"""Resolution and illustrative large-scale/primary-beam angular limits.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): wavelength = 299792458/3e11 rad_to_arcsec = 180/np.pi*3600 baseline = np.geomspace(10, 1e4, 601) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 4.6), layout="constrained") ax.loglog(baseline, wavelength/baseline*rad_to_arcsec, lw=2.2, label="Baseline angular scale: wavelength / B") ax.axhline(wavelength/10*rad_to_arcsec, color="tab:orange", ls="--", label="10-m dish beam scale") ax.axhline(.6*wavelength/10*rad_to_arcsec, color="tab:green", ls=":", label="Illustrative largest scale for Bmin = 10 m") ax.plot(1e4, wavelength/1e4*rad_to_arcsec, "o", color="black") ax.set(xlabel="Baseline length (m)", ylabel="Angular scale (arcseconds)", title="At 300 GHz: longest and shortest baselines serve different purposes") ax.legend(loc="lower left", frameon=False); ax.grid(which="both", alpha=.16) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=130, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()