Star Field Simulation
Attempted two things this week:
- Variations in brightness of star
- Statistical Fluctuations
Stot was uniformly distributed over a chosen maximum, this gives some variation between the stars. Below is an image of 50 stars with Stot uniformly distributed.
Next step: Add statistical fluctuations. Estimate n using expected values as plotted above using Poisson distribution.

1 star

5 stars, Poisson, but not variation in Stot.
Tried to perform for more stars and bigger canvas - but was taking a long time - need to restructure code.
For next week - adding variation in correlation coefficient - not all stars will be the same perfectly round shape in a true photo.
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BekiChafer - 03 Nov 2017