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Specifications

  • Frequency Range: 0.15 - 20 GHz

  • Image field of view: 1 square degree at 1.4 GHz

  • Number of instantaneous beams: at least 100

  • Angular resolution: greater than 0.1 arcsec at 1.4 GHz

  • Number of spatial pixels: 10^8

  • Surface brightness sensitivity: 1K at 0.1 arcsec (continuum)

  • Instantaneous bandwith: (0.5 + 0.2 x frequency) GHz

  • Number of spectral channels: 10^4

  • Sensitivity: A(eff)/T(sys) = 2 x 10^4 m^2 K^-1

  • Image dynamic range: 10^6 at 1.4 GHz

  • Polarization purity: -40 dB

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