Planning Spectral Observations
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Planning Spectral Observations Surface Brightness Masers - resolved often at <1kpc HI absorption - background 10 6 K Resolution Global? Fill in e.g. MERLIN? Check archives NGC4261 van Langevelde et al.
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Planning Spectral Observations. Surface Brightness Masers - resolved often at < 798Z 1kpc HI absorption - background Z 10 6 K Resolution Global? Fill in e.g. MERLIN? Check archives. NGC4261 van Langevelde et al. MERLIN archive www.merlin.ac.uk /archive/ EVN archive VL(B)A archives - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Planning Spectral Observations
Surface Brightness Masers - resolved
often at <1kpc HI absorption -
background 106K
Resolution Global? Fill in e.g. MERLIN?
Check archivesNGC4261 van Langevelde et al.
MERLIN archivewww.merlin.ac.uk/archive/
EVN archiveVL(B)A archivesvia respectiveweb pages
Line frequency, width, VVLSR,radLSR,rad
RFI avoidanceReceivers, filters & No. IF's available
Correlator capacity NchNpolNBNIF/ <t max
ResolutionHA coverage
Sensitivity How long?
Calibrators observe more than once! Delay Bandpass - bright! Fringe &/or phase Polarisation
leakage Polarisation angle
Can be the same source(s)
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