Automated Streak Detection for High Velocity Objects: Test with YSTAR-NEOPAT Images

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Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005jass...22..385k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences. Vol. 22, no. 4, 385-392

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Streak, Detection Algorithm, Near-Earth Object

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We developed an algorithm to efficiently detect streaks in survey images and made a performance test with YSTAR-NEOPAT images obtained by the 0.5m telescope stationed in South Africa. Fast moving objects whose apparent speeds exceed 10 arcsec/min are the main target of our algorithm; these include artificial satellites, space debris, and very fast Near-Earth Objects. Our algorithm, based on the outline shape of elongated sources employs a step of image subtraction in order to reduce the confusion caused by dense distribution of faint stars. It takes less than a second to find and characterize streaks present in normal astronomical images of 2K format. Comparison with visual inspection proves the efficiency and completeness of our automated detection algorithm. When applied to about 7,000 time-series images from YSTAR telescope, nearly 700 incidents of streaks are detected. Fast moving objects are identified by the presence of matching streaks in adjoining frames. Nearly all of confirmed fast moving objects turn out to be artificial satellites or space debris. Majority of streaks are however meteors and cosmic ray hits, whose identity is often difficult to classify.

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