WRAP: A Tool for Efficient Cross-Identification of Proper Motion Objects Spanning Multiple Surveys
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2023-12-18 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
We introduce the Wide-field Retrieval of Astrodata Program (WRAP), a tool created to aid astronomers in gathering photometric and astrometric data for point sources that may confuse simple cross-matching algorithms because of their faintness or motion. WRAP allows astronomers to correctly cross-identify objects with proper motion across multiple surveys by wedding the catalog data with its underlying images, thus providing visual confirmation of cross-associations in real time. Developed within the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, WRAP aims to aid in the characterization of faint, high motion sources by this collaboration (and others).
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@article{arxiv.2312.09294,
title = {WRAP: A Tool for Efficient Cross-Identification of Proper Motion Objects Spanning Multiple Surveys},
author = {Hunter Brooks and J. Davy Kirkpatrick and Dan Caselden and Adam C. Schneider and Aaron M. Meisner and Yadukrishna Raghu and Farid Cedeno and Jacqueline K. Faherty and Federico Marocco and Marc J. Kuchner and S. L. Casewell and The Backyard Worlds and : and Planet 9 Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.09294},
year = {2023}
}
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