Imaging with a compact configuration - |
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Baseline lengths are most naturally described in units of wavelengths, . The ``uv-plane'' is the surface of our synthesised large telescope. The 375-m configurations provides very short baselines (central tracks). The long baselines with antenna 6 cannot be used for imaging, because it is not possible to synthesise such a huge telescope without having information in the empty areas. |
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Fig. 1: ATCA 375-m configuration uv coverage for a complete 12-hour synthesis. |
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