The VSOP 2 mission: Imaging capabilities

/ Authors

R. Dodson, H. Hirabayashi, Y. Murata, P. Edwards, K. Wiik, D. Murphy, S. Kameno

/ Abstract

Given the scientific goals of VSOP-2, including the possibility of observations of the shadows of black holes, we have investigated the fidelity of the recovered images given a typical uv-coverage. We find that we can achieve a dynamic range of better than 1000:1.

Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics

The VSOP 2 mission: Imaging capabilities

/ Authors

R. Dodson, H. Hirabayashi, Y. Murata, P. Edwards, K. Wiik, D. Murphy, S. Kameno

/ Abstract

Given the scientific goals of VSOP-2, including the possibility of observations of the shadows of black holes, we have investigated the fidelity of the recovered images given a typical uv-coverage. We find that we can achieve a dynamic range of better than 1000:1.

Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics