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Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help train algorithms

  • Written by John Peterson, Assoc. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
imageA simulation of a set of synthetic galaxies. Photons are sampled from these galaxies and have been simulated through the Earth's atmosphere, a telescope and a sensor using a code called PhoSim.John Peterson/Purdue

Professional astronomers don’t make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead,...

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