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The FST-A 20 arc second Synthesis Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

I. G. Jones ,
A. Watkinson ,
P. C. Egau ,
T. M. Percival ,
D. J. Skellern  and
G. R. Graves
I. G. Jones
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
A. Watkinson
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
P. C. Egau
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
T. M. Percival
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
D. J. Skellern
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
G. R. Graves
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
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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.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , 1984 , pp. 574 - 578
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1984

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