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Next: Modes of Operation Up: CCD Scientific Performance Previous: Field of View . Thermal excitation of charge carriers from the valence to the conduction band creates a dark current signal which may vary with position in the array, and also has temporal shot noise variation. ... In a device devoid of localized defects which give rise to individual dark current spikes , most dark current arises from electrons generated at interface states at the surface. ...

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CFITSIO Interface Library CFITSIO is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and writing FITS format data files. ... The CFITSIO library is built on Unix systems by typing: > ./configure [--prefix=/target/installation/path] > make (or 'make shared') > make install (this step is optional) at the operating system prompt. The configure command customizes the Makefile for the particular system, then the `make' command compiles the source files and builds the library. ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

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... New Developments in the FITSIO and Fv Software Packages W. Pence NASA/GSFC, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Email: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov Abstract. This paper describes recent improvements to the FITSIO subroutine library and the fv FITS file viewer and editor, both of which were initially described at previous ADASS conferences. ... Introduction The FITSIO subroutine library for reading and writing FITS format files was last described in the ADASS IV conference proceedings. ...

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... You must have the frames with a dark current and flat field for preliminary processing of the images. ... The flat field is necessary for the account of the variations in the sensitivity of pixels. ... 1) Open the frame with a flat field by . ... In the dialogue choose a frame with a dark current. There will be a subtraction of the dark frame from the flat field. ... 3) Apply the flat field by . Note  If several files are open, a dark current and flat field will apply for all. ...

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