Mobile Phone Astrometry Explorer
Finds stars in a mobile phone night sky image using median-subtraction and peak-finding and compares to results from astrometry.net.
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Cite As
Duncan Carlsmith (2026). Mobile Phone Astrometry Explorer (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/127449-mobile-phone-astrometry-explorer), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: peaks2 - find peaks in 2D data without additional toolbox
Inspired: Bright Stars, Variable Stars, Constellations, and Asterisms, Mobile Phone Star Explorer
General Information
- Version 1.1.0 (155 MB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
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| 1.1.0 | Added interactive_examples tag |
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| 1.0.5 | Forgot to update file. |
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| 1.0.4 | Added clustering of peaks found to more accurately represent count of star candidates. |
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| 1.0.3 | Image not showing |
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| 1.0.2 | Added background subtraction to lower the star search threshold, a look at star color, how to extract information from astrometry.net FITS files, and (favorable) comparisons of this simple star identification algorithm to the professional one. |
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| 1.0.1 | Acknowledgment added in the submission. I blanked it |
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| 1.0.0 |
