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 [email protected] -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?
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