Starlight, Measured

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SkyCruncher · Starlight, Measured

A physics-first astrophotography pipeline, explained. I am building it in the open. Follow the project at skycruncher.io or on GitHub.

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This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.
Terrain: NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), distributed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Night lights: NASA Black Marble (Suomi NPP VIIRS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Galaxy references: Siena Galaxy Atlas 2020 (Moustakas et al. 2023).
Galaxy profile fitting: GALFIT, Peng et al. 2002, AJ 124, 266, and Peng et al. 2010, AJ 139, 2097.
Software: three.js (MIT License), KaTeX (MIT License), Font Awesome Free (icons CC BY 4.0, fonts SIL OFL 1.1).