Select the the spectral line to be
observed. The rest frequency of this line will be treated identical to
the observing frequency. If the line is not listed, you may enter the
observing frequency manually in units of MHz.
Select a
correlator configuration from the menu. MPCOR Correlator
refers to the Mopra autocorrelator. MOPS refers to the Mopra
Spectrometer, the new polyphase digital filterbank.
The weather conditions of the observations. This is needed to estimate the system temperature. Alternatively you may enter the system temperature of the observations manually.
The size of the OTF map in arcminutes. At this stage only square maps are supported. Typically the size of a map is 2-5 arcmin. Note that a pointing correction is needed about every 1.5 hours, the a map should be finished in that time frame which is the case is the size is 5 arcmin or less.
The number of coverages (maps) for the observed region. Alternatively, you can provide the sensitivity to be achieved in a channel and the number of maps needed to reach that limit will be calculated.
Example: 2
The sensitivity over a large velocity width increases. You may specify a velocity width for smoothing here. If you do so and you coose to achieve a given sensitivity limit, this limit will be interpreted as being over the smoothing range.