Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 54, Issue 8, 20250184(2025)

An autocorrelation-based multi-frame adding method for faint star extraction

Binghui LI1,2, Zhilong YE1,3,4、*, Xuwei ZHANG1,4, Xunjiang ZHENG1,4, and Jianling SUN2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Aerospace Control Technology Research Institute, Shanghai 201109, China
  • 2Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, China
  • 3School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 4National Key Laboratory of Space Target Awareness, Shanghai 201109, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    SNR growth curves of simulated star image adding under perfect alignment and alignment error σ0
    Flowchart of the proposed method
    Kabsch-Umeyama algorithm
    Schematic diagram of bilinear interpolation
    Spatial error distribution of two models under different attitude transformations
    Relationship between deviation and attitude transformation angles for two approximation models at four typical positions
    Simulated single-frame star image and magnified view of faint stars
    Adding results using three methods
    Morphology comparison of partial stars before and after adding
    Position and morphology of faint stars after adding with three methods
    • Table 1. Star sensor parameters used in the simulation

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      Table 1. Star sensor parameters used in the simulation

      ParameterValue
      Array size/pixel2048×2048
      Resolution/μm6.5
      Focal length/mm38.5
      Exposure time/ms40
      Rootmean square of the point spread function/mm19.5×10−3
      FOV/(°)19.1×19.1
    • Table 2. Star SNR after adding with three methods

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      Table 2. Star SNR after adding with three methods

      Star3Star4Star5Star6Star7
      RTMA10.014.271.530.070.61
      SATMA10.194.061.220.060.49
      Proposed method10.464.752.682.362.13
    • Table 3. Star positioning deviation obtained by three adding methods (Unit: pixel)

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      Table 3. Star positioning deviation obtained by three adding methods (Unit: pixel)

      Star3Star4Star5Star6Star7
      RTMA1.141.011.51--
      SATMA0.801.07---
      Proposed method0.050.170.550.720.80
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    Binghui LI, Zhilong YE, Xuwei ZHANG, Xunjiang ZHENG, Jianling SUN. An autocorrelation-based multi-frame adding method for faint star extraction[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(8): 20250184

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical imaging, display and information processing

    Received: Mar. 19, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 29, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhilong YE (zhilongye@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20250184

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