AN APPROACH TO INTERFEROMETRIC MOSAICING

In radio astronomy, mosaicing is the practice of combining multiple po intings of a telescope to produce an image significantly larger than t he telescope's primary beam. We consider an approach to imaging and de convolving interferometric mosaic observations. This approach directly deconvolves a Linear mosaic of dirty images. We consider the advantag es and limitations of this technique. Projection issues for mosaicing are also discussed. We present an example from a 320-pointing, spectra l-line, mosaiced observation of the Small Magellanic Cloud.