Searching the Sky: Pattern Recognition Search in the Sky
Image-recognition software for astronomy pictures brings professional and amateur astronomers together.
Every night, thousands of amateur astronomers in their backyards point digital cameras and telescopes at the same bits of starry sky that professional scientists scan from mountaintop domes. Although both groups collect thousands of images, they rarely use one Âanother’s results. While amateurs are more interested in aesthetics, professionals need hard numbers.
In a first step toward Âbridging this divide, a team of Âastronomers and computer scientists has Âcreated pattern-Ârecognition software that may provide an easy way for the two groups to Âcollaborate by making their astronomical images equally Âsearchable
Source: IEEE Spectrum
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