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| Paper: |
A New Field-Matching Method for Astronomical Images |
| Volume: |
238, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X |
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388 |
| Authors: |
Thiébaut, C.; Boër, M. |
| Abstract: |
We propose a new Field-Matching algorithm for astronomical images. This new method is based on a multiresolution analysis. We tried two cases: first, we compared the test image with a synthetic image built from a point source catalog; second, we used a reference image of the relevant portion of the sky. Structures of images are obtained at different scales by applying the wavelet transform. An appropriate thresholding of the wavelet coefficients gives the significant pixels in the Wavelet Transform Space. In order to compare the selected coefficients between the test and the reference images we used a genetic algorithm. We applied this method on images taken by the automatic TAROT (Rapid Action Telescope for Transient Object) telescope. The reference data are taken from the USNO-A2.0 Catalog and from the Digital Sky Survey. The results are more robust and reliable than those obtained with the FOCAS algorithm. Moreover, the new algorithm is faster than FOCAS. |
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