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Does my job help me in Astronomy? Well it certainly helps me in Astrophotography!
I'm a Geophysicist, specialising in Seismic Processing.
To reduce noise we stack multiple records as you do in Astrophotography. To get a doubling of the signal to noise ratio we need to add four records, as you do in Astrophotography.
To remove the effect of the signal passing through the Earth and increase resolution we apply deconvolution. To remove the effect of the atmosphere and increase resolution in Astrophotography you apply deconvolution.
In Seismic Processing we remove unwanted frequencies such as those from powerlines using a notch filter. To remove unwanted frequencies such as street lights in Astrophography I use a UHC-S filter which effectively notches the light spectrum.
As you can see alot of concepts are in both my work and my hobby!!
So yes, my work does help me in Astrophotography.
Cheers,
Mario
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