Package: platosim3 Version: 3.1.0 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: unknown Installed-Size: 4 Filename: ./amd64/platosim3_3.1.0_amd64.deb Size: 1218 MD5sum: ba08ca7108a85e5175d69c8c261b05e3 SHA1: c27e18e46eba99d0e00f6f7b5d7765e14455865d SHA256: 6e6e4187084be53b25e5ab42888d3072898e110f96fc0a1afc88a562c66bb062 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.