SingleDishParameters#

class VSPEC.params.observation.SingleDishParameters(aperture: astropy.units.Quantity, zodi: float)#

Bases: TelescopeParameters

Parameters for a single dish telescope.

Parameters:

  • aperture (astropy.units.Quantity) – The aperture size of the telescope.

  • zodi (float) – The level of the zodiacal background. Acceptable values range from 1.0 (Ecliptic pole/minimum) to 100.0 (Close to ecliptic/Sun).

classmethod mirecle()#

Create a SingleDishParameters instance with MIRECLE parameters [1].

Returns:

The created SingleDishParameters instance with MIRECLE parameters.

Return type:

SingleDishParameters

References

[1] Mandell et al. [2022]