Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN
The benefits for the e-MERLIN and EVN arrays of using antennae at the satellite communication station at Goonhilly in Cornwall are discussed. The location of this site - new to astronomy - will provide an almost equal distribution of long baselines in the east-west- and north-south directions, and o...
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| author | Kloeckner, H Rawlings, S Heywood, I Beswick, R Muxlow, T Garrington, S Hatchell, J Hoare, MG Jarvis, M Jones, I Langevelde, H |
| author_facet | Kloeckner, H Rawlings, S Heywood, I Beswick, R Muxlow, T Garrington, S Hatchell, J Hoare, MG Jarvis, M Jones, I Langevelde, H |
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| description | The benefits for the e-MERLIN and EVN arrays of using antennae at the satellite communication station at Goonhilly in Cornwall are discussed. The location of this site - new to astronomy - will provide an almost equal distribution of long baselines in the east-west- and north-south directions, and opens up the possibility to get significantly improved observations of equatorial fields with e-MERLIN. These additional baselines will improve the sensitivity on a set of critical spatial scales and will increase the angular resolution of e-MERLIN by a factor of two. e-MERLIN observations, including many allocated under the e-MERLIN Legacy programme, will benefit from the enhanced angular resolution and imaging capability especially for sources close to or below the celestial equator (where ESO facilities such as ALMA will operate) of including the Goonhilly telescopes. Furthermore, the baselines formed between Goonhilly and the existing stations will close the gap between the baselines of e-MERLIN and those of the European VLBI Network (EVN) and therefore enhance the legacy value of e-MERLIN datasets. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:32b73515-06c1-4ee4-a47c-20eb4c7befde2022-03-26T13:15:50ZGoonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVNJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:32b73515-06c1-4ee4-a47c-20eb4c7befdeSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Kloeckner, HRawlings, SHeywood, IBeswick, RMuxlow, TGarrington, SHatchell, JHoare, MGJarvis, MJones, ILangevelde, HThe benefits for the e-MERLIN and EVN arrays of using antennae at the satellite communication station at Goonhilly in Cornwall are discussed. The location of this site - new to astronomy - will provide an almost equal distribution of long baselines in the east-west- and north-south directions, and opens up the possibility to get significantly improved observations of equatorial fields with e-MERLIN. These additional baselines will improve the sensitivity on a set of critical spatial scales and will increase the angular resolution of e-MERLIN by a factor of two. e-MERLIN observations, including many allocated under the e-MERLIN Legacy programme, will benefit from the enhanced angular resolution and imaging capability especially for sources close to or below the celestial equator (where ESO facilities such as ALMA will operate) of including the Goonhilly telescopes. Furthermore, the baselines formed between Goonhilly and the existing stations will close the gap between the baselines of e-MERLIN and those of the European VLBI Network (EVN) and therefore enhance the legacy value of e-MERLIN datasets. |
| spellingShingle | Kloeckner, H Rawlings, S Heywood, I Beswick, R Muxlow, T Garrington, S Hatchell, J Hoare, MG Jarvis, M Jones, I Langevelde, H Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title | Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title_full | Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title_fullStr | Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title_full_unstemmed | Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title_short | Goonhilly: a new site for e-MERLIN and the EVN |
| title_sort | goonhilly a new site for e merlin and the evn |
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