基于单目视觉的天线副面并联调整机构相对位姿测量方法

为测量天线副面并联调整机构的相对位姿,研究了一种基于单目视觉的位姿测量系统.采用光源照射固定于动平台上的合作目标,结合滤光片等控制手段,利用单目相机采集非共面特征点的图像,获得高对比度的准理想图像.经过图像处理和平方加权质心法,提取出特征点的图像坐标,使用EPnP (Efficient Perspective-n-Point)算法进行位姿解算,最终可以得到并联调整机构的相对位姿测量方法.最后通过实验进行了精度验证,结果表明平移精度为0.1 mm,旋转精度为0.05°,满足了实验要求,为并联机构的位姿检测提供了可行性思路.     

利用GNSS测量射电望远镜参考点的仿真分析

高精度测量射电望远镜参考点和轴线偏差等参数,对建立天线指向模型和本地连接参数、提高测站坐标精度等具有重要意义。为完成新建射电望远镜参考点初始参考值的快速测定,根据望远镜的旋转模型,结合常规静态归心测量方法和随机动态测量方法,提出了一种利用GNSS天线代替测量靶标实现望远镜参考点测量的方法。通过仿真分析验证了该方法的合理性和有效性,并分析了数据点个数和数据点测量精度对天线参考点和轴线偏差解算精度的影响。     

基于虚拟天文馆对全天相机姿态的精确测量

全天相机已广泛应用在气象、天文等领域,在监测云量、夜天光、流星时,需要准确掌握相机的姿态参数,特别是在安装和运维中造成的偏差。旨在开发一套基于虚拟天文馆的像场测量方法,通过比较参考恒星的虚拟坐标及其像点的实测坐标,高精度地测量相机的姿态参数。使用中国科学院云南天文台安置于四川无名山观测站的全天相机,分析了2016年至2017年获得的4组全天图像,采集了容量分别约为10、50、200的恒星样本,通过Stellarium虚拟天文馆获得了恒星的地平坐标,对全天相机像场的天顶位置、测者子午线方向等基本参数进行了精确的测量。主要结果为:(1)开发了一种基于虚拟天文馆计算恒星地平坐标功能的测量方法,使姿态测量建立在容量较大的参考恒星上,该方法准确度高,对设备配置的依赖性低,具有较强的可移植性;(2)采用网格法对图像天顶的定位达到了亚像素的精度,有望满足高精度定位监测的需要;(3)全天相机姿态精度的首要指标是光轴的竖直性,光轴偏离天顶对投影的轴对称造成不可忽略的影响;(4)维护作业对圆形像场几何参数的改变甚微,但可能改变指向和旋转角,并需要重新测量;(5)生成了符合制图惯例的可视化产品,为监测数据的深入分析奠定了基础。     

一种天线副面位置快速重构方法研究

为了快速获取副反射面随天线俯仰角变化的位置,并通过调整机构对副面位置进行修正来提高天线综合性能,提出一种虚拟双目视觉测量方法.通过高速相机与平面镜组成的虚拟双目视觉系统对天线观测时副面位置进行模拟实验,获取被测物随实验平台空间移动产生的位置变化图像,并对图像进行预处理、去噪、边缘检测、特征点提取等操作,重建被测物随实验...     

基于有效点扩散函数的高精度测光

介绍了利用有效点扩散函数拟合方法得到CCD图像中恒星仪器星等的过程。对国家天文台1 m望远镜观测的16幅CCD图像进行实际测量,结果表明:亮星的内部测量平均精度为0.015 mag,最高精度可达0.001 5 mag,而暗星则达到0.043 mag。与Gauss拟合测光方法相比平均精度提高了3倍多,精度标准偏差是0.005,说明该测量方法比较稳定,是一种更优的测光方法。     

小视场CCD图像的几何定标

针对长焦距望远镜CCD观测天然卫星的情况,导出了用两颗亮星作为定标时,CCD视场几何参数(比例尺和指向)测量的误差公式,进而设计了多定标星定标时正确的归算方案。新方案不仅对天然卫星的位置测量,也对同类型的小视场CCD位置测量具有指导意义。     

