Arrays

To customize an array, we specify a field of view and add some Band.

array = {"primary_size": 10 # in meters
         "field_of_view": 0.5 # in degrees
         "bands": [my_band],
         }

When passed to Instrument, this will generate an array such that the beams do not overlap and fill up the field of view. Instead of a Band, we can also pass a string that names a pre-defined band, or a mixture of the two.

array = {"primary_size": 10 # in meters
         "field_of_view": 0.5 # in degrees
         "bands": [my_band, "mustang2/f093"],
         }

Constructing an Instrument is then done as

instrument = maria.get_instrument(array=array)

To construct an instrument with multiple subarrays, we can create a dict wherein each value is a valid array:

subarrays = {"array1": {"array_offset": (0.1, 0), "field_of_view": 0.05, "bands": [f150]},
            "array2": {"array_offset": (-0.1, 0), "field_of_view": 0.05, "bands": [f150]},}

instrument = maria.get_instrument(subarrays=subarrays)