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Software design for panoramic astronomical pipeline processing
L. Shamir 1★ , R. J. Nemiroff 2 , D. O. Torrey 3 and W. E. Pereira 4
  1 Department of Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931, USA   2 Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931, USA   3 East Engineering Computer Network, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA   4 ThermoAnalytics, Inc., Calumet, MI 49913, USA
Correspondence to   E-mail: lshamir@mtu.edu
Copyright 2005 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2005 RAS
KEYWORDS
methods: data analysis • techniques: image processing

ABSTRACT

We describe the software requirement and design specifications for all-sky panoramic astronomical pipelines. The described software aims to meet the specific needs of superwide-angle optics, and includes cosmic-ray hit rejection, image compression, star recognition, sky opacity analysis, transient detection and a web server allowing access to real-time and archived data. The presented software is being regularly used for the pipeline processing of 11 all-sky cameras located in some of the world's premier observatories. We encourage all-sky camera operators to use our software and/or our hosting services and become part of the global Night Sky Live network.


Accepted 2005 September 22. Received 2005 September 13; in original form 2005 July 7

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09903.x About DOI

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