Detailed Performance Data

Pointing

 Detailed engineering and scientific data are available to assess VLBA pointing performance.

Wideband

 Detailed engineering and scientific data are available to assess performance variations across the VLBA frequency bands.

System Temperature & Efficiency

 Detailed engineering and scientific data are available to assess VLBA system temperature and efficiency.

System Monitoring & Auto-released Observations

 Weekly monitoring observations are available that can be used by observers to determine the general health of the VLBA observing system, from the individual antenna operation through data correlation.

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