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Facet calibration for LOFAR
http://www.astron.nl/citt/facet-doc
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specify restoring beam for final facet images #197

Open wndywllms opened 7 years ago

wndywllms commented 7 years ago

Would it be possible to specify the restoring beam for the final facet imaging? I know this can be done in wsclean with the beamshape option and it seems possible to implement in factor.

I ask because I have a case where the psf is not very Gaussian at all, having a central peak and broad wings. wsclean (like any imager) fits a very broad 17." x 8.0", pa ~ 90 Gaussian, whereas fitting only to the central part gives a 8.7" x 8.0", pa ~ 0 Gaussian which is arguably a better restoring beam to use. wsclean_psf_3d