[daip] help with AIPS

[Melanie Gendre]

Hi,

My name is Melanie and I am having some trouble with AIPS.
I have data at 90cm, with 150 sources detected in 2 pointings of the VLA
(BnA and CnB configurations). I need to get contour plots of the sources
and estimate their 90cm flux.
I am familiar with data reduction for one source per pointing, making low
resolution images at higher frequencies. It is my first time with multiple
sources per pointing though.

As far as I understand, the calibration process for multiple fields is
similar to single field calibration. I use the standard procedure:
FILLM, LISTR, QUACK, SETJY, CALIB, EDITA, GETJY, EXTDEST, CLCAL, SNPLT,
SPLIT, UVSRT

After that, I am a bit lost. I see that we can get recommendation for each
field size with SETFC and then use IMAGR to clean and make the image, but
I am a bit fuzzy on the details, especially the use of BOXFILE. So here
are my questions:
- What is the format for BOXFILE if I want to use it in SETFC and IMAGR?
It is a different format that the BOXFILE use in the CLEAN section of the
cookbook as I have to specify FLDSIZ, RASHIFT and DECSHIFT...
- What tasks should I then use to get images and flux of my separate sources?

Thank you for your help
Melanie Gendre




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