Update on binning for small pixel/large chip cameras

Posted by gboyle on Oct 22, 2020; 1:12am
URL: http://astroimagej.170.s1.nabble.com/Update-on-binning-for-small-pixel-large-chip-cameras-tp1459.html

Hi all
i noticed a number of threads but didnt see anything recent on binning and this may have been because the issue is solved but thought i would check.

I have an sCMOS camera that has 3.75um pixels and potentially very low read noise and want to compare it to my older camera with 13.5um pixels. the 3.75 pixels have decent well depth that in theory if binned together can get close to the 13.5um version...

the scmos images I am being told i should bin in software to improve the SNR.

is there a way to do this in AIJ so that i can take unbinned 16 bit data and combine without to improve the snr before i proceed to transit fitting? i saw 2018 posts saying (i think) that this was on the to-do list...

thanks
gavin