CBSKY4: Reference Manual

Abstract

The CBSKY4 component to the Celestial Background Scene Descriptor (CBSD) provides positions and fluxes for over 10,000 cataloged stars and stars produced by a statistical number density (logN-logS). Wavelength coverage is from 2 to 30 micrometers plus the Johnson BVJHK bands, the COBE/DIRBE 2.4micrometers band, IRAS 12 and 25micrometers, TD1A 1565 A, FAUST 1660 A, and the Apollo 165201" 1400 A band. Spectral energy distributions of all stars are provided through 87 spectral templates. The model provides images over the entire sky and rectangular or gnomonic projection images of narrower fields of view. Output files give statistics in the scene. The user provides the time, look angles, band parameters (predefined band, response function, or an upper and lower limit), and image size requirements. This document is a users guide to the CBSKY4 model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA418520

Entities

People

  • Meg A. Noah
  • Paul V. Noah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Celestial Brightness
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Science
  • Detectors
  • Flux Density
  • Information Science
  • Line Of Sight
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Observers
  • Operating Systems
  • Orbits
  • Statistics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Vision.