The radio astronomy community has developed some very impressive data reduction software over the years. The achieved dynamic range has increased by 4 orders of magnitude, keeping pace with the increasing sensitivity of the telescopes. Unfortunately, the best results are only available to users with special skills or connections. We have signally failed(*) to offer the same quality to the average user.
We will discuss ways to redress this intolerable inequality. But first we have to ask ourselves why we should want to do this.
(*) The author will only mention blunders and failures that he himself has been involved in.
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© Gary Larson (The Far Side)