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Amplifying the imaging power of digital sky surveys with space telescopes data and generative AI

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arXiv:2608.20666 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 21 Aug 2026]

Title:Amplifying the imaging power of digital sky surveys with space telescopes data and generative AI

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Abstract:While Digital sky surveys provide excellent throughput of image data and can cover a large footprint, their imaging power is normally inferior to that of space-based telescopes. Space-based telescopes, on the other hand, provide excellent imaging power and can image the deep Universe, but cannot provide the same throughput as advanced ground-based sky surveys. Here, we utilize generative AI to elevate the quality of galaxy images taken by ground-based telescopes to the level of details enabled by space telescopes. The solution is based on the nature of galaxy shapes, allowing generative AI trained on space-based images to convert weak signal into detailed and clear galaxy images. The method allows for combining the high throughput of ground-based sky surveys with the image quality of space-based telescopes. The source code for the method is available, as well as paired training data and a catalog of 63,202 galaxy images enhanced by the proposed method. We also provide a software tool that encapsulates the entire pipeline and the custom generative AI model to generate galaxy images with enhanced quality.
Comments: MNRAS, accepted
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
Cite as: arXiv:2608.20666 [astro-ph.IM]
  (or arXiv:2608.20666v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.20666
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From: Lior Shamir [view email]
[v1] Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:58:22 UTC (893 KB)
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