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The Use of Standardized Data Formats with the Westerbork Radio Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R.H. Harten  and
T.A.Th. Spoelstra
R.H. Harten
Affiliation:
Netherlands Foundation for Radioastronomy, Sterrewacht, Leiden – 2405, The Netherlands
T.A.Th. Spoelstra
Affiliation:
Netherlands Foundation for Radioastronomy, Sterrewacht, Leiden – 2405, The Netherlands

Abstract

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Since 1970 the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope has been collecting data on galactic and extragalactic fields. The data is stored and cataloged on magnetic tape using a standard format. This data is routinely reduced and analyzed at different observatories in Europe. A reduction program package allows manipulation and display of the data. After the initial reduction all tape output from the reduction programs uses the same tape format regardless of the program. Transportation of data between observatories is done via magnetic tape with the same standard format. For data transportation to observatories not normally using Westerbork information a common tape format has been developed. Suggestions to alleviate problems with this data transfer are discussed.

Type
Part II. Acquisition and Processing Techniques
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 35: Compilation, Critical Evaluation and Distribution of Stellar Data , 1977 , pp. 69 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977

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