Application of Image Enhancement Techniques to Comets: A Critical Analysis

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Sep 2006

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #29.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.537

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Investigation and accurate interpretation of many cometary coma phenomena depend on identification of coma features and their spatial and temporal variations. In many cases, the coma features are only few percent above the ambient coma, requiring the application of image enhancement techniques for easy identification and analysis. In the literature, there are a range of enhancement techniques used for the analysis of coma structures (e.g., Larson and Slaughter 1992, Schleicher and Farnham 2004).
We use numerically simulated images to characterize pros and cons of a number of widely used enhancement techniques. In particular, we will identify techniques which are suitable for making measurements post-enhancement as well as the nature of the measurements which are unaffected by the enhancements. An effort will be made to present the results in a quantifiable format rather than with qualitative statements. Finally these enhancements techniques will be used to enhance and analyze the coma morphologies present in actual images of comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1).
NHS was supported by NASA Planetary Atmospheres Program.

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