Array exposure calculator



This exposure calculator may be used to estimate the expected image sensitivities of the various realizations of the SKA and its pathfinders.



System Temperature:
Observing Frequency [MHz]
or enter a value
T sys [K]


Telescope types:
6m dishes
12m dishes
15m dishes

m dishes

aperture array AA-lo (possibly sparse dipole array)
aperture array AA-hi (number of dipoles in one polarization per title )
[sq. deg]



Observing properties:
Exposure: [hours]
Number of Antenna:
Number of Polarization:
Bandwidth: [MHz]
Channels: [Channels]
Antenna efficiency :
[mJy]


SKADS Virtual Telescope exercise:
Telescope parameters of the various SKA phases can be found via http://www.skads-eu.org/p/svt/svt.php

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