2025-08-04 –, Kuiper Space Sciences Lecture Hall (308)
The CATCH service at PDS-SBN allows users to find targets of interest within archived survey datasets. This service computes target locations and searches specified data sets for the frames where the target may have appeared. CATCH provides an API interface and a graphical display of cutouts to provide quick evaluation of data. We will discuss initial steps to implement online tools to aid in target identification and initial analysis. These tools include astrometric corrections and photometric calibration of subframes relative to standard catalogs to precisely find targets regardless of the original data's pointing accuracy. Image stacking will enable searches for fainter objects not detectable in individual frames. Photometric tools are also under development, accommodating flexible aperture and background annulus parameters to allow studies of both asteroids and comets.The CATCH Analysis Tools will include streamlined steps for generating target locations and brightnesses in formats suitable to report to the MPC.
