The FST - A 20 arc second synthesis telescope
Abstract
The baseline of East-West array of the Fleurs Synthesis Telescope (FST) has been extended from 786 metres to 1585 metres by the addition of two 13.7 metre dishes. A digital receiver has been built to accommodate the extra delay and correlation requirements, low noise FET preamplifiers have been installed on the large antennas, and a software package has been developed for processing observation data on a VAX 11/780. The FST is now capable of producing accurate wide field maps at 1415 MHz with a resolution of 20 arc seconds and a sensitivity of several milliJansky.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1323358000017641
- Bibcode:
- 1984PASA....5..574J
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Arrays;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Synthetic Arrays;
- Telescopes;
- Computer Techniques;
- Field Effect Transistors;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Microwave Oscillators;
- Preamplifiers;
- Astronomy