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Shortest-baseline angular scale (Θmax​∼λ/bmin​)

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The shortest useful projected baseline sets the lowest sampled spatial frequency, of order bmin​/λ, and hence an angular scale λ/bmin​. Operational maximum recoverable source sizes also depend on source shape, coverage, weighting and primary beam. The longest baseline sets a different scale, the synthesized angular resolution. The number of antennas alone does not fix either limiting baseline or supply zero-spacing total power.

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