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The AI built the pipeline that turns my telescope nights into a supernova light curve

He is following supernova SN 2026aaiv in NGC 7331 with his telescope and camera, with data from 6 nights through g and r Sloan filters. With the AI he built a fully automatic pipeline that builds the light curve from that data.

How it works

  1. Collects data over 6 nights through g and r Sloan filters
  2. Builds a fully automatic pipeline with AI
  3. The pipeline builds the light curve

Why it’s worth knowing

A backyard telescope and six nights of his own data now feed a pipeline that draws the supernova's light curve on its own.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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