Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 3, 0312005(2021)

Centroiding Method for Star Image Spots under Interference of Sun Straylight Noise in a Star Sensor

Haiyong Wang*, Wei Hua, Hao Xu, and Yuan Xu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    A simulated star map without noise
    A star map superimposed with sun straylight noise
    Effect drawing of a star image spot with white noise, background threshold and straylight slope noise
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    Effect of model slope estimate error Δk1 on centroiding error component of x-coordinate
    Effect of model slope estimate error Δk2 on centroiding error component of x-coordinate
    Effect of model slope estimate error Δb on centroiding error component of x-coordinate
    A sun straylight gray image generated from a nonlinear model
    Eight window locations on the diagonal with an interval of 128 pixels
    Straylight images produced by a sun simulator in lab
    Three-dimensional display of the 4th gray image (αSCA=56°) in Fig. 9
    Gray distribution of diagonal pixels of sun straylight image and the eight window locations
    Standard deviation comparison between three centroiding methods at eight windows
    Absolute error curves of centroided x-coordinate by three methods
    • Table 1. Simulating test results under the nonlinear straylight background without white noise

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      Table 1. Simulating test results under the nonlinear straylight background without white noise

      Window number12345678
      k10.19400.35370.66571.1391.8752.7813.7404.519
      k20.19400.35370.66571.1391.8752.7813.7404.519
      b199.7265.0387.3608.4981.21561.92386.33443.1
      Linear fitting accuracy0.2880.2900.2730.2820.3040.2940.2870.279
      GWCMMean1 /pixel-0.0425-0.0403-0.0379-0.0371-0.0373-0.0387-0.0409-0.0434
      Std1 /pixel0.22440.23080.23770.24360.24790.25060.25230.2533
      G_thWCMMean2 /pixel0.16790.30830.57950.99891.64892.40183.28383.9625
      Std2 /pixel0.19980.36440.68721.18831.9732.83393.91734.728
      G_slopWCMMean3 /pixel-0.00200.00210.000380.0037-0.0023-0.00110.0031-0.0025
      Std3 /pixel0.00260.00280.00050.00420.00340.00130.00350.0033
    • Table 2. Simulating test results based on a sun straylight gray image produced by a sun simulator

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      Table 2. Simulating test results based on a sun straylight gray image produced by a sun simulator

      Window number12345678
      k1-0.3745-0.666-0.6318-0.94791.09441.9721-2.0277-0.7720
      k2795.90.2280-0.5751-0.96170.86622.5900-0.4249-0.4308
      b795.9694.2590.7477.0513.1685.0847.7673.9
      GWCMMean1 /pixel0.0597-0.0631-0.0594-0.0772-0.0398-0.0257-0.0773-0.0711
      Std1 /pixel0.24600.24480.24300.24030.24160.24500.24660.2444
      G_thWCMMean2 /pixel-0.2515-0.7044-0.2668-0.95580.69301.2418-1.3198-1.393
      Std2 /pixel0.22731.05130.31481.08380.81881.09951.29902.1314
      G_slopWCMMean3 /pixel-0.01270.07130.2800-0.1764-0.25410.11280.0666-0.4563
      Std3 /pixel0.03140.09650.33090.19810.29980.12110.07930.7074
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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Jul. 20, 2020

    Accepted: Sep. 17, 2020

    Published Online: Feb. 28, 2021

    The Author Email: Wang Haiyong (why@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.0312005

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