Scaling Moving Object Detection

Scaling Moving Object Detection

Overview: The LINCC-Frameworks team is helping enable asteroid discovery and tracking on the LSST data by scaling moving object detection algorithms. The team's initial focus is the kbmod algorithm, which uses a shift-and-stack approach to find objects whose brightness might be below the detection threshold.

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Code Repository: https://github.com/dirac-institute/kbmod

Issue Tracker: https://github.com/dirac-institute/kbmod/issues

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References:

• Fast Algorithms for Slow Moving Asteroids: Constraints on the Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects by Whidden et. al. (2019)
• Sifting through the Static: Moving Object Detection in Difference Images by Smotherman et. al. (2021)