Star Detection by using Stellarium

   This project written by: 
    Adi Yafe
    Nir Geron
    Gal Aqua

Description

This project deal with detection stars by using Stellarium's API and telescope.
the result is given by using the data (Latitude, GPS, Longtitude) from the user's smartphone device
after detection, the user will get links for more info about the found stars

Planning

Stellarium provides us an infrastructure of telescope and data
about stars, patterns of stars and more.
With Metadata we provide output on accurate identification of constellations and planets

Output

After the user uploads a picture to the app, we provide a screenshot from our virtual telescope (Stellarium), with star detection of the founds stars and planets, the user can click on each found star link and it will open the Wikipedia page of the specific star the backend will be written in python, and the front in JavaScript (links in How to run)

How to Run

Install Stellarium for WIN
for Mac users Stellarium for MAC
Clone the Frontend
Clone the Backend
Download Expo Go for iOS
Download Expo Go for Android

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Stellarium Output

Final Result

Literature

Stellarium Git

https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium

Stellarium Scripting API:

https://stellarium.org/doc/head/remoteControlApi.html

https://www.planetmaker.de/2018/11/scripting-stellarium/

https://lauradurieux.medium.com/how-to-use-stellarium-http-api-f0942d2c8820

PIL Documentation:

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Angles calculations:

https://chat.openai.com/