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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Yep. You also need *flux* with statistically significant intensity, without it, you are just collecting noise.
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Quite true. Some amateurs have been able to detect stars that were so faint that on average the signal rate was 1 electron per 10 seconds. At 10 frames per second, statistically only 1 in 100 frames would actually record a signal from that star!
Terry