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Exploring the limits of Phase Referenced VLBI Imaging; a progress report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R.C. Vermeulen
Affiliation:
Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
J.E. Conway
Affiliation:
Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The practical limits of phase referenced VLBI imaging are not well known. If it would be feasible to use target-reference separations of a few degrees, most of the sky would be accessible to the technique. Preliminary results at 6 cm using baselines of up to 1000 km are encouraging.

Type
VLBI Imaging
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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