in astronomy, what does integration time mean?

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in astronomy, what does integration time mean?

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Integration time is effectively the duration of an exposure: like the inverse of shutter speed in a normal camera.

However note that the integration time of one observation might come from more than one exposure of the physical sensor in the instrument. An hour’s integration time might be 10 6 minute exposures one after the other.

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