Michael Hotka's
GreenBank 20m Radio Telescope Sky Patterns

There are numerous sky patterns one can choose to scan an object with. I selected 4 formats and listened to the Crab Nebula in all cases. The results show that the Map pattern is not as good as the 20 petal pattern for resolution of the Nebula's radio source.

Map Format Sky Scan	4 Petal Sky Scan
12 Petal Sky Scan	20 Petal Sky Scan

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