Statistical Filtering of Cosmic Ray Events From Astronomical Charge-Coupled Device (Ccd) Images

L. E. Goad

doi:10.1117/12.959795

21 November 1980 Statistical Filtering of Cosmic Ray Events From Astronomical Charge-Coupled Device (Ccd) Images

L. E. Goad

Proceedings Volume 0264, Applications of Digital Image Processing to Astronomy; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959795
Event: 1981 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The passage of cosmic ray secondaries through unthinned CCD detectors may produce numerous spurious images in moderate-length astronomical exposures min). The intensity of these cosmic ray tracks is usually greater than that of most of the features of interest. In the present paper we investigate the relative merits of several techniques for removing these artifacts from multiple CCD exposures of the same scene. We first investigate various single-point outlier rejectia criteria, and then go on to study techniques that make use of the spatial distribution of actual cosmic ray tracks. Applications of these techniques to typical astronomical CCD exposures are given.

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L. E. Goad "Statistical Filtering of Cosmic Ray Events From Astronomical Charge-Coupled Device (Ccd) Images", Proc. SPIE 0264, Applications of Digital Image Processing to Astronomy, (21 November 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959795

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