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Method 1- Current SAS Background algorithms Method 3- Median Home Index

Meta Index / Home Page / Background algorithms

Method 2- Mean

Using the mean of the pixel values to obtain an estimate of the background is risky because one or more source pixels can seriously effect its value.


XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2014-11-04