VLBA Information for Astronomers

• An Overview of the VLBA
• Observational Status Summary also available in Postscript or pdf
• Scientific Visitor Registration Form
• Directions to Socorro and the Array Operations Center
• Resource List of Key VLBA Personnel (pdf file)
• VLBA Site Weather
• The Antenna Sites (including realtime webcams)

• VLBA Sensitivity Upgrade Program
• Sensitivity Upgrade Memo Series

• Proposal submission and cover sheet (Director's page)
• Rapid Response Science
• Large Proposals
• Joint VLA/VLBA/GBT Proposals
• Proposal deadlines: June 2, 2008; October 1, 2008; February 2, 2009

• Fixed and Dynamic Scheduling - General Information
• Latest and Previous VLBA Schedules
• Description of VLA/VLBA Time Allocation Process

• General Instructions on Observing Preparation
• SCHED user manual
• A guide to VLBA dynamic scheduling
• Strategies for phase-referencing with the VLBA (postscript)
• VLBA source lists and surveys (useful for phase referencing)

• Observational Status Summary also available in Postscript or pdf
• Novice's Guide to Using the VLBA
• Pulsar Gate Observers Guide
• RFI at the VLBA
• VLBI at the VLA also available in Postscript

• VLBA Calibrator Search Tool
• VLBA Data Calibration Pipeline Processing
• VLA/VLBA Polarization and Flux Monitoring
• Pointing and Wideband plots.
• Tsys and Efficiency Plots

• AIPS and the The AIPS Cookbook
• VLBA System Monitoring and Auto-Released Observations
• CASA
• Difmap: imaging and self-calibration
• Mapplot (for making publication quality figures)

• Archive Policy
• NRAO Data Archive System
• Cumulative list of observed sources (Observations longer than one hour.)
• Accessing log and calibration files
• Images
• VLBA source lists and surveys
• VLBA Reports and Memos

• Other VLBI Opportunities
• E-mail List for VLBI/VLBA Announcements
• Telephone/Email Search Engine
• NRAO Socorro Home Page
• NRAO Socorro Colloquium Schedule
• Travel Reimbursement and Page Charge Policies
• The NRAO Library
• ALMA
• The GBT
• Main NRAO Home Page