Observing log for ZOA commensal observations with a2055, June/July 2005 P. Henning The first four days were spent doing drift scans of a region about RA: 19h12m30s to 19h26m30s, Dec: +07d30' to +11d05'. The scans took 840 seconds each. A smooth observing session has 5 drifts. An "SFS" is the GALFA smart frequency switching, which we ignore (it should be in a separate file - on the first day, first scan it was in a file with a drift scan. This shouldn't happen again.) I used 900 for box size in livedata. 22 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050622.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050622.a2055.0001.fits contains SFS and the first drift scan wapp.20050622.a2055.0002.fits drift scan wapp.20050622.a2055.0003.fits drift scan wapp.20050622.a2055.0004.fits drift scan wapp.20050622.a2055.0005.fits drift scan wapp.20050622.a2055.0006.fits junk 23 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050623.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050623.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050623.a2055.0002.fits This was a drift at the wrong position The strip was redone on the 25th of June wapp.20050623.a2055.0003.fits drift scan wapp.20050623.a2055.0004.fits drift scan wapp.20050623.a2055.0005.fits drift scan wapp.20050623.a2055.0006.fits drift scan wapp.20050623.a2055.0007.fits junk 24 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050624.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050624.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050624.a2055.0002.fits drift scan. Done at high ZA wapp.20050624.a2055.0003.fits drift wapp.20050624.a2055.0004.fits drift wapp.20050624.a2055.0005.fits drift wapp.20050624.a2055.0006.fits drift wapp.20050624.a2055.0007.fits junk 25 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050625.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050625.a2055.0002.fits drift wapp.20050625.a2055.0003.fits drift wapp.20050625.a2055.0004.fits tests - junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0005.fits tests - junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0006.fits tests - junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0007.fits tests - junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0008.fits tests - junk wapp.20050625.a2055.0009.fits tests - junk The remainder of the observing sessions for a2055 are basketweaves of the region of about RA: 18h34.9m to 19h32.4m, Dec: 5deg - 9deg. Each night there were 5 basketweaves (bw), each loop takes 9.5 min. Each fits file should contain one bw loop. I used 660 for box size in livedata. 28 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050628.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050628.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050628.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050628.a2055.0003.fits basketweave (bw) wapp.20050628.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050628.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050628.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050628.a2055.0007.fits bw 29 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050629.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050629.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050629.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050629.a2055.0003.fits bw wapp.20050629.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050629.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050629.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050629.a2055.0007.fits bw 30 June 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050630.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050630.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050630.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050630.a2055.0003.fits bw wapp.20050630.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050630.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050630.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050630.a2055.0007.fits bw 01 July 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050701.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050701.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050701.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050701.a2055.0003.fits bw wapp.20050701.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050701.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050701.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050701.a2055.0007.fits bw 02 July 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh The wapps hung, and despite valiant, repeated efforts to restart, the night was lost. wapp.20050702.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0001.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0003.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0004.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0005.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0006.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0007.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0008.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0009.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0010.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0011.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0012.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0013.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0014.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0015.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0016.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0017.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0018.fits junk wapp.20050702.a2055.0019.fits junk 03 July 2005 Observers: Trish, Desh wapp.20050703.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050703.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050703.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050703.a2055.0003.fits bw wapp.20050703.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050703.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050703.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050703.a2055.0007.fits bw 12/13 July 2005 The last sessions started before midnight, thus are over two dates Observer: Desh wapp.20050712.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050712.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20050712.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050712.a2055.0003.fits bw wapp.20050712.a2055.0004.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0000.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0001.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0002.