Package: platosim3 Version: 3.1.0 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: unknown Installed-Size: 9 Filename: ./amd64/platosim3_3.1.0_amd64.deb Size: 1208 MD5sum: 8fd2bc8282f54dd2f95172979a471e79 SHA1: ba0a8a71e523eb48221942852d87a00129b16e72 SHA256: 573465574a19c1082fc86166979d051a21267bf51afcde52aecc6ae9bd6d03c8 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.