Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 1659-1663.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2021.06.24

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Application of improved least squares algorithm in astronomy positioning

Kunyang HUANG1, Xianyi LIU2,*, Zhili ZHANG1   

  1. 1. Institute of Missile Engineering, Rocket Force University of Engineering, Xi' an 710025, China
    2. Unit 96901 of the PLA, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2020-08-17 Online:2021-05-21 Published:2021-05-28
  • Contact: Xianyi LIU

Abstract:

It is necessary to use the least square algorithm to establish the mapping relationship between the charge-coupled device (CCD) image coordinate system and the celestial tangent plane coordinate system when using the digital zenith camera for astronomical positioning. The least squares algorithm only considers the errors in the observation, but does not consider the errors in the coefficient matrix and the possible gross errors in the data. In order to improve the accuracy of the digital zenith camera in astronomical positioning, the least squares algorithm and the total least squares algorithm are effectively combined to form a mixed least squares algorithm, which can take into account the errors of the coefficient matrix and observation in coordinate transformation. In order to eliminate the influence of the possible gross errors in star recognition data on astronomical solution, the proposed algorithm is weighted robustly, and a reasonable weight matrix is set combined with magnitude. The results of data analysis show that the robust weighted mixed least squares algorithm has high accuracy in astronomical solution.

Key words: digital zenith camera, shift between coordinates, mixed least squares, robust weighting

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