CRF-DS9 (Southern Hemisphere Astrometry) 2003 Oct 9 (DOY 282) Notes prepared by Alan Fey, U.S. Naval Observatory Schedule name: crfds9.skd Nominal Start: 18:00 U.T. on 2003 Oct 9 (DOY 282) first observation at 18:00 U.T. on 0037-593 Ho-Pa Duration: 29 hours; gap 283/0900 - 283/1400 Nominal Stop: 23:00 U.T. on 2003 Oct 10 (DOY 283) last observation at 22:59 U.T. on 1610-771 Ho-Pa Correlator: WACO at Washington, DC Station Codes # of tapes # of scans Occupation Code HOBART26 H 0.7 272 PARKES P 2.6 272 Total number of observations (delay measurements): 272 Total number of scans in the schedule: 272 Purpose ======= Astrometric observations to strenghten the ICRF in the Southern Hemisphere. There are 30 new (never observed) sources; the remainder are ICRF sources. Schedule ======== This is a new schedule generated by Alan Fey using sked. Correlation =========== This experiment will be correlated at the WACO Correlator. Tapes should be shipped to Washington, DC as soon after the experiment as practical. Special procedures ================== There is a 5-hr gap 283/0900 - 283/1400 when PARKES is doing NASA tracking. Summary ======= The following listing is a summary of the observations in this schedule. Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 7.0 Min = 3.0 Max = 15.9 (Baseline Ho-Pa on 1034-293) RMS = 2.6 Total time: 1741 minutes ( 29.0 hours). Key: Ho=HOBART26 Pa=PARKES64 Ho Pa Avg % obs. time: 40 40 40 % cal. time: 2 2 2 % slew time: 22 29 26 % idle time: 34 27 30 total # scans: 272 272 272 # scans/hour : 9 9 11.3 Avg scan (sec): 156 156 156 Total GBytes: 335 335 335 # of tapes : .7 2.6 tape change times (hhmm): 0000 0320 0000 1737 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ho Pa StnTotal ---------------------- Ho|272 272 272 Pa| 272 272 Number of 2-station scans: 272 Total # of scans, observations: 272 272