Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Instructions

Timestamp:

10/30/09 10:13:17 (15 years ago)

Author:

NaomiMcClureGriffiths

Comment:

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Instructions

@@ -19 +19 @@
  1. Load the rpfits file into "parkespol" format.
 {{{
-pload 1934.rpf
+pload 2006-11-20_0915_1934-638DEC1.rpf
 #
-# This will create a directory 1934/ and 
+# This will create a directory 2006-11-20_0915_1934-638DEC1/ and 
 # with contents
 # -rw-r--r--   1 mcc381  atculg  2355200 Feb  1 22:23 data.rpf
@@ -31 +31 @@
  1. Perform the bandpass calibration
 {{{
-bpass 1934
+bpass 2006-11-20_0915_1934-638DEC1
 }}}
 
@@ -61 +61 @@
 }}}
 
+Be careful not to perform this procedure more than twice.  If you need to back up in the process remove the scan.dat, phasefit.dat and polparams.dat files from within the calibrator directory.
 
 === Reduce the astronomical data ===
- 1. Load the rpfits file
+ 1. Load the rpfits file (called source.rpf in this example).
 {{{
 pload source.rpf
@@ -69 +70 @@
  1. Copy the bandpass tables and polarisation corrections
 {{{
-gcopy source 1934 3c138
+gcopy source 2006-11-20_0915_1934-638DEC1 2006-11-20_1401_3c138_Cal_DEC
 }}}
- 1. Apply the calibrations and write results as a single-dish FITS file.
+ 1. Apply the calibrations and write results as a single-dish FITS file called output.sdfits in this example.
 {{{
-calscans.pl list
+calscans.pl list ouput.sdfits
 }}}
 where list is a list of the data files to be calibrated.