AIPS HELP file for EFACTOR in 31DEC26

As of Mon Jun 15 11:47:03 2026

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EFACTOR
Type: Adverb  (Real)
Use:  A multiplication factor.

      Used in Gaussian-fitting tasks when exploring the deconvoltion
      of the fit widths from the Clean beam.  The 27 possible
      combinations of the fit values plus EFACTOR * (-1, 0, 1) * the
      uncertainties in the 2 widths and position angle are tried.  The
      extrema of the deconvolved values are reported along with the
      deconvolved values at the fit values.
Null value:  0 -> 1.3
Tasks:
   IMFIT.........Fits Gaussians to portions of an image.
   JMFIT.........Fits Gaussians to portions of an image.
   SAD...........Finds and fits Gaussians to portions of an image
   TVSAD.........Finds and fits Gaussians to portions of an image with
                 interaction.

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