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AETC: a powerful web tool to simulate astronomical images
- Source :
- SPIE Proceedings.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SPIE, 2016.
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Abstract
- We present the capabilities of the Advanced Exposure Time Calculator (AETC), a tool, publicly available via web interface (http://aetc.oapd.inaf.it/), aimed to simulate astronomical images obtained with any (given) telescope and instrument combination. The tool includes the possibility of providing an accurate modelling of PSF variations in the FoV, a crucial issue for realistic simulations, which makes AETC particularly suitable for simulations of adaptive optics instruments. To exemplify the AETC capabilities we present a number of simulations for specific science cases, useful for studying the capabilities of next generation AO imaging cameras for Extremely Large Telescopes.
- Subjects :
- Physics
010308 nuclear & particles physics
business.industry
ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION
01 natural sciences
Web tool
law.invention
Telescope
Software
Calculator
law
Computer graphics (images)
0103 physical sciences
User interface
business
Adaptive optics
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 0277786X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SPIE Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....914a0c05594c37214819c969a229a624