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Example of an AOT SWS06 observation

    

Two examples will be worked through.

1. An observer want to observe a source of strength 2 Jy between 40.5 and 41.5 tex2html_wrap_inline2404 m, reaching a S/N of 30. This wavelength range corresponds to 50 scanner steps. From figure 6.4 we see that we reach a S/N of 20 on a 6 Jy source in 2500 seconds while scanning 100 steps. Therefore to reach 2 Jy with 50 steps will take tex2html_wrap_inline3209 seconds. PGA reports this observation will require 23600 seconds OTT.

2. An observer wants to observe a source of strength 10 Jy between 25 and 26.25 tex2html_wrap_inline2404 m (100 scanner steps) and reach a S/N of 40. From figure 6.4 we see that we reach a S/N of 20 on a 1.5 Jy source in 2500 seconds while scanning 100 steps. Therefore our observation will require tex2html_wrap_inline3213 seconds. However, the minimum observation time is 420 seconds from table 6.7. PGA reports this observation will require 580 seconds OTT.



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Wed Aug 7 17:20:29 MET DST 1996