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A fast photometric image alignment algorithm with row and column means

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2024-04-16 v1

Abstract

This paper introduces an astronomical image alignment algorithm. This algorithm uses the means of the rows and columns of the original image for alignment, and finds the optimal offset corresponding to the maximum similarity by comparing different offsets between images. The similarity is evaluated by the standard deviation of the quotient divided by the means. This paper also discusses the theoretical feasibility of this algorithm. Through practical testing, it has been confirmed that the algorithm is fast and robust.

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@article{arxiv.2404.09912,
  title  = {A fast photometric image alignment algorithm with row and column means},
  author = {Jie Zheng and Linqiao Jiang and Jianfeng Tian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.09912},
  year   = {2024}
}

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