[obs-tap]observable quantities in observations and their UCDs

Anita M. S. Richards a.m.s.richards at manchester.ac.uk
Wed Jun 23 09:36:36 PDT 2010


> Here are a few remarks on your document
>
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> difference flux density/ flux density surface brightness ?
> Jy/beam is not a valid unit I guess( or is that more a simple "flux" in Jy 
> for
> a specific "object": the beam)

Thus it needs to be linked to an object giving the beam major and minor 
axes and position angle (this may be 3 parameters, or possibly just one in 
which case that  would be the major axis, minor=major and PA = 0)

thanks

Anita



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