Re: Data Smoothing

[Chris Albertson <chrisalbertson90278@yahoo.com>]

--- droege@snapmail.us wrote:

> I have been working on the method of smoothing the data suggested by
> Grezgorz Pojmanski.  My version of the method looks promising with
> the a
> factor of two reduction in noise floor having been achieved.
> 
> I am at the stage where I am throwing out all the code and starting
> over
> having learned a little from the first effort.
> 
> The noise seen in the tass data is a factor of 10 above the photon
> statistics.  There is a gain to be made. I would be really happy with
> a
> factor of five.
> 
> When my computer system gets back together, I will put the data sets
> that
> I  am processing up on one of the computers so that you can all play
> the
> "improve the data" game.
> 
> Mike Sallman tried the ensemble photometry scheme on one of the data
> sets
> and computed for 24 hours or so with no result.  My scheme is
> relatively
> faster processing a 4 x 4 degree field in a few minutes.
> 
> We shall see what is possible.
> 
> Tom Droege
> 
> 


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