A1946 OBSERVING PLAN Draft date: 21Aug04 Arecibo: 04h27m01s W longitude +18d21m14s N latitude Columns: Who : refers to designated contact person for that block. RG: Riccardo KS: Kristine Block : Dataset/observing period designation in form MM.YY.AA where MM = month, DD = day (per AO schedule), AA is a code describing the general region surveyed: General regions: PP: 0-2h principal mapping region PM: Afternoon drift mapping AM: Before sunrise drift mapping GC: Across galactic plane towards 18h02 AC: Across galactic plane towards 6h Date : Refers to the calendar date in which block appears according to AO schedule (Atlantic Standard date) LMSTmidn: Local mean sidereal time at midnight of the evening of that date. AST: Atlantic Standard Time start and stop times of block LST: Local sideral time start and stop time (good to ~1min) Mode : Describes observing mode used for this block D1 : Drift mapping 1st pass D2 : Drift mapping 2nd pass (spacing +1.05' off) DN : Drift mapping Nth pass (as needed) P3 : Pulsar 300-sec tracking mode Who Block Date LMSTmidn AST LST Notes RG 08.19.PM R 19Aug 21:28 14:45-16:15 12:12-13:42 There are still a few bugs that need to be ironed out with the ops.... 08.20.PP F 20Aug 21:32 02:45-05:15 00:14-02:44 CIMA and AO network problems; only a short drift 08.21.PP S 21Aug 21:36 02:45-05:15 00:18-02:48 ALFA rotates! We are doing a long drift at Dec=27d23', Az=180., Phi=19 Mode=D1 08.21.PM 15:00-16:30 12:35-14:05 Plan: try Xscans to check pointing of Beam0, rotation and orientation. 08.22.PP S 22Aug 21:40 02:30-05:00 00:06-02:37 08.22.PM 15:00-16:30 12:39-14:09 08.22.GC 21:15-23:15 18:55-20:55 08.23.PP M 23Aug 21:44 02:30-05:00 00:11-02:41 08.23.AM 05:00-08:00 -05:41 08.23.GC 21:15-23:15 18:59-20:59 08.24.PP T 24Aug 21:48 02:30-05:00 00:15-02:45 08.24.AM 05:00-08:00 -05:45 08.25.PP W 25Aug 21:52 02:30-05:00 00:18-02:48 08.25.AM 05:00-08:00 -05:49 08.25.PM 15:00-16:15 12:50-14:05 08.26.PP R 26Aug 21:56 02:15-04:45 00:07-02:38 08.26.PM 15:00-16:15 12:54-14:10 08.27.PM F 27Aug 22:00 15:00-16:15 12:58-14:13 08.28.PP S 28Aug 22:04 02:15-04:45 00:15-02:45 08.28.PM 15:00-16:15 13:02-14:17 08.29.PP S 29Aug 22:08 02:15-04:45 00:19-02:49 09.01.PM W 01Sep 22:19 15:00-16:15 13:18-14:33 09.02.PP R 02Sep 22:23 02:15-04:30 00:35-02:50 09.02.PM 15:00-16:15 13:22-14:37 09.03.PP F 03Sep 22:27 01:45-04:15 00:08-02:39 09.03.PM 15:00-16:30 13:26-14:41 09.04.PP S 04Sep 22:31 01:45-04:15 00:13-02:43 09.04.PM 15:00-16:30 13:30-14:45 09.05.PP S 05Sep 22:35 01:45-04:15 00:17-02:47 09.05.PM 15:00-16:30 13:34-14:49 09.06.PP M 06Sep 22:39 01:45-04:00 00:21-02:36 09.06.PM 15:00-16:00 13:38-14:38 09.08.PP W 08Sep 22:47 01:30-04:00 00:13-02:44 09.09.PP R 09Sep 22:51 01:30-04:00 00:17-02:48 09.09.PM 15:00-16:15 13:50-15:05 ************************************************************** Schedule not final beyond this point 09.10.PM F 10Sep 22:55 01:15-03:45 00:07-02:37 KS 09.21.PP T 21Sep 23:34 01:00-03:15 00:35-02:50 09.22.PP W 22Sep 23:38 00:45-03:00 00:23-02:39 09.23.PP R 23Sep 23:42 00:45-03:00 00:27-02:43 09.24.PP F 24Sep 23:46 00:45-03:00 00:31-02:47 09.24.PM 15:00-16:15 14:49-16:04 09.25.PP S 25Sep 23:50 00:45-03:00 00:35-02:51 09.25.PM 15:00-16:15 14:53-16:08 09.26.PP S 26Sep 23:54 00:30-02:45 00:25-02:40 09.26.AC 02:45-07:00 -06:55 09.26.PM 15:00-16:15 14:57-16:11 09.27.PP M 27Sep 23:58 00:30-02:45 00:28-02:44 09.26.AC 02:45-07:00 -06:59 09.27.PM 15:00-16:15 15:00-16:16 09.28.PP T 28Sep 00:02 00:30-02:45 00:32-02:47 09.28.PM 15:00-16:15 15:04-16:19