Results from the Allen Telescope Array: Real-Time Imaging

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The first phase of the ATA was funded through generous grants from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. UC Berkeley, the SETI Institute, the National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0540599), Sun Microsystems, Xilinx, Nathan Myhrvold, Greg Papadopoulos, and other corporations and individual donors contributed additional funding. hundreds of gigabytes of data, and covering thousands of square degrees of the sky in a single day. The ATA has also embarked upon several surveys searching for transient events, making quick and reliable automated analysis essential for scientific work. ARTIS (and its affiliated software) has been used for a number of large-scale observations, including transient, HI and maser surveys. ARTIS is also producing realtime data quality measurements for observations, allowing for more robust observing. We present current results from the Automated Real-Time Imaging System (ARTIS), a software system that allows for rapid reduction of interferometer data at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA). ARTIS supports automated processing for both continuum and spectral line observations, and is capable of supporting wide-field surveys. Motivation for this system arises from both the volume of data produced at the ATA and the need for timely results from observations. The ATA is capable of producing