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MAKE_MOSAIC
This task combines individual dirty images and beams corresponding to
various pointing centers into a "mosaic" which is suited for further
deconvolution using the MAPPING program.
Mosaics are ensemble of overlapping fields, with typically half power
primary beam overlap, and similar (but not identical) UV coverages for
each field. Individual images for every field should be created with a
common phase tracking center. The UV_SHIFT, MAP_RA and MAP_DEC
variables in task UV_MAP must be used for this. The image names must
derive from a generic name as follows (e.g. for a generic name MAP)
MAP-1.LMV, MAP-2.LMV, ... MAP-N.LMV
where N is the number of fields.
For example
LET MAPSIZE 256 512
LET MAPCELL 0.5
LET UVSHIFT YES
LET MAPRA 20:39:10
LET MAPDEC 68:01:20
!
LET WCOL 1
FOR I 1 TO 10
LET NAME CONT-'I'
GO UVMAP
NEXT
MAKE_MOSAIC produces a combined image (MAP.LMV), a data cube of primary
beams (MAP.LOBE), a data cube of dirty beams (MAP.BEAM), and a weight
image MAP.WEIGHT, which are required for cleaning.
Two parameters are very important in the mosaic creation: the primary
beam width (FWHM), and the truncation threshold of the primary beam. It
is recommended to use a relatively high value for this threshold, 0.2 to
0.4, to avoid contaminating adjacent field in case of pointing errors.
Gildas manager
1999-03-15