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Information content in astronomical images

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A statistical model for astronomical images is defined and its Shannon information content evaluated in terms of the imaging parameters and the object and noise statistics.

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  1. Department of Physics, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

    Suman Gupta & S. P. S. Virdi

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Gupta, S., Virdi, S.P.S. Information content in astronomical images. Astrophys Space Sci 162, 159–161 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653352

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