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With the rapid increase in the number of artificial satellites, astronomical imaging is experiencing growing interference. When these satellites reflect sunlight, they produce streak-like artifacts in photometry images. Such satellite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Xiaohan Chen , Hongrui Gu , Cunshi Wang , Haiyang Mu , Jie Zheng , Junju Du , Jing Ren , Zhou Fan , Jing Li

The expansion of satellite constellations poses a significant challenge to optical ground-based astronomical observations, as satellite trails degrade observational data and compromise research quality. Addressing these challenges requires…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-18 F. Stoppa , P. J. Groot , R. Stuik , P. Vreeswijk , S. Bloemen , D. L. A. Pieterse , P. A. Woudt

We present an application of Deep Learning for the image recognition of asteroid trails in single-exposure photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Using algorithms based on multi-layered deep Convolutional Neural Networks, we report…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-02 Andrei A. Parfeni , Laurentiu I. Caramete , Andreea M. Dobre , Nguyen Tran Bach

We present a method that enables wide field ground-based telescopes to scan the sky for sub-second stellar variability. The method has operational and image processing components. The operational component is to take star trail images. Each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 David Thomas , Steven M Kahn

Remote sensing data is crucial for applications ranging from monitoring forest fires and deforestation to tracking urbanization. Most of these tasks require dense pixel-level annotations for the model to parse visual information from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-18 Shasvat Desai , Debasmita Ghose

Effective space traffic management requires positive identification of artificial satellites. Current methods for extracting object identification from observed data require spatially resolved imagery which limits identification to objects…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-12 J. Zachary Gazak , Ian McQuaid , Ryan Swindle , Matthew Phelps , Justin Fletcher

The next generation of wide-field deep astronomical surveys will deliver unprecedented amounts of images through the 2020s and beyond. As both the sensitivity and depth of observations increase, more blended sources will be detected. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 G. M. Merz , Y. Liu , C. J. Burke , P. D. Aleo , X. Liu , M. C. Kind , V. Kindratenko , Y. Liu

Satellite imagery is widely used in many application sectors, including agriculture, navigation, and urban planning. Frequently, satellite imagery involves both large numbers of images as well as high pixel counts, making satellite datasets…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Joshua Abraham , Calden Wloka

Recent advances in deep-learning based methods for image matching have demonstrated their superiority over traditional algorithms, enabling correspondence estimation in challenging scenes with significant differences in viewing angles,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Rahul Deshmukh , Avinash Kak

The growing negative impact of the visibility of satellites in the night sky is influencing the practice of astronomy and astrophotograph, both at the amateur and professional levels. The presence of these satellites has the effect of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-21 Olivier Parisot , Mahmoud Jaziri

Access to high resolution satellite imagery has dramatically increased in recent years as several new constellations have entered service. High revisit frequencies as well as improved resolution has widened the use cases of satellite…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-06 Michael Thoreau , Frazer Wilson

Massive amounts of satellite data have been gathered over time, holding the potential to unveil a spatiotemporal chronicle of the surface of Earth. These data allow scientists to investigate various important issues, such as land use…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-12 Stefan Oehmcke , Christoffer Thrysøe , Andreas Borgstad , Marcos Antonio Vaz Salles , Martin Brandt , Fabian Gieseke

Deep learning has generated diverse perspectives in astronomy, with ongoing discussions between proponents and skeptics motivating this review. We examine how neural networks complement classical statistics, extending our data analytical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Yuan-Sen Ting

Satellite image classification is a challenging problem that lies at the crossroads of remote sensing, computer vision, and machine learning. Due to the high variability inherent in satellite data, most of the current object classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-14 Saikat Basu , Sangram Ganguly , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Robert DiBiano , Manohar Karki , Ramakrishna Nemani

Wide field small aperture telescopes are widely used for optical transient observations. Detection and classification of astronomical targets in observed images are the most important and basic step. In this paper, we propose an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Peng Jia , Qiang Liu , Yongyang Sun

The complex physics involved in atmospheric turbulence makes it very difficult for ground-based astronomy to build accurate scintillation models and develop efficient methodologies to remove this highly structured noise from valuable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Alejandra Rocha-Solache , Iván Rodríguez-Montoya , David Sánchez-Argüelles , Itziar Aretxaga

The increased availability of high resolution satellite imagery allows to sense very detailed structures on the surface of our planet. Access to such information opens up new directions in the analysis of remote sensing imagery. However, at…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Benjamin Bischke , Patrick Helber , Joachim Folz , Damian Borth , Andreas Dengel

The rapid growth of satellite constellations, particularly Starlink, is increasingly affecting ground-based astronomy. In this project, we developed a workflow to detect, identify, and measure the brightness of trails from artificial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-12 Alexandra Serrano Mendoza , Meredith L. Rawls , Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón

In this paper we address the challenge of land cover classification for satellite images via Deep Learning (DL). Land Cover aims to detect the physical characteristics of the territory and estimate the percentage of land occupied by a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Eleonora Bernasconi , Francesco Pugliese , Diego Zardetto , Monica Scannapieco

Landslides pose severe threats to infrastructure, economies, and human lives, necessitating accurate detection and predictive mapping across diverse geographic regions. With advancements in deep learning and remote sensing, automated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Rahul A. Burange , Harsh K. Shinde , Omkar Mutyalwar
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