Image registration is an old topic but has a new application in deep-sky imaging fields named live stacking. In this Letter, we propose a live stacking algorithm based on star detection, description, and matching. A t...Image registration is an old topic but has a new application in deep-sky imaging fields named live stacking. In this Letter, we propose a live stacking algorithm based on star detection, description, and matching. A thresholding method based on Otsu and centralization is proposed to implement star detection. Then, a translation and rotation invariant descriptor is proposed to provide accurate feature matching. Extensive experiments illustrate that our proposed method is feasible in deep-sky image live stacking.展开更多
文摘Image registration is an old topic but has a new application in deep-sky imaging fields named live stacking. In this Letter, we propose a live stacking algorithm based on star detection, description, and matching. A thresholding method based on Otsu and centralization is proposed to implement star detection. Then, a translation and rotation invariant descriptor is proposed to provide accurate feature matching. Extensive experiments illustrate that our proposed method is feasible in deep-sky image live stacking.