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0003.fits SFS wapp.20050713.a2055.0004.fits SFS 13/14 July 2005 Observer: Desh wapp.20050713.a2055.0005.fits junk wapp.20050713.a2055.0006.fits SFS wapp.20050713.a2055.0007.fits junk wapp.20050713.a2055.0008.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0009.fits bw wapp.20050713.a2055.0010.fits bw wapp.20050714.a2055.0000.fits bw wapp.20050714.a2055.0001.fits bw 14/15 July 2005 Observer: Ji-hyun, Snez, for GALFA. Report the following: This night, the observations failed at midnight. The first and second basketweave loops were completed. The third failed during the first part of the loop, on its way to higher Dec, roughly 08 51. The fourth loop was completely lost, and the fifth loop was with incorrect beam spacing, thus I will not include it in further reduction. wapp.20050714.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050714.a2055.0003.fits SFS wapp.20050714.a2055.0004.fits junk wapp.20050714.a2055.0005.fits bw loop 1 wapp.20050714.a2055.0006.fits bw loop 2 wapp.20050714.a2055.0007.fits partial bw loop 3 wapp.20050715.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20050715.a2055.0001.fits junk wapp.20050715.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050715.a2055.0003.fits bw loop 5, but at wrong beam spacing 15/16 July 2005 Observer: Desh wapp.20050715.a2055.0004.fits junk wapp.20050715.a2055.0005.fits SFS wapp.20050715.a2055.0006.fits junk wapp.20050715.a2055.0007.fits bw wapp.20050715.a2055.0008.fits bw wapp.20050715.a2055.0009.fits bw wapp.20050716.a2055.0000.fits bw wapp.20050716.a2055.0001.fits bw 16/17 July 2005 Observer: Desh wapp.20050716.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20050716.a2055.0003.fits SFS wapp.20050716.a2055.0004.fits junk wapp.20050716.a2055.0005.fits bw wapp.20050716.a2055.0006.fits bw wapp.20050716.a2055.0007.fits bw wapp.20050716.a2055.0008.fits bw wapp.20050717.a2055.0000.fits bw 23 April 2006 Observer: Chris/Erik wapp.20060423.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060423.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060423.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20060423.a2055.0003.fits bw lambda 1 We have intermitent RFI at ~1367 and 1381. Also RFI in certain beams at 1350. wapp.20060423.a2055.0004.fits bw lambda 2 wapp.20060423.a2055.0005.fits bw lambda 3 large continuum source shows up wapp.20060423.a2055.0006.fits bw lambda 4 wapp.20060423.a2055.0007.fits bw lambda 5 27 April 2006 Observer: Chris wapp.20060427.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060427.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060427.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 RFI in all beams at 1350. wapp.20060427.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060427.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060427.a2055.0000.fits junk 28 April 2006 Observer: Chris wapp.20060428.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060428.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060428.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20060428.a2055.0003.fits bw lambda 1 RFI in all beams at 1350. There was a ~7 minute delay between the SFS and the start of the first lambda. Something weird in the cima script. Still not sure why this happened. wapp.20060428.a2055.0004.fits bw lambda 2 wapp.20060428.a2055.0005.fits bw lambda 3 wapp.20060428.a2055.0006.fits bw lambda 4 01 May 2006 Observer: Trish Dataview machine is down, so no "dataview" to watch. I'm watching aostatus, and files in /share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata wapp.20060501.a2055.0000.fits 48960 very strange - only 4 small files wapp.20060501.a2055.0001.fits 48960 wapp.20060501.a2055.0002.fits 48960 wapp.20060501.a2055.0003.fits 48960 I am emailing GALFA PIs to find out what happened. Ji-hyun reports that observations were lost due to WAPP problems. 02 May 2006 Observer: Trish Still no Dataview. Tonight we expect drift scans, of 12 min duration. wapp.20060502.a2055.0000.fits 48960 junk wapp.20060502.a2055.0001.fits 86411456 wapp.20060502.a2055.0002.fits 48960 That's it. Looks like more trouble. 03 May 2006 Observer: Trish Dataview is back. Tonight we expect basketweaving. wapp.20060503.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060503.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060503.a2055.0002.fits junk wapp.20060503.a2055.0003.fits bw lambda 1 A and B pol look all there wapp.20060503.a2055.0004.fits bw lambda 2 wapp.20060503.a2055.0005.fits bw lambda 3 wapp.20060503.a2055.0006.fits bw lambda 4 wapp.20060503.a2055.0007.fits bw lambda 5 09 May 2006 Observer: no one, as we didn't know we were going to be observing :) But apparently, we have: wapp.20060509.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060509.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060509.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 wapp.20060509.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060509.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060509.a2055.0005.fits drift 4 wapp.20060509.a2055.0006.fits drift 5 wapp.20060509.a2055.0007.fits junk 19 May 2006 Observer: Trish Tonight we expect drift, 12 min presumably wapp.20060519.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060519.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060519.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 wapp.20060519.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060519.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060519.a2055.0005.fits junk 21 May 2006 Observer: Trish Tonight we expect drift, 12 min. These drift scans are re-observations of the strips done 09 May 2006, due to galspec errors for that day. Currently unknown if the wapp data are OK for that day, Chris livedata'd those, didn't report problems. wapp.20060521.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060521.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060521.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 wapp.20060521.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060521.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060521.a2055.0005.fits drift 4 wapp.20060521.a2055.0006.fits drift 5 wapp.20060521.a2055.0007.fits junk 23 May 2006 Observer: Chris wapp.20060523.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060523.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060523.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 wapp.20060523.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060523.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060523.a2055.0005.fits junk 24 May 2006 Observer: Chris wapp.20060524.a2055.0000.fits junk wapp.20060524.a2055.0001.fits SFS wapp.20060524.a2055.0002.fits drift 1 wapp.20060524.a2055.0003.fits drift 2 wapp.20060524.a2055.0004.fits drift 3 wapp.20060524.a2055.0005.fits junk