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If we use a secondary calibrator to calibrate our maps, it is even
simpler. We just take the quoted flux value, S
, from the
secondary calibrator page and divide it with the peak flux in our map
of the same calibrator. If the map of the calibrator has poor S/N, we
may want to fit a gaussian to the source to get a more accurate measure
of the peak signal.
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The SCUBA map reduction cookbook
Starlink Cookbook 11
G. Sandell, N. Jessop, T. Jenness
Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, Hawaii
29th October 2001
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk
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