基于数字摄影测量技术的高精度低温面形测量

受到检测设备工作温度条件的限制,目前低温环境下的高精度面形检测手段还十分缺乏.首次将数字摄影测量技术应用于低温环境下高精度太赫兹反射面板的面形检测,采用高分辨率工业相机,结合低温电机驱动的自动测试台,实现测量设备在低温环境实验舱中的自动化拍摄,低温环境下的重复测量精度达到2.1μm rms.利用三坐标测量仪在常温下对靶标厚度进行标定,从而消除了由靶标厚度差异造成的系统测量误差.在常温至-55?C的温度范围内测量了南极5米太赫兹望远镜(DATE5)铝制原型面板的面形误差,获得了面板在低温下的面形变化规律.     

CCD图像数字定心算法的比较

从CCD采集的数字图像中提取天体的位置和光度信息对于天文研究具有基础意义.其中,恒星星像中心像素位置的精确测量对于天体测量至关重要.针对国际上常用的三种位置测量算法:修正矩方法、Gauss拟合法和中值法,利用实测的CCD图像进行了试验研究.具体地,采用云南天文台1m望远镜观测的CCD图像同时使用这些算法进行了实际测量,根据每幅图像中测得的像素位置,对这三类定心算法进行了比较和精度分析.可视化方法被用于不同阈值的选取和设定比较.实验数据表明,无阈值的二维Gauss拟合方法是一种精度相对较高的定心算法.     

小视场CCD图像的几何定标

针对长焦距望远镜CCD观测天然卫星的情况，导出了用两颗亮星作为定标时，CCD视场几何参数(比例尺和指向)测量的误差公式，进而设计了多定标星定标时正确的归算方案。新方案不仅对天然卫星的位置测量，也对同类型的小视场CCD位置测量具有指导意义。     

用M15进行CCD视场的校准

用1996年10月所获得的球状星团M15和大距离双星61Cygni的CCD观测资料,分别求解了上海天文台1.56m天体测量望远镜上安装的CCD探测器视场的位置角改正δp和尺度因子ρ。通过对土星主要卫星观测资料0－C的计算分析表明,经球状星团校准视场后所得结果较双星校准后结果的精度要高。该结论为进一步提高计算大行星卫星的位置测量精度打下良好的基础。     

Evaluation of magnetic shear in off-disk center active regions

We analyze the changes that projection effects produce in the evaluation of magnetic shear in off-disk center active regions by comparing angular shear calculated in image plane and heliographic coordinates. We describe the procedure for properly evaluating magnetic shear by transforming the observed vector magnetic field into the heliographic system and then apply this procedure to evaluate magnetic shear along the magnetic neutral line in an active region that was observed on 1984 April 24 at a longitude offset of -45°. In particular, we show that the number of critically sheared pixels along an east-west directed segment of the neutral line in the leader sunspot group changes from 16 in the image plane magnetogram to 14 in the heliographic magnetogram. We also show that the critical shear as calculated in the image plane served as a good predictor for the location of flaring activity since the flare ribbons of the great flare of April 24 bracketed the inversion line where the critical shear was located. These results indicate that for this particular region, projection effects did not significantly affect the evaluation of critical shear.     

Radiation from arbitrarily shaped objects in the vicinity of Kerr Black Holes

The properties of images of rings in Kerr geometry in each order are examined, showing that there are two principally different image types, depending on whether the extended emitting object has surface elements with larger declination relative to the equatorial plane than does the observer. In this case, the assumption of infinitesimal thinness of the emitting object as used for the general relativistic flux transformation until now, is an invalid approximation. Local images of a vertically extended accretion disc as seen by different observers are presented. They demonstrate the importance to take into account the first indirect image as well.     

Remote method of determining the coordinates of points on a planetary surface

A method and an algorithm for determining the coordinates of points on the planetary surface are described. The coordinates are determined using photographs. To solve the problem, the spacecraft coordinates need to be determined at five trajectory points. The spacecraft trajectory is considered to be a plane. The method is applicable for determining the coordinates of points on the Earth’s surface and on the surface of other planets.     

