Machine-Vision on Startgaze — Astronomy, Stargazing & Space Sciencehttps://www.startgaze.com/tags/machine-vision/Recent content in Machine-Vision on Startgaze — Astronomy, Stargazing & Space ScienceHugoen-usSat, 25 Apr 2026 07:35:06 +0000How plate solving works: the algorithm behind every smart telescopehttps://www.startgaze.com/posts/2026-04-25-how-plate-solving-works/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:35:06 +0000https://www.startgaze.com/posts/2026-04-25-how-plate-solving-works/Plate solving turns a photo of stars into a sky position in about three seconds. Here's how astrometry.net's quad-hash algorithm works, and why every smart telescope on the market depends on it.