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arxiv: 2606.02140 · v1 · pith:PX3ON2CVnew · submitted 2026-06-01 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

AstroSkyFlow: an astronomical sky image flow simulator for time domain survey validation and machine learning

Kexin Li , Yicheng Rui , Fabo Feng , Shuyue Zheng , Anton Pomazan , Yiyang Guo , Jie Zheng , Lin-Qiao Jiang This is my paper

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keywords sky image simulatortime domain surveysmachine learning traininginjection recoverynoise characteristicspoint spread functionexoplanet transitsasteroid trails
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AstroSkyFlow produces time-series sky images whose noise and point spread functions match real observations more closely than SkyMaker does.

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The paper presents AstroSkyFlow as a modular simulator that builds multi-epoch images by combining models of celestial sources, atmospheric effects, and sensor response. It claims the resulting images reproduce noise statistics and point spread function shapes better than the widely used SkyMaker tool when compared against actual telescope data. The simulator also injects and recovers photometric signals such as exoplanet transits and motion signals such as asteroid trails. These capabilities are intended to supply labeled datasets for training machine-learning pipelines and for testing analysis methods on next-generation time-domain surveys.

Core claim

AstroSkyFlow is a modular sky-image simulator that generates on-demand, time-dependent flux variations and models the full observing stack from celestial sources and atmospheric effects to sensor response. Given a simulated observing schedule it produces multi-epoch images with realistic noise and variability. Compared with real observational data it reproduces noise characteristics and point spread function properties more accurately than SkyMaker, and it recovers injected photometric and motion signals such as exoplanet transits and asteroid trails.

What carries the argument

AstroSkyFlow's modular architecture that integrates separate models for celestial sources, atmospheric effects, and sensor response to output time-series images.

If this is right

  • High-fidelity labeled datasets can be generated on demand for training machine-learning models without depending only on scarce real observations.
  • Analysis pipelines can be validated through systematic injection and recovery of signals such as transits and trails before deployment on survey data.
  • Time-dependent observing schedules can be tested directly by producing matching image sequences for different survey strategies.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the accuracy claim holds across more instruments, the simulator could reduce the volume of real data needed during early pipeline development.
  • The same modular structure might be extended to other wavelength regimes or telescope designs by swapping the sensor and atmosphere modules.
  • Direct comparison of simulated variability statistics against additional public survey archives would provide an independent check on the recovery results.

Load-bearing premise

The modular models for celestial sources, atmospheric effects, and sensor response are close enough to real conditions that the generated images can be used reliably for injection-recovery tests and machine-learning training.

