A larger dish with a perfectly gaussian beam would certainly result in better image combination, but what if we have a poorly constrained (i.e., high sidelobe power) beam that is much smaller? John Carpenter brought up this point. We can test it using some distorted (perhaps asymmetric?) synthetic beams and see what happens.
A larger dish with a perfectly gaussian beam would certainly result in better image combination, but what if we have a poorly constrained (i.e., high sidelobe power) beam that is much smaller? John Carpenter brought up this point. We can test it using some distorted (perhaps asymmetric?) synthetic beams and see what happens.