Early Science
POSSUM Program for ASKAP Early Science
To precede the full POSSUM survey, there will be an Early Science program using 12 antennas. The POSSUM Early Science program will cover the full ASKAP bandwidth (700-1800 MHz), at reduced sensitivity and field of view compared to the full survey. The main science goal of the Early Science program is to understand the intrinsic broadband magnetic properties of polarised radio sources.
8 Feb 2017: Membership for the POSSUM Early Science program is open to all qualified astronomers who agree to abide by the relevant policies. Please see the POSSUM Membership Policy for further information and to join.
- 18 Jul 2018 Available Commissioning / Early Science 1 data
- This spreadsheet lists ASKAP observations which can be calibrated for polarisation (i.e. Ant 1 rotated by 5 degrees) and have a listed duration of > 5 hrs (which excludes the EMU COSMOLOGY wide-area project), and were made under Early Science codes which correspond approximately to EMU/POSSUM Early Science:
- AS100 Early Science Polarisation Studies
- AS034 Early Science Broadband (700-1800 MHz)
- Note that "G23" denotes the GAMA 23h field.
- The Calibrator and holography columns identify Scheduler Blocks (SBs) which contain suitable calibrators (holography data not needed for most applications).
- I have noted which datasets have calibrated data available on Galaxy which allow polarisation calibration without repeating the ASKAP pipeline from scratch. This field is blank where not known but calibrated data is unlikely to have been retained at the moment.
- This spreadsheet lists ASKAP observations which can be calibrated for polarisation (i.e. Ant 1 rotated by 5 degrees) and have a listed duration of > 5 hrs (which excludes the EMU COSMOLOGY wide-area project), and were made under Early Science codes which correspond approximately to EMU/POSSUM Early Science:
- Projects
- Documentation
- Topics
- Policies
- Early Science discussion, University of Sydney, 8th June 2016