A Method for the Automatic Separation of the Images of Galaxies and Stars from Measurements Made with the Cosmos Machine

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1 August 1976

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Vol. 176 (2) , 265-274
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/176.2.265

Abstract

A method has been developed which allows the computer to distinguish automatically between the images of galaxies and those of stars from measurements made with the COSMOS automatic plate-measuring machine at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Results have indicated that a 90–95 per cent separation between galaxies and stars is possible.

Keywords

COSMOS MACHINE
AUTOMATIC SEPARATION
ROYAL OBSERVATORY
MEASURING MACHINE
AUTOMATIC PLATE
PLATE MEASURING
COSMOS AUTOMATIC
CENT SEPARATION
DISTINGUISH AUTOMATICALLY

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