STEPS TO OBTAIN AN ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE

Roberto Bartali

LIGHT WAVES CONVERTED TO

FROM THE GATHERED BY CAPTURED BY THE A BINARY PROCESSED BY A
CELESTIAL OBJECT THE TELESCOPE SENSOR COMPUTER RESULTING IMAGE
OBJECT NUMBER MATRIX
OF THE OBJECT

SCIENCE = (RAW - DARK - BIAS) / (FLAT - DARK - BIAS)

- - =
RAW IMAGE, of galaxy M51,
Corrected raw image
contains photons captured by the
Bias frame shows internal

=
telescope and noise generated by Dark frame shows thermally
the imaging system. noise, due to electronics,
generated electrons. Exposure and defective pixels.
length equal to raw exposure. Exposure time = 0..
Flat frame shows difference in
pixel sensitivity, dust on optic Corrected flat frame
surfaces, fringes and vignetting.

SCIENCE IMAGE, of galaxy

- - =
M51, corrected for internal and
external errors and noise, ready for
further image processing.

CALIBRTION FRAMES