ASKAP Resolution for Continuum Surveys
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One of the ASKAP science goals is surveying the southern sky to a detection limit of 50μJy beam at 1.4 GHz. Fairly high angular resolution is needed to avoid confusion and measure accurate positions of faint sources, but lower resolution is desirable for detecting low-brightness sources and minimizing computing and construction costs. The best compromise resolution may be θ ≈ 10 arcsec FWHM.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008