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Signal-to-noise ratio estimates as a function of aperture radius for a compact source of mH ∼ 20 mag. The red dashed line indicates the adopted aperture radius and the point where the S/N profile peaks before decreasing due to the inclusion of additional background noise. The pixel scale is 0 . 2 $ 0{{\overset{\prime\prime}{.}}}2 $/pixel.

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