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Pointing errors

Shims were placed on the az-track in regions relatively free of joints. We then tracked celestial sources, doing repeated FIVEPOINTs, as the antenna rolled over the shims. The results are summarized in the tables below :

                  Date    mean az     mean el   wheel     effects upon
              yymmdd_hh                                   daz      del   
                                                           "       "
              950515_18    263.3      62.3        1       0.00   -2.22  
                           268.3      53.3        2       2.53    2.12   
                  16_19    262.2      63.5        3      -2.22    0.74
                           269.0      49.4        4       0.30   -0.60
                  17_19    257.9      68.4        4      -0.24   -0.54
                           266.2      55.0        1      -0.44   -2.29


Iain Coulson
Wed Mar 12 15:06:27 HST 1997