Cookery Book

• Recommendations for LWS Observers
  • Beam Width
  • Deglitching
  • Fringing
• Overheads
• Sensitivities in Medium Resolution mode
• Sensitivity in High Resolution mode
• The possible ramp lengths
• The maximum Signal to Noise per ramp
• How to estimate observing times
  • Calculation of S/N per ramp
  • Calculation of number of ramps
  • Calculation of the required integration time
  • Calculation of the number of points in the scan
  • Calculation of the required integration time for the observation
  • Calculation of the TDT
• Worked examples
  • Grating line scan
  • FP line scan