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Optical Loading Calculator

Back to optical loading.

To determine whether optical loading is likely to contaminate your dataset, please complete the form below.

Optical source details






ct/sec



For main sequence stars, select the type from the dropdown-box to select Teff and bolometric correction from Zombeck.

* i.e. the count-rate of spurious events due to optical loading at which the warning should be given.