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Observing

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This page provides you with resources that will help you prepare, execute, and wrap-up observations for your GBT project. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us [1].

Observing Machines

The following two computing machines are reserved for observations!

ariel

titania

Prepare for your observations

Observer’s Guide

In this document you will find detailed information on observing tools, procedures and best practices, as well as instrumentation details.

Dynamic Scheduling System (DSS)

This web service allows you to manage your accepted GBT projects. Most importantly you will use this service to enable your projects and provide black-out dates.

(DSS log-in required)

GBT documentation hub (GBTdocs)

We will slowly migrate all GBT documentation into this sphinx-based system hosted on readthedocs. GBTdocs follows the diátaxis [2] approach.

Useful Resources

Remote observing instructions

Quick access to remote observing instructions on GBTdocs. Here you learn how to us FastX or setup a VNC connection.

Weather Forecasts

Here you find detailed forecasts of atmospheric opacity, wind speed, and system temperature. This information is used by the DSS to schedule the GBT.

This page is particularly useful for high-frequency observers.

Green Bank Weather

This page provides information on the current weather conditions at Green Bank Observatory measured by our weather station #1.

Informative links

Current GBT schedule

This page provides information on the current GBT schedule.

Receiver schedule

This page offers an overview of the availability of GBT receivers.”

Special Observing Modes

VLBI with the GBT

Radar Observing Notes

After your observations

Observer Comments

Please take a few moments send us observing comments using this form. This will help us to improve your user experience and the quality of GBT data.

(DSS log-in required)