<p>I've obtained the coordinates of brightest pixels from different images (.fits files) using Python. I want to get the flux of each pixel. How do I go about finding out the flux?</p>

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What do you know about your detector?
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Given a collection of pixels, how to deduce the flux from them?
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# Given a collection of pixels, how to deduce the flux from them?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-09)

I've obtained the coordinates of brightest pixels from different images (.fits files) using Python. I want to get the flux of each pixel. How do I go about finding out the flux?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: link only: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/HST_overview/documents/datahandbook/intro_ch35.html  
> **username_2**: What do you know about your detector?  

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