<< Cosmo.WebHome %TOC% ---- %INCLUDE{"RadioT4ScanningList"}% ---++ horiozontal/vertrical alt-azimuthal and equatorial scanning algorithms [[http://ocra.astro.uni.torun.pl/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/rt4_control/layer3/rt_main.c?revision=1.20.2.17&root=cvs&view=markup][in cvs as of 2008-06-20]] * *stan* ("vertical" scans) is now a wrapper for *scan* ("horizontal" scans) - no need to duplicate nearly identical code; * Both scan (horizontal) and stan (vertical) should give more or less straight/rectilinear scans in their coordinate systems for both zen-azimuth (poh) and equatorial (poe) coordinates; * However, the cost is that for equatorial scans there is a playoff between having straightness/rectilinearity and speed: decreasing *SCAN_LINE_TOLERANCE_DEG* in *rt_main.h* decreases pseudo-lissajousness for equatorial scans but slows down scanning speed; * *possible TODO:* if this parameter is seen as useful, probably it should be made into an optional telescope user parameter * *scripts/scan.sh* can be used for non-interactive testing to generate files such as the ones below. * *possible TODO:* In *SetCoor*, replace *rST* ("real Sidereal Time") with an estimate of the future sidereal time at which the telescope is expected to arrive at the coordinates which are being transformed between alt-azimuth ("Hor" or "H") and equatorial coordinates. * Complications: this would require <nowiki><strong>SetCoor</strong></nowiki> to do much more than just transform coordinates, it would require it to have some sort of model (e.g. linear) of the near future telescope motion, which depends not only on what sort of command is presently active, but also on the new "set" coordinates themselves. Would such an algorithm be worth the effort? Figures below: * The two zen-azimuth scans at dec=85 deg use [[http://ocra.astro.uni.torun.pl/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/rt4_control/layer3/rt_main.c?revision=1.20.2.17&root=cvs&view=markup][this cvs revision 1.20.2.17 of 2008-06-20]] which deals with absolute azimuth or longitude offsets > 180 deg * The equatorial scans here are shown using the Lambert equal area projection - for this reason, scans starting at "equatorial offset" *poe -1 -1* become successively narrower and more intestine-like as they near the celestial north pole, especially for the vertical scans. ---+++ scan times * *AZ* means an azimuth-zenith scan * *EQ* means an ra-dec scan * *hor0* and *hor1* mean the two scanning directions * decXX means declination XX degrees * [[http://ocra.astro.uni.torun.pl/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/rt4_control/layer3/rt_main.h?revision=1.8.2.4&root=cvs&view=markup][cvs of 19 June 08]] has #define SCAN_LINE_TOLERANCE_DEG 0.05 %TABLE{}% | *date.coordinatetype.hor/vert.declinationdeg* | *full scan time in sidereal minutes* | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec20 | 23.9982 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec30 | 24.0066 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec40 | 24.0635 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec50 | 24.1236 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec60 | 24.1221 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec70 | 24.1814 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec80 | 24.3418 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec85cvs080620 | 39.4008 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec20 | 11.4861 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec30 | 11.5785 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec40 | 12.0603 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec50 | 12.3407 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec60 | 12.5156 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec70 | 12.4701 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec80 | 12.28 | | log.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec85cvs080620 | 16.5324| | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec20 | 24.7422 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec30 | 22.1508 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec40 | 19.0002 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec50 | 18.1453 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec60 | 18.9601 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec70 | 20.5995 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec80 | 22.3769 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec85 | 23.7562 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec20 | 13.2268 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec30 | 16.9989 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec40 | 19.6668 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec50 | 19.2686 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec60 | 17.0493 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec70 | 13.9249 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec80 | 10.0885 | | log.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec85 | 7.11091 | ---+++ scan plots * *AZ* means an azimuth-zenith scan - scales are to +- 1 degree * *EQ* means an ra-dec scan - dec is +- 1 degree; r.a. is to +- 1 "r.a. degree" by default, or in great circle degrees where the plot has this in the title * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec20.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec20.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec20.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec30.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec30.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec30.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec40.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec40.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec40.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec50.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec50.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec50.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec60.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec60.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec60.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec70.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec70.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec70.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec80.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec80.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor0.dec80.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor0.dec85.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor0.dec85.png" alt="scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor0.dec85.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec20.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec20.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec20.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec30.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec30.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec30.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec40.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec40.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec40.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec50.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec50.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec50.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec60.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec60.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec60.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec70.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec70.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec70.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec80.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec80.png" alt="scan.0806200103.AZ.hor1.dec80.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor1.dec85.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor1.dec85.png" alt="scan.08062015xx.AZ.hor1.dec85.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec20.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec20.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec20.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec30.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec30.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec30.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec40.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec40.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec40.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec50.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec50.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec50.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec60.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec60.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec60.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec70.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec70.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec70.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec80.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec80.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec80.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec85.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec85.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor0.dec85.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec20.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec20.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec20.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec30.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec30.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec30.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec40.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec40.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec40.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec50.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec50.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec50.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec60.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec60.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec60.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec70.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec70.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec70.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec80.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec80.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec80.L.png" width='570' height='570' /> * scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec85.L.png: <br /> <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec85.L.png" alt="scan.0806200103.EQ.hor1.dec85.L.png" width='570' height='570' />
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