[daip] 3C138 in aipsletter
Eric Greisen
egreisen at nrao.edu
Fri Jul 8 13:39:07 EDT 2011
Crystal Brogan wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> I noticed an entry under "uv-data matters" in the most recent AIPS note
> regarding a 0.25" position error for the 3C138 model image. I wondered
> if you could clarify a couple of things:
>
> (1) has the model image always had this offset since its original creation?
>
> (2) if you only used 3C138 for flux calibration (with this position
> error) in place, what is the likely magnitude of affect on data?
>
> Best,
> Crystal
Amy can answer better than I - if I get this wrong.
I think the error has been there a long time - perhaps forever in the X
band model only.
But, if you used it for flux only, there should be essentially no error
in the calibration.
Eric
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