Single-Dish Exposure Time Calculator
The Exposure Time Calculator provides an estimate of the exposure time
needed to reach a given sensitivity (or vice versa) under a set of
assumptions on the telescope setup and the observing conditions.
Select telescope and type of observation:
The ETC is currently offered for the Medicina 32-m antenna and at the Sardinia
Radio Telescope and is is intended to help planning single-dish observations
performed with the DISCOS Control System . For this
reason, the ETC offers only the observing setups currently
implemented within this observing system.
For technical details on the telescopes and their instrumentation,
please consult the
available documentation.
Details on the formulae used by this ETC and an explanation of the meaning of
input/output parameters are given in the
Exposure Time Calculator User
Manual.
Tabulated values used by the ETC for the various
instrumental setups in the current semester can be found at
this link.
Please report any result which may appear inconsistent, and let us know any
comment which may help to improve this tool.
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