Determination of Pointing Parameters IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer

# Determination of Pointing Parameters
IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer

S. Guilloteau

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Version 2.0

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This document describes the current tools for determining the pointing of the antennas on Plateau de Bure. Good pointing is essential to the operation of the interferometer. Unfortunately, there are many ways to do bad or poor pointing, and no simple way to do it well. Please read this document carefully . Its contents are important.

Note: this is the on-line version of the "Pointing Measurements" A PDF version is also available.

This document is a sum up of the steps relevant for pointing. More details on the individual programs and command mentionned in this document are available in:

- IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Introduction
- IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: OBS Users Guide
- CLIC: Continuum and Line Interferometer Calibration
- CLASS: Continuum and Line Analysis Simple Software
- SIC and GreG Users Guide

- Contents
- Basic pointing parameters
  - Parameter List
  - Parameter Files
- The POINT program
  - Description
  - Optical versus Radio
- Optical Pointing
  - Getting data
  - Optical Pointing using MNU
  - Reducing data
- Radio Pointing
  - Full sky, single-dish radio pointing
  - Interferometer pointing
  - Limited radio pointing determination
- Inclinometers
- Cookbook, Tricks, and Traps
- POINT Language Internal Help
  - FILE
  - IGNORE
  - INCLUDE
  - LIST
  - PARAMETER
  - PLOT
  - PRINT
  - READ
  - REJECT
  - SET
  - SHOW
  - SOLVE
- Index
- About this document ...