APOD tracking test.

• Antennas: Hb, Ho, Ke

################################################################################### # Schedule summary for session: 318c # ################################################################################### Nominal start: 2016-11-13 21:01:00 Nominal end: 2016-11-13 21:26:59

Scan# Source name Type Start [UT] End [UT] Dur [s] Sations 1 0332-403 q 21:01:00 21:01:40 40 Hb Ho Ke 2 0537-441 q 21:03:13 21:03:53 40 Hb Ho Ke 3 0454-234 q 21:05:11 21:05:51 40 Hb Ho Ke 4 0727-115 q 21:08:04 21:08:44 40 Hb Ho Ke 5 PN1A [BAC] s 21:13:05 21:19:34 389 Ke 6 PN1A [BAC] s 21:19:35 21:20:00 25 Hb Ke 7 PN1A [BAC] s 21:20:01 21:20:20 19 Hb Ho Ke 8 PN1A [BAC] s 21:20:21 21:22:39 138 Hb Ho 9 PN1A [BAC] s 21:22:40 21:26:59 259 Hb

• With VieVS Satellite scheduling tool
  • quasar block scheduled automatically
  • APOD scans manually scheduled
• Schedule summary: 318c_sum.txt
• Block of 4 strong quasars was observed prior to APOD
  • Min scan duration set to 40 sec
  • Sub-netting deactivated
• See catalog files for full setup

• Observers: Jamie, Lucia
• Comments: Hb and Ke went fine. Unfortunately sattrack didn't want to run on the 26m =⇒ No data recorded at Ho

• Satellite tracking based on direct AzEl input files at Hb, Ke, Ho
• Azel values calculated in VieVS based on predicted APOD state vectors (pos. + vel., WGS84) provided by J. Sun
• Station equipment controlled with station dependent VEX files

Files are available on the VieVS server (vievs.hg.tuwien.ac.at, user: sorts) at /home/sorts/apod/2016/

• Azel tracking files for Ho, Hb, Ke
• VEX file (station depended and combined)
• VIE_SCHED files
  • used control + catalog files
• predicted WGS84 state vectors (1 sec interval, by J. Sun)
• predicted AzEl posititons (1 sec interval, by J. Sun)
• final GCRF state vectors (1 sec interval, by J. Sun)