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Old 15-03-2008, 12:36 AM
jase (Jason)
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Tip #37:

The signal to noise (S/N) ratio of a CCD image increases linearly with the square root of the exposure time. This means that quadrupling the exposure time doubles the S/N ratio. So take the longest *effective* exposure you can. Such advice applies to all CCD imaging and is especially important for narrowband imaging because of the small amount of signal passing through the filter.
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