observation preparation tool (opt)
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Observation Preparation Tool (OPT). Loránt Sjouwerman (NRAO/Socorro). Introduction. General intro Reminder about calibration Designing a schedule The schedules for the Synthesis Imaging Workshop data sets 3C391 C-band continuum polarization mozaic - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Twelfth Synthesis Imaging Workshop2010 June 8-15
Observation Preparation Tool (OPT)Loránt Sjouwerman (NRAO/Socorro)
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Introduction
• General intro• Reminder about calibration• Designing a schedule• The schedules for the Synthesis Imaging Workshop data
sets• 3C391 C-band continuum polarization mozaic• IRC10216 Ka-band dual spectral line image cube
• Screen shots of using the Observation Preparation web application
• Source catalog tool: SCT (telescope pointing directions)
• Resource catalog tool: RCT (hardware selection and setup)
• Observation preparation tool: OPT– Build a sequence of “scans”:
» Source + resource + obs. mode + time interval + intent
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OPT demo?
• Live “demo” usually results in chaos..
• If needed, a live demonstration is possible in the discussion groups
• Purpose of this talk is to show the “working” of the OPT– not why certain choices were made– not whether this is the most optimum way
– all these depend on goal and details of observation
– maybe there is time for this during discussion groups
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New software for a new instrument• VLA era: Observe and Jobserve scheduling tool• New correlator is much more flexible – need for new tool• Web based with central data base, code, but also
disadvantages!• Learning curve for everyone and not everything included
yet
• Goal: computer readable observing schedule (SB) with constraints– Some can be chosen (e.g. wind conditions, LST start
range)– Some cannot (e.g. scientific priority, allocated observing
time)– Some transferred from proposal (check!)
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Flow diagram
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Example project “tree”
• Project has Program Blocks (PB)
• PB has Scheduling Blocks (SB)
– Is “observing run” script
– Sequence of scans and/or (loops of) loops of scans
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Reminder about calibration
• Instrument is not prefect (instrumental response, variation with time, etc.)
• Atmosphere is not constant (includes troposphere, ionosphere)
• Want to do the science, meaning obtain correct measurements– Such as: flux density/variability,
position/astrometry/motion, structure/morphology, frequency/spectrum, polarization, other…
• Observe calibrators: answers are known – Prefer bright, nearby, point source in phase center….– Determine and apply corrections for the right answer on
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Reminder about calibration
• Observe calibrators: answers are known • Bright: determined solution not noisy for calibration
goal• Nearby: target and calibrator are seen through same
atmosphere, solutions for about the same time and for similar effects (pointing)
• Point source: amplitude is constant and independent of baseline
• at Phase center: phase is constant and zero
• Apart from the target sources, the observing schedule should contain all calibrations needed to achieve the scientific goals
• Note: proper calibration may take more time than observing the target– Good to know amount of overhead before submitting
proposal
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Designing a schedule
• Designing a schedule: determine which/what– Sources to observe, and for how long (with each setup)– Setups (“resources”) to use
• Receivers, (baseband/subband) signals, correlator– Calibrations to perform
• Extra sources/resources? (e.g. pointing)– Strategies and tactics to apply (short, long, less quality
acceptable?)– Optimization and constraints to choose (slew, wrap,
weather..)• Everything is part of a trade-off and depends on the science
goals
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The schedules for the 12th SIW data sets: include necessary calibration• 3C391 C-band
polarization
– Gain (ampl./phase) calibration• Variations in
instrument as well as in atmosphere
– Absolute flux calibration– Bandpass and delay
calibration– Antenna pointing
calibration– Polarization angle
calibration– Polarization leakage (D-
term) calibration– Ignore other
calibrations (?)
• IRC10216 Ka-band line
– Gain (ampl./phase) calibration• Variations in
instrument as well as in atmosphere
– Absolute flux calibration– Bandpass and delay
calibration– Antenna pointing
calibration– Polarization angle
calibration– Polarization leakage (D-
term) calibration– Ignore other
calibrations (?)