What would settle it

A side-by-side comparison in which the noise power spectrum or point spread function shape in AstroSkyFlow images deviates measurably from the same quantities measured on real images from a time-domain survey.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.02140 by Anton Pomazan, Fabo Feng, Jie Zheng, Kexin Li, Lin-Qiao Jiang, Shuyue Zheng, Yicheng Rui, Yiyang Guo.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Flow chart of the simulation pipeline’s main processes. calculating the required slewing time by taking into account angular distance, stabilization time and tracking speed, and incorporates pointing errors into the simulation. The module also evaluates visibility constraints including the target altitude and safety limits. Subsequently, it issues exposure commands at the scheduled times to initiate image … view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: The real galaxy, parametric reconstruction and their residual. For the satellite, we get the Two Line Element from the celestrak9 . Only some public satellites are available and their data are time-sensitive. During the simulation, the latest Two Line Element data are needed as the input file. We use the skyfield package (B. Rhodes 2019) to determine whether the satellite is within the field of view and in… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: The slow motion of asteroid 582 Olymias (A906 BN) in continuous observation. The pixel scale is 0.303 arcsecond per pixel. The movement is below the threshold. We regard it as a stationary point source. 3.1.2. Intrinsic flux variations High-fidelity astronomical images must go beyond static sources, because many astrophysical sources exhibit mea￾surable brightness variations over the course of an observing… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Simulated light curves of different types of variables using different models. And the specific parameters employed during the simulation are listed in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: The fitting result for a ACEP star XX Vir in TESS Sector 91. It’s obtained by an iterative frequency analysis using the Lomb–Scargle periodogram. The left panel shows the TESS data points and fitting results in TESS Sector 91. The right panel displays the results when zoomed into one period. 3.1.3. Atmospheric extinction Atmospheric extinction is a primary observational effect that reduces the measured flu… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Atmospheric extinction at different zenith angle and extinction coefficient. The left panel illustrates how the transmission factor varies with zenith angle under different extinction coefficient. The right panel shows flux loss due to atmospheric extinction when extinction coefficient is 0.20. First, we can estimate the dew point td ( ◦C) with the empirical relation from temperature t ( ◦C) and relative h… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Differential atmospheric refraction at different zenith angle and band. The observation conditions were T=15◦C, ps=760mmHg, and RH=50%. The left panel shows how atmospheric refraction varies with zenith angle under different band. The right panel shows differential refraction between other bands with V-band. 3.1.5. Sky background The spatially varying sky background is a dominant source of photometric nois… view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: The spatial variation of the sky background magnitude across the field for the different times. Panel (a) describes the evening sky at the observation site, where the spatial gradient of the total sky background is dominated by sunlight. Panel (b) describes the midnight sky at the observation site, where the spatial gradient of the total sky background is dominated by moonlight. We present the final simula… view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Realizations of the atmospheric scintillation multiplicative field f(x, y). The simulation is based on the Tianyu site parameters shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_10.png] view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Vignetting model and one result example. The left and middle panels are adapted from N. Asada et al. (1996) which consider the vignetting effect with a variable cone and calculate the attenuation factor by determining the overlapping area of the projections. The right panel shows the simulation result of the vignetting effect for a system with an image size of 8120 × 8120 pixel, a pixel size of 1e-5 meter… view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: The compared results between real observation, AstroSkyFlow, and SkyMaker WASP-11 b transit light curves. The red solid line is the theoretically injected binary light curve. In addition, we carry out injection-recovery tests for time-domain and transient phenomena to evaluate the suitability of the simulations for time-domain and transient-pipeline validation. These tests include occultation events in bo… view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: The compared results between real observation, AstroSkyFlow, and SkyMaker V0554 Dra light curves. The red solid line is the theoretically injected transit light curve. (a) Occultation in geometric approximation. (b) Occultation in Fresnel diffraction pattern. (c) Supernova eruption [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_13.png] view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: The injection-recovery tests for time-domain phenomena. The figures show injected models and recovered signals, including occultation in both the geometric and Fresnel-diffraction patterns, as well as the supernova eruption. The red solid line is the theoretically injected transit light curve. To demonstrate the injection and recovery of motion signals, we employ asteroids as a test. Our simulation reprod… view at source ↗
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Simulated image showing the streak of 2018 RC2 of Muguang Observatory. The left panel illustrates the As￾troSkyFlow simulated frames during (top) and after (bottom) asteroid 2018 RC2 passage on Muguang Observatory. The right panel is the differential image between them. 4.1.2. Photometric precision To quantitatively assess the photometric precision of the AstroSkyFlow images, we use the Combined Different… view at source ↗
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: Simulated image showing the streak of 2018 RC2 of Tianyu. The left and middle panels display the AstroSkyFlow simulated images captured at different epochs of Tianyu, where 2018 RC2 was in distinct positions. The right panel presents the corresponding differential image. Bradley et al. 2019). F. B. Feng et al. (2024) provide a method for calculating the theoretical CDPP and explain its different component… view at source ↗
Figure 17
Figure 17. Figure 17: Comparison of the 0.5-hour CDPP from real observations, AstroSkyFlow, and SkyMaker for the Muguang-transit validation case. The measured 0.5-hour CDPP values are calculated from detrended light curves using lightkurve ( Lightkurve Collaboration et al. 2018). The theoretical CDPP curve is computed following F. B. Feng et al. (2024). Different straight lines indicate the contributions from different noise c… view at source ↗
Figure 18
Figure 18. Figure 18: Comparison of the 0.5-hour CDPP from real observations, AstroSkyFlow, and SkyMaker for the Xinglong-binary validation case. The measured 0.5-hour CDPP values are calculated from detrended light curves using lightkurve ( Lightkurve Collaboration et al. 2018). The theoretical CDPP curve is computed following F. B. Feng et al. (2024). Different straight lines indicate the contributions from different noise c… view at source ↗
Figure 19
Figure 19. Figure 19: Real and simulated point spread function of WASP-11 and V0554 Dra. The brightest point is in the centre of the images. 4.2. Execution time We have tested the performance of AstroSkyFlow on both a laptop (MacBook Pro with Apple M3, 8 cores, and 16 GB of RAM) and a server node (dual Intel Xeon Ice Lake Platinum CPUs, 64 CPU cores in total, and 512 GB of memory). Importantly, the current version of AstroSkyF… view at source ↗
Figure 20
Figure 20. Figure 20: FWHM distribution in the real observation, AstroSkyFlow and SkyMaker images and their cumulative distribution comparison. 5,000,000 rows per chunk and enforces a 2 GB memory cap per chunk. Using this approach, a catalog containing 127,498,636 rows can be filtered in approximately 30 seconds. Second, the galaxy catalog is filtered in a similar chunked manner to identify galaxies within the FOV, with a time… view at source ↗
Figure 21
Figure 21. Figure 21: The simulation loop and the time of first 10 captured frames. The left panel is operational sequence of AstroSkyFlow. When simulating continuous observations, it performs some one-time preprocessing and then enters a loop process to get continuous images. The right panel is the total elapsed time as a function of the first 10 captured frames when simulated the images during the transit of WASP-11 b in Sec… view at source ↗
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Figure 22. Figure 22: The proportion of elapsed time for the computation of each effect. 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION We have developed AstroSkyFlow, a modular, photometric image simulator designed to generate high-fidelity, multi￾epoch image sequences for pipeline validation and machine-learning training. AstroSkyFlow incorporates an external [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_22.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 23. Figure 23: Modular directory structure of AstroSkyFlow. AstroSkyFlow requires users to supply reference photometric data specifying the observational system: a stellar catalog, a galaxy catalog and filter transmission curves. These files should be placed in the reference data directory. If the simulated observation system lacks a proprietary stellar catalog, users can set the corresponding parameter star catalog in … view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Modern time-domain optical surveys produce massive data volumes that require robust, high-fidelity simulated datasets for developing and validating automated pipelines and machine-learning models. We present AstroSkyFlow, a modular sky-image simulator that generates on-demand, time-dependent flux variations and models the full observing stack, from celestial sources and atmospheric effects to sensor response. Given a simulated observing schedule, AstroSkyFlow produces multi-epoch, time-series images with realistic noise and variability. Compared to real observational data, AstroSkyFlow reproduces noise characteristics and point spread function properties more accurately than the widely used SkyMaker simulator. In addition, AstroSkyFlow successfully recovers injected photometric and motion signals, such as exoplanet transits and asteroid trails. AstroSkyFlow enables the generation of labeled, high-fidelity datasets essential for training machine-learning pipelines and conducting rigorous injection-recovery tests for analysis pipelines for next-generation time-domain surveys.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper presents AstroSkyFlow, a modular simulator for generating multi-epoch time-series sky images that incorporates celestial sources, atmospheric effects, and sensor response. It claims that, when compared to real observational data, AstroSkyFlow reproduces noise characteristics and point-spread-function properties more accurately than the SkyMaker simulator, and that injection-recovery tests successfully recover photometric signals such as exoplanet transits and motion signals such as asteroid trails. The simulator is positioned as a tool for producing labeled datasets for machine-learning pipelines and for validating analysis methods in time-domain surveys.

