radio_flux

Radio_Astronomy.radio_flux.radio_flux(source, freq)

Flux density in Jy of standard calibrators.

From “Radio Star Flux Density Expressions for Accurate Antenna Gain Measurements” by E.P. Ekelman, COMSAT Laboratories, 0-7803-5639-W99/ IEEE 1999.

:param source : name of the source (‘Virgo’, ‘Omega’, or ‘Orion’) :type source : str

:param freq : frequency in GHz :param freq : float

Returns

the flux density in Jy.