[daip] UVCON beam shape for synthesized data

[Leonia Kogan]

Bill,

I'd not say immediately that VLBA+GB+EB as the array, and a source 
declination of 29 degrees should produce an elongated north-south beam.
The shape of the beam depend on the time interval you simulated also.
I'd look at the UV coverage of the simulated UV data, using the AIPS 
task UVPLT for example. You conclusion may be right if you'll see
the elongated east-west UV coverage.

Leonid Kogan

Bill Peterson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using UVCON to create some simulated UV data to test some mapping 
> routines.  The simulated data looks as expected when I make an image, 
> except that the synthesized beam shape looks wrong.  I've specified the 
> VLBA+GB+EB as the array, and a source declination of 29 degrees, when 
> should produce an elongated north-south beam, but the beam shape of the 
> UV dataset from UVCON is circular.  Is there a way to fix this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bill Peterson
> 
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