ASAP and Livedata to minimise the baseline ripple.

• Characterisation of the antenna & MOPS at 12, 7 and 3 mm.

• Implement GUI interfaces within ASAP for easier quick-look data reduction.

• Implement the option within ASAP to write files in GILDAS format.

• New sky web cam to be installed at the telescope to give more information on how clear the sky is.

Mopra Wishlist (well, Todo list)

Mopra Observing Time

• Mopra APR08 Term• 48 proposals were submitted (33 in APR07)

• 3 proposals with Australian PI (ATNF, UNSW, JCU)• 45 proposals with overseas PI

• 28 proposals with only overseas investigators

• Call for Proposals for the OCT08 Term• For the OCT08 term (summer months) ATNF encourages medium-

large programs (e.g. large-sky maps, surveys, large samples) that require a time allocation of at least two weeks with 12-hour daily observing blocks.

• We expect to be able to offer remote observing on a regular basis starting October semester

ATNF. Mopra Operations

Remote Observing – Monitoringhttp://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/TOAD

Message Area

Static Data Display

Status

Weather

Cryo Summary

Page selection

Message Commands

HardwareEnvironment

PowerSummary

B6

UpstairsAttenuators

B5LaserMods

MOPS Summary

Focus Receiver mm Switch

Remote Observing – Monitoringhttp://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/TOAD

Remote Observing - Requirements

• Reasonable size screen resolution (1280x1024 or larger)

• Monitor (TOAD) and Control• Stable connection, i.e.

• No planned outages on your end• No planned outages @ ATNF (check with Balt, Phil or Kate)

• Ideally several computers, but works with just one, too.

Remote Observing – Setting up

• Requires ATNF user account• VNC Sessions, using SSH tunnelling:

• SSH into venice.atnf.csiro.au, using this command:

• ssh your_ident@venice.atnf.csiro.au -L 5910:bigrock.atnf.csiro.au:5910

• Start VNC on your computer and connect to

• localhost:5910

• See step by step instructions• http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/remobs.html

Remote Observing - WYSINNWYWGAYMWV

• Most frequent setup: One computer, one screen:• Open Web Browser with TOAD• Open VNC window into bigrock, with virtual desktops inside VNC

• See following screens

Remote Observing - Displays

Screen selection

Remote Observing – 1 Computer Setup

VNC Web Browser

VNC SPD / Pointing / Utilities Screen

Remote Observing –Recommended 4 Quad-Screen Setup

VNC TCS Screen

Web BrowserVNC MOPS Screen

Important to know

• Each screen can be a separate computer• No need to run out and purchase multi head graphics cards

Thank you

Questions?