Zoom Versus Full-Field Sensitivity at the ETS (Experimental Test System)

Abstract

This report discusses a formal attempt to quantify the zoom vs full field sensitivities of the EBSICON cameras at the Experimental Test System of the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) network. Our results are inconclusive due to lack of data. The hypothesis that the electronically zoomed configuration can reach approximately 0.5 magnitude fainter than the full field mode neither can be confirmed nor denied on the basis of our work. More testing of these devices, and a wider variety of testing in general, is needed. Keywords: Artificial satellites; Photometry; Video streaks; Calibration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188162

Entities

People

  • Diane M. Jonuskis
  • Laurence G. Taff

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Data Acquisition
  • Digital Images
  • Intensity
  • Light Sources
  • Low Light Levels
  • Massachusetts
  • Monitoring
  • Photometry
  • Standards
  • Video

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects