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Old 26-01-2012, 07:10 PM
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Why do Star Images grow? - Part2

Well, I never give up....
Without boring everyone (again!) I've put the detail in the attached doc files.
Here's the executive summary:
1. All stars recorded on the one frame have exactly the same FWHM.
2. Depending on the exposure and the gain/ white point settings the apparent size of the star image can be altered. Faint stars can appear smaller than the FWHM.
3. When the brighter star image satuarates the chip, the size of the star image can grow well beyond the FWHM.
This is summarised in the attached graph.

These factors are important in the field of Photometry, where eventually I found the answer.
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Old 26-01-2012, 08:39 PM
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Great to see the topic back, it really helped my understanding of some things that bugged me.
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Well done Ken.
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