Nprime_fov

mrspoc.Nprime_fov(b)

Average number of field of view passages per star including dead time overhead for a target at galactic latitude b [deg]. Taken from Perryman et al. 2014 Table 1.

Parameters:

b : {ndarray, list, float}

Array of galactic latitudes

Returns:

N_fovs : ndarray

Approximate number of times that Gaia will observe a target at galactic latitude b, after including dead time. This is the <Nprime_fov> column from Perrman et al. 2014 Table 1.