Research Article

Effect Analysis of Optical Masking Algorithm for GEO Space Debris Detection

Figure 4

Step diagrams of image processing. (a) Consecutive raw frames with flicker stars and noise. (b) Frames panned to match stars. (c) Median frame of (b). (d) Mask frame. (e) Panned frames masked by mask frame. (f) Frames with candidate objects. (g) Frames panned to original position. (h) Frame after objects weighting.