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The ASKAP Update
for January is now available, and includes
reports on PIlot Surveys Phase I processing nd Pilot Surveys Phase II planning,
together with a description of observations undertaken over the Christmas/New Year period.
These observations were scheduled using a new
automated system called SAURON (Scheduling ASKAP
Under Reactive Observational Needs) that links to the new
array start-up mechanism configured via scheduling block
parameters. Following a recent upgrade, ASKAP now writes data to
a fully independent disk array on the newly commissioned
ingest cluster at the Pawsey supercomputing centre. This
combination allows better observing efficiency through
improved configuration flexibility and increases the ability
of the telescope to correct small issues that arise on
individual subsystems without human intervention.
The image above shows the completion status of the observational pool as covered by
SAURON during the Christmas period. Grey circles indicate an
observation which has not been observed, while green squares
show successfully completed observations. Anything which was
attempted but errored is marked as a red cross until the next
attempt to observe it is successful. (Image credit: Vanessa Moss)
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