Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching
A star tracker is a widely used celestial sensor in astronomical navigation systems, which calculates the spacecraft’s high-precision attitude by observing stars in space to obtain several star vectors. Existing star identification algorithms typically require the selection of a specific anchor star...
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| author | Ya Dai Chenguang Shi Liyan Ben Hua Zhu Rui Zhang Shufan Wu Sixiang Shan Yu Xu Wang Zhou |
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| description | A star tracker is a widely used celestial sensor in astronomical navigation systems, which calculates the spacecraft’s high-precision attitude by observing stars in space to obtain several star vectors. Existing star identification algorithms typically require the selection of a specific anchor star (e.g., the nearest neighbor star), using the line connecting the target star and the anchor star as the rotational reference axis to achieve rotation invariance in the star identification algorithm. However, this approach makes the entire identification algorithm overly dependent on the anchor star, resulting in insufficient identification accuracy in cases of excessive positional noise or a high number of false stars. In this paper, we adopt the angles between any neighboring stars and the distances ratio between neighboring stars and the observed star as the initial matching criteria. We then calculate the matching with each navigation star using the accumulated angle in the counterclockwise direction based on this criterion. The navigation star with the highest matching is identified. Unlike other identification algorithms that require selecting the nearest neighbor star which can be easily affected by interference as the rotational reference axis, our method effectively achieves rotation invariance in star identification by leveraging angle information. Therefore, it exhibits better tolerance to positional noise, magnitude noise, and false stars, particularly demonstrating higher robustness against focal length variations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0c954bc764a40aab17d2423a330b8852025-01-10T13:20:05ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-12-011716210.3390/rs17010062Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio MatchingYa Dai0Chenguang Shi1Liyan Ben2Hua Zhu3Rui Zhang4Shufan Wu5Sixiang Shan6Yu Xu7Wang Zhou8School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaSchool of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaShanghai Satellite Network Research Institute Co., Ltd., Floor 3, Building 2, No. 200, Zhangheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201203, ChinaA star tracker is a widely used celestial sensor in astronomical navigation systems, which calculates the spacecraft’s high-precision attitude by observing stars in space to obtain several star vectors. Existing star identification algorithms typically require the selection of a specific anchor star (e.g., the nearest neighbor star), using the line connecting the target star and the anchor star as the rotational reference axis to achieve rotation invariance in the star identification algorithm. However, this approach makes the entire identification algorithm overly dependent on the anchor star, resulting in insufficient identification accuracy in cases of excessive positional noise or a high number of false stars. In this paper, we adopt the angles between any neighboring stars and the distances ratio between neighboring stars and the observed star as the initial matching criteria. We then calculate the matching with each navigation star using the accumulated angle in the counterclockwise direction based on this criterion. The navigation star with the highest matching is identified. Unlike other identification algorithms that require selecting the nearest neighbor star which can be easily affected by interference as the rotational reference axis, our method effectively achieves rotation invariance in star identification by leveraging angle information. Therefore, it exhibits better tolerance to positional noise, magnitude noise, and false stars, particularly demonstrating higher robustness against focal length variations.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/1/62star trackerstar identificationstar image processingcumulative angles |
| spellingShingle | Ya Dai Chenguang Shi Liyan Ben Hua Zhu Rui Zhang Shufan Wu Sixiang Shan Yu Xu Wang Zhou Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching Remote Sensing star tracker star identification star image processing cumulative angles |
| title | Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching |
| title_full | Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching |
| title_fullStr | Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching |
| title_short | Star Identification Algorithm Based on Dynamic Distance Ratio Matching |
| title_sort | star identification algorithm based on dynamic distance ratio matching |
| topic | star tracker star identification star image processing cumulative angles |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/1/62 |
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