Table 1.
Sequence of calibration and science scans of the rising (top) and setting (bottom) 5 h MeerKAT observations executed for each of the 91 pointings of the MeerKAT Fornax Survey (see Sect. 2).
| Repeat | Type | Field | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|
| (min) | |||
| (Rising, 5 h integration, allowed LST range 22:30–05:00) | |||
| 1× | Primary cal | 1934-638 | 10 |
| 4× | Secondary cal | J0440-4333 | 2 |
| Science | Fornax | 53.6 | |
| 1× | Polarisation cal | 3C138 | 5 |
| Secondary cal | J0440-4333 | 2 | |
| Science | Fornax | 53.6 | |
| Secondary cal | J0440-4333 | 2 | |
| Polarisation cal | 3C138 | 5 | |
| (Setting, 5 h integration, allowed LST range 03:00–09:30) | |||
| 1× | Primary cal | 0408-658 | 10 min |
| 5× | Polarisation cal | 3C138 | 3 min |
| Secondary cal | J0440-4333 | 2 min | |
| Science | Fornax | 52.6 min | |
| 1× | Secondary cal | J0440-4333 | 2 min |
Notes. We use the primary calibrator for the time-independent bandpass, delay and flux-scale calibration. We use the secondary calibrator for the frequency-independent time-dependent gain calibration. We do not use the polarisation calibrator when we reduce the 32k zoom data described in this paper. The total time on target for each pointing is 8.85 h.
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