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Field of View Restrictions

       

Once you have settled on the resolution tex2html_wrap_inline2257 , baseline range and observing frequency tex2html_wrap_inline2259 for your program, the next decision (see the continuum decision tree again) involves IF bandwidth tex2html_wrap_inline2313 and averaging time tex2html_wrap_inline2417 . These must be consistent with the field of view requirements of your program. You must therefore consider the radius tex2html_wrap_inline2333 (from the center of the field of view) over which you require the data to be minimally distorted by chromatic aberration and time-average smearing as discussed in Lectures 3 and 10 (and in Bridle & Schwab 1989).





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Thu Jul 11 16:26:53 EDT 1996