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false star

Standard

ECSS-E-ST-60-20C Rev. 2

Definition

signal on the detector not arising from a stellar source but otherwise indistinguishable from a star image

Notes

NOTE This definition explicitly excludes effects from the Moon, low incidence angle proton effects etc., which can generally be distinguished as non-stellar in origin by geometry.

Relations

ECSS-E-ST-60-20C Rev. 2 — detector
ECSS-E-ST-50-11C — signal
ECSS-E-ST-50-12C Rev.1 — signal
ECSS-E-ST-50-11C — source
ECSS-E-ST-50-12C Rev.1 — source
ECSS-E-ST-40-07C — source
ECSS-E-ST-60-20C Rev. 2 — star image

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