5.6 Imaging with OBIT, Complex imaging

AIPS contains “verbs” that access programs in the OBIT software package written by Bill Cotton (bcotton@nrao.edu). If that package is installed on your computer, which is easy for Linux and not too hard for Mac systems, then you may use these programs. Two of the verbs are used to translate EVLA data into  format; see §4.1.1. The other four verbs provide increasingly elaborate access to OBIT’s imager program. They are called OBITMAP, OBITIMAG, OBITSCAL, and OBITPEEL. The first images a field of view in a single scale, the second allows many more imaging options including multi-scale, the third adds self calibration, and the fourth allows the self-calibration to be direction dependent. The  group cannot take responsibility for the OBIT installation and programs, but much of the cleverness in  was due to Bill and his later work deserves consideration. If nothing else, the tasks will run in a multi-threaded fashion which  does not.

 has a complex imaging option impletnted with the RUN file and procedure called CXIMAGR. It is a sequence of tasks UVIMG, FFT, and CXCLN. It is interesting, but the normal imaging described in this chapter is likely to be more satisfying.