Package: platosim3 Version: 3.1.0 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: unknown Installed-Size: 9 Filename: ./amd64/platosim3_3.1.0_amd64.deb Size: 1276 MD5sum: f235c04fb48f4b583f1766ef0bab1f53 SHA1: 4f2ae6e89afefa863363fb0591d3c366d57f8999 SHA256: 2f3255d4ea6ec601d79d0dcb01a6cdb70a31199af68ab53e1fde953610c85262 Section: utils Priority: optional Homepage: https://github.com/IvS-KULeuven/PlatoSim3 Description: The Plato Simulator is an end-to-end software tool, designed to perform realistic simulations of the expected observations of the Plato mission. It can, however, easily be adapted to similar types of missions. . Our simulator models and simulates time series of CCD images by including models of the CCD and its electronics, the telescope optics, the stellar field, the jitter movements of the spacecraft, and all important natural sources of noise. . Many aspects concerning the design trade-off of a space-based instrument and its performance can best be tackled through realistic simulations of the expected observations. The complex interplay of various noise sources in the course of the observations make such simulations an indispensable part of the assessment and design study of any space-based mission.