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If you are not certain of the exact pointing centres to be used, but you have a boundary of the area that you wish to cover, the first tab of the calculator can be used to generate an optimal set of pointings. If you are uncertain of what the separation should be, it can be calculated for you based on the frequency to be optimised for. Note that MeerKAT’s large bandwidth implies almost a factor of 2 difference between the highest and lowest frequencies. General practice is to space the pointings by FWHM/sqrt(2), however, you may choose your own separation or pointing centres to concentrate on areas of particular interest.
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Due to performance issues on the server in processing a large number of data points, we have set a minimum separation of 0.4 deg (which is somewhat smaller than the standard recommendation for the top of L-band). Please contact us if you have reason to use a smaller separation. |
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