[mmaimcal] the proper Tsys scale

Jeff Mangum jmangum at tuc.nrao.edu
Tue Feb 9 15:34:36 EST 1999


Hi Bryan,

The Ta* scale is the one to use.  Tr* is (to my knowledge) only used
at the 12m, and only used there for historic reasons (I would dearly
love to abandon it!).  Ta* is more natural because it is more
telescope independent than Tr*.  Ta* is the one to use.

Cheers,

Jeff



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