Significance. If the accuracy claims are substantiated with quantitative metrics, AstroSkyFlow would address a practical need for high-fidelity, on-demand simulations in large-scale time-domain surveys. The modular design and explicit support for time-dependent variability and injection tests are potentially useful strengths for ML training and pipeline validation.

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  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claims of superior noise and PSF reproduction relative to SkyMaker and of successful signal recovery are stated without any quantitative metrics (e.g., residual RMS, power-spectrum comparisons, or statistical tests), error bars, dataset descriptions, or implementation details. This absence makes it impossible to evaluate whether the modular models meet the accuracy threshold required for the stated applications.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review and for identifying a clear opportunity to strengthen the abstract. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claims of superior noise and PSF reproduction relative to SkyMaker and of successful signal recovery are stated without any quantitative metrics (e.g., residual RMS, power-spectrum comparisons, or statistical tests), error bars, dataset descriptions, or implementation details. This absence makes it impossible to evaluate whether the modular models meet the accuracy threshold required for the stated applications.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract as submitted lacks the quantitative support needed to substantiate its central claims. The body of the manuscript reports the relevant comparisons (noise power spectra, PSF FWHM and ellipticity residuals, transit and trail recovery fractions with uncertainties) together with the exact datasets and SkyMaker configuration used. In the revised manuscript we will expand the abstract to include the key numerical results (e.g., RMS noise ratios, Kolmogorov-Smirnov or χ^{2} statistics, recovery rates with error bars) and a concise statement of the comparison datasets, while remaining within the journal’s length limit. This change will make the abstract self-contained for the purpose of evaluating the simulator’s claimed accuracy. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: simulator claims rest on external comparisons

full rationale

The paper describes a modular simulator for generating time-series sky images from models of sources, atmosphere, and sensors. All performance claims (noise/PSF fidelity vs. real data and SkyMaker; successful injection-recovery of transits and trails) are framed as comparisons against independent external references rather than any fitted parameters, self-referential predictions, or derivation steps that reduce to the simulator's own inputs by construction. No equations, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are invoked that would create self-definition or load-bearing self-citation. The work is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review provides no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the central claims rest on unstated modeling assumptions about atmospheric and sensor physics whose details are not supplied.

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