1. Team Cydonia Conceptual Design Review
Derek, Dominic, Greg, Kevin, Max, Sarah
Team Cydonia Conceptual Design Review

2. Mission Overview Two tasks Capture photos for dark current
Take CCD video
Possible time lapse

3. Mission Overview Dark Current How a camera works Part 1:
Each pixel works like a bucket collecting light
Makes a count based on energy
The more light energy, the more counts
A black picture should have no pixel count
But this isn’t true, dark current adds energy -> ups pixel count
Dark current is based on thermal energy
As long as camera is heated, there is dark current

4. Mission Overview Dark Current Continued
A hot camera will produce a washed out picture:

5. Mission Overview Dark Current Continued
Can reduce dark current by cooling camera
Measure dark current by taking black picture
Measurement used to subtract dark current from telescope pictures

6. Mission Overview Dark Current Continued
If we can just subtract it, why waste power, weight, and energy to cool it down?
Two parts to dark current
Average—can be subtracted
Random—cannot be subtracted
Can still have a washed out picture
Can accidentally subtract out faint stars

7. Mission Overview Video Capture How a camera works Part 2:
The Bayer Filter

8. Mission Overview Video Capture Continued
Bayer Filter isolates red, green, and blue pixels
Computer determines a true color from average
Twice as many green due to eye sensitivity
Make the computer work backwards

9. Mission Overview
Video Capture Continued
Demonstration
Photoshop CS2

10. RGB Separation

11. Management
Management
Org Chart
Schedule

12. Budget
Budget
Mass
Money