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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 1443-1449.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1093.2018.07.024

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A New Method for Fast Star Identification Based on Star Trace

LIU Xian-yi, ZHANG Zhi-li, ZHOU Zhao-fa, ZHANG Xi-hui, YANG Shang   

  1. (College of Missile Engineering, Rocket Force University of Engineering, Xi'an 710025, Shaanxi, China)
  • Received:2017-11-14 Revised:2017-11-14 Online:2018-08-24

Abstract: Digital zenith camera is a high-precision astronomical positioning instrument. It takes star images in different orientations by rotating. The stars in each star image are identified by using star catalogue. But the calculated amount is very large and the efficiency of star identification is low. Considering that there are many same stars in the star images, the trace of one star point is deduced, and the region of the same stars is studied. A new star identification method is proposed. In the proposed method, only one star image needs to be identified by using star catalogue. The identified star can be simplified as a new star catalogue, which can be used for the rest star images. Thus the efficiency and speed of the star identification get improved. The experimental result shows that the number of stars identified by the fast star identification method can meet the requirements of positioning, and its positioning accuracy is basically the same as that of star identification method. Key

Key words: digitalzenithcamera, startrace, staridentification, faststarpositioning

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