Re: Need some rough numbers.

["Glenn Gombert" <glenngombert@hotmail.com>]

Hi Chris,

  Mike G's Star routine matches just fine with about 25-30 starts per Mark 
IV image...I imagine that any other reduction program would work equally 
well with about that same number of stars-per-image....

Glenn G.


>From: "Albertson, Chris" <CAlbertson@primeadvantage.com>
>To: tass@listserv.wwa.com
>Subject: Need some rough numbers.
>Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:53:52 -0800
>
>
>I am going to prototype some matching algorithms and want to
>test with a realistic amount of data.
>
>As Tom and Arne are the only two to have cameras I guess this
>question is for them.
>
>How many
>   1) Stars per frame?
>   2) Frames per night?
>   3) nights of operation per year.
>
>Also, does anyone know off hand about how many stars there
>are in the whole sky at or above our detection limit of
>about Mag 17.5
>

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