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0.1.16 fixvis

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Synopsis Recalculates (u, v, w) Description

This corrects visibilities, and/or their (u, v, w) positions, for various effects that can be calculated without fitting a model to the data.

The effects include:

Arguments





Inputs

vis

Name of the input visibility set.

allowed:

string

Default:

outputvis

Name of the output visibility set. (Can be the same as vis.)

allowed:

string

Default:

fields

Fields to operate on. Blank = all.

allowed:

any

Default:

variant ””

refcode

Reference frame to use for the generated (u, v, w)s. WARNING: clean and the im tool ignore the reference frame claimed by the UVW column (it is often mislabelled) and instead assume the (u, v, w)s are in the same frame as the phase tracking center. fixvis does not yet force the UVW column and field centers to use the same reference frame! Blank = use the frame of vis.

allowed:

string

Default:

J2000

Example

 
 
This task calculates (u, v, w) coordinates, and optionally changes the  
reference frame (i.e. B1950 to J2000 and back).  
 
Not yet implemented, or incorporated in this task, are:  
   changing the phase tracking center(s),  
   changing the projection (i.e SIN to or from (-)NCP).  
   correcting for differential aberration,  
   adjusting antenna positions,  
   fixing clock errors,  
   and refocusing to a finite distance.  
 
Input Parameters:  
 
vis       --- Name of input measurement set.  
              ex: vis=’my.ms’  
 
outputvis --- Name of the output measurement set.  (Can be the same as vis.)  
              ex: outputvis = ’myrefocused.ms’  
 
fields    --- Selection string for the fields to operate on.  ’’ = all.  
 
refcode   --- Reference frame to use for the generated (u, v, w)s,  
              i.e. ’J2000’, ’B1950’, ’GALACTIC’, etc..  A full list of  
              codes can be gotten from  
              ’csys=cs.newcoordsys(True);csys.referencecode(’dir’,True);csys.done()’  
 
              The reference frame cannot be changed when only some of the  
              fields are selected.  
 
              Default: ’J2000’.  
              ’’ means use the reference frame of the UVW column in the  
              input ms.  
 
              ex: refcode = ’B1950_VLA’  
 
              WARNING: clean and the im tool ignore the reference frame  
              claimed by the UVW column (it is often mislabelled) and  
              instead assume the (u, v, w)s are in the same frame as the  
              phase tracking center(s) of the MS.  fixvis does not yet  
              force the UVW column and field centers to use the same  
              reference frame!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example:  
 
fixvis(vis=’my.ms’, outputvis=’myrefocused.ms’, ’J2000’)  
 

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