15–17 Sept 2026
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Europe/Bucharest timezone

Faint Satellite Streak Detection using YOLOv8 with a Feature-Enhancing Pipeline

17 Sept 2026, 13:00
30m
Main Building (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Main Building

Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Kogalniceanu Street no 1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Speaker

Cristian Croitoru (Technical University of Cluj Napoca)

Description

Faint satellite streaks are difficult to detect in astronomical images. High sensor dynamic range, stellar clutter, and atmospheric noise can hide these weak linear features. Global normalization can remove useful information because background noise can dominate the normalized image. We explore different preprocessing stages, from adaptive normalization to methods that enhance geometric and directional features. We then combine selected intensity and structural information into three-channel images for YOLOv8. This approach helps us examine which features improve detection across different observation conditions and confidence thresholds.

Topic Satellite Detection, Computer Vision

Authors

Mr Attila Fuzes Cristian Croitoru (Technical University of Cluj Napoca)

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