GIX Project Main Page

This is the GIX project main page. It should contain all the information needed for observations. If you would like to add something to this page and are a member of the GIX group, feel free to do so.

Source list

Notes:

- The old and obsolete sourcelist can be found here.

Check also ongoing and old multifrequency campaigns.


Instructions

Note: The following instructions are being migrated to Observations/GIX page in the localweb wiki. Please send mail to mittaajat if something important is missing.


GIX instructions = General instructions about observations.
CONTOBS instructions = How to use CONTOBS.
CONTOBS instructions for Debian = More on how to use CONTOBS.
Testing instructions = How to test the new measurement system.
Processing CONTOBS output = How to write results into .dat and .dr21 files.
read_multi_gix.pl instructions = How to automatically write results into .dat and .dr21 files.
XEphem instructions = How to use XEphem.
Remote observations = All the information you need for remote observations.
Remote calibration = How to make remote calibrations.
Using the heater = Ari's instructions for using the new heater.
epoch conversion = How to make the epoch conversion.
mkautofile.pl instructions
autoheat.pl instructions
GIX-log instructions
Short guides for using vnc with linux [Finnish] [English]
Guide for using vnc with Windows [Finnish]
How to check which offsets were used during a certain observation
A note about updating kooste files
A guide for using local pages from home with Windows [Finnish]

Observations

GIX-log
autoheat log (Clear manually if needed)
Telescope time schedule for Metsähovi
GIX Observing shift list (local access only, or check the text file).
MB (to access plotter choose "dammer" and then "Aux-Analog-5")
automap.pl - sky view and autofile generation
automap.pl - a real-time sky view similar to Xephem
Equation of The Equinoxes 2008-2020
gixwrite.pl - Observation database web access (running on dev. server)

Weather

Dome camera (Dome camera still pics) for checking the weather situation at Metsähovi (local access only).
Latest antenna and weather parameters at kurp (local access only).
Real time motion detection video from Metsähovi (local access only).
Cloud sensor at Metsähovi

FMI: Helsinki Testbed
Farmit page
Radar maps at FMI
Weather forecast by Foreca

Programming

Perl books on the web
Nice Perl manuals in pdf-format
Picking Up Perl (On-line book)
Beginning Perl (On-line book)

Other things

Information about satellites that will be operational during the Planck mission.
Millimetre and submillimetre telescopes & how to apply observing time at them.
Millimetre data site - Submillimetre calibrator list

Plotting with Gnuplot.

Web-based commuting calendar

List of aliases. Includes the ones used in the monitoring project.

The LATEX companion: Second Edition (online book)

Merja's astronomy links

HEASARC converters


Last modified: Wed Apr 8 10:36:12 EET 2009