n_photons

paarti.utils.maos_utils.n_photons(side, time, m, band, ps, throughput)[source]

Calculate the number of photons from a star and background incident on a square area in a given time interval.

By Paolo Turri

Bibliography: [1] Bessel et al. (1998) [2] Mann & von Braun (2015) [3] https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Instruments/ObservatoryManual/CFHT_ObservatoryManual_%28Sec_2%29.html