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Designing the 3C391 observing run• 7 field mozaic, 7 sources with roughly equal time on source
– Enough signal to be able to use self-calibration• Could use default C band continuum (OSRO1) setup (but
didn’t)• Flux: 3C286, can also be used for EVPA calibration
(answer: –66˚)• Bandpass: 3C84• Unpolarized nearby point source: J1822–0938 (gain, pol.z
leakage)– C band (i.e. about 5 GHz) thus cycle every ~30 minutes
• Do not break into small observing runs (polarization angle)• Spread sources over hour angle for best (u,v)-coverage
– Set up sequence and loop several times• Spread polarization leakage calibrator: include in loop
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Designing the IRC10216 observing run• Single target line source, use Doppler setting for frequency
(dynamic time)• Setup tuned to (2) Ka band frequencies with 125 kHz
spectral resolution• Flux: 3C286 and bandpass: 3C273• Unpolarized nearby point source: J0954+1743 (gain, pol.z
leakage)– Ka band (i.e. about 35 GHz) thus cycle every ~5 minutes– NOT strong enough for pointing scans: use a different
pointing source• Strong (in C or X band) nearby source J1008+0730
(pointing!)– Pointing every time Az/El changes over ~15˚
• Do not break into small observing runs (short already)• Calibrator-target sequence with short cycle time: fast-
switching– Set up sequence and loop several times to accumulate
on source time
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How to start the OPT
• Register at
https://my.nrao.edu• Registration/login/webaddress also good for
– Proposal submission for EVLA, GBT, VLBA (HSA)– (preparing EVLA observations)– Proprietary data retrieval (archive.nrao.edu)– Obtaining user help (help.nrao.edu)– …
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Layout of the OPT
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Layout of the OPT
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Layout of the OPT
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Creating source catalogs using the SCT• Sources may have been transferred from the proposal
information– If so, check the source positions, velocity definitions, ..
• Can define your own sources (telescope pointing directions)• Can use sources predefined in (VLA) “calibrator” source list
– Not every (calibrator) source in this list is useful for calibration in every observation; check its properties before using for calibration!
– Some (calibrator) sources make great target sources…
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Creating resource catalogs in the RCT• Resources may have been transferred from the proposal
information– If so, check the frequency setup, bandwidths, integration
time, ..• Can define your own resources (hardware/instrument
configurations)• Can use resources predefined in default continuum
“OSRO1” resource list– Not every (continuum) resource in this list is useful for
every continuum observation; check its properties before using !
– More (default) resources will appear with advances in commissioning
• Useful to combine resources to be used in an SB(/PB) in its own “group”
• Make sure all resources are defined before creating the scan list
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Building Scheduling Blocks (SBs)
• All sources to be used are defined– Transferred from the proposal semi-automatically (i.e.
check!)– Found in existing catalogs– Created new
• All sources to be used are conveniently grouped– More user friendly if there are many, or from different
catalogs• All resources to be used are defined – see above• All resources to be used are conveniently grouped – see
above• The project Program Blocks are present
– Proposal information and read-only details already entered• PI and Co-Is, type, array config., time allocated,
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Designing the 3C391 observing run• 7 field mozaic, 7 sources with roughly equal time on source
– Enough signal to be able to use self-calibration• Could use default C band continuum (OSRO1) setup (but
didn’t)• Flux: 3C286, can also be used for EVPA calibration
(answer: –66˚)• Bandpass: 3C84• Unpolarized nearby point source: J1822–0938 (gain, pol.z
leakage)– C band (i.e. about 5 GHz) thus cycle every ~30 minutes
• Do not break into small observing runs (polarization angle)• Spread sources over hour angle for best (u,v)-coverage
– Set up sequence and loop several times• Spread polarization leakage calibrator: include in loop
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Designing the IRC10216 observing run• Single target line source, use Doppler setting for frequency
(dynamic time)• Setup tuned to (2) Ka band frequencies with 125 kHz
spectral resolution• Flux: 3C286 and bandpass: 3C273• Unpolarized nearby point source: J0954+1743 (gain, pol.z
leakage)– Ka band (i.e. about 35 GHz) thus cycle every ~5 minutes– NOT strong enough for pointing scans
• Strong (in C or X band) nearby source J1008+0730 (pointing!)– Pointing every time Az/El changes over ~15˚
• Do not break into small observing runs (short already)• Calibrator-target sequence with short cycle time: fast-
switching– Set up sequence and loop several times to accumulate
on source time
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Some other things to mention
• DO NOT FORGET TO EXIT THE WEB APPLICATION• Many ways to optimize schedules – use LST start update
feature• Bulk edit• Import line-item scheduling block• Exchange XML catalogs with others (or backup)• Submit/cancel and also approve, etc• Web connection can be slow/interrupted/time-out• RCT will change when full WIDAR is available (much more
complex!!)• SCT: working on additions and improvements• Documentation still very useful but getting more and more
outdated
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