The optical performance of the PILOT instrument from ground end-to-end tests

The Polarized Instrument for Long-wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium (PILOT) is a balloon-borne astronomy experiment designed to study the linear polarization of thermal dust emission in two photometric bands centred at wavelengths 240 μm (1.2 THz) and 550 μm (545 GHz), with an angular resolution of a few arcminutes. Several end-to-end tests of the instrument were performed on the ground between 2012 and 2014, in order to prepare for the first scientific flight of the experiment that took place in September 2015 from Timmins, Ontario, Canada. This paper presents the results of those tests, focussing on an evaluation of the instrument’s optical performance. We quantify image quality across the extent of the focal plane, and describe the tests that we conducted to determine the focal plane geometry, the optimal focus position, and sources of internal straylight. We present estimates of the detector response, obtained using an internal calibration source, and estimates of the background intensity and background polarization.     

Numerical MHD codes for modeling astrophysical flows

We describe a Godunov-type magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code based on the Miyoshi and Kusano (2005) solver which can be used to solve various astrophysical hydrodynamic and MHD problems. The energy equation is in the form of entropy conservation. The code has been implemented on several different coordinate systems: 2.5D axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates, 2D Cartesian coordinates, 2D plane polar coordinates, and fully 3D cylindrical coordinates. Viscosity and diffusivity are implemented in the code to control the accretion rate in the disk and the rate of penetration of the disk matter through the magnetic field lines. The code has been utilized for the numerical investigations of a number of different astrophysical problems, several examples of which are shown.     

Development Of The Hamiltonian Function Using The Jacobi System Of Reference

In this paper we describe two different methods to expand the second term of the planetary Hamiltonian function. The Jacobi system of coordinates is adopted leading to a unique evaluation of the Hamiltonian. Previous analytical or semi-analytical planetary theories suffer from the drawback of computing the perturbation function for each planet, which is quite cumbersome. The inclinations of planets are referred to a common fixed plane and the longitudes to a common origin. This is necessary when we deal with n > 2 planets. The treatment is straightforward, and no complexities appear throughout the analysis. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment OGLE-1999-BUL-32: the longest ever microlensing event – evidence for a stellar mass black hole?

We describe the discovery of the longest microlensing event ever observed, OGLE-1999-BUL-32, also independently identified by the MACHO collaboration as MACHO-99-BLG-22. This unique event has an Einstein radius crossing time of 640 d. The high-quality data obtained with difference image analysis shows a small but significant parallax signature. This parallax effect allows one to determine the Einstein radius projected on to the observer plane as     . The transverse velocity projected on to the observer plane is about 79 km s⁻¹. We argue that the lens is likely to have a mass of at least a few solar masses, i.e. it could be a stellar black hole. The black hole hypothesis can be tested using the astrometric microlensing signature with the soon-to-be installed Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope . Deep X-ray and radio images may also be useful for revealing the nature of the object.     

RXTE ASM的双SSC联合直接解调成像

利用直接解调成像方法对ＲＸＴＥ ＡＳＭ两个指向相同的扫描阴影照像机（ＳＳＣ）的观测,数据进行了联合成像分析,对Ｃｒａｂ天区的研究结果表明,联合成像对源的分辨能力比单ＳＳＣ成像有进上步提高,并且还对银心附近含多个源的一个天区进行了联合成像,分别计算了成像所得的３个Ｘ射线源的强度和位置坐标,并利用源与源之间的位置关系对ＲＸＴＥＡＳＭ定位定标中可能存在的系统误差作出估计,发现以直接解调成像法所得强源的定     

A new method of photometric calibration of photographic plats by a doubly refracting crystal filter

A filter composed of a crossed pair of doubly refracting crystals and a polaroid, mounted at the focal plane of the telescope, divides each star image into two images of constant intensity ratio. It is shown that such a filter arrangement is capable of providing reliable photographic calibration for stellar photometry.