Space Selfies Level Up-AI Learns from the Best in the Universe article discusses the construction of a Transformer model enhancing HST images to JWST quality.
Training data sets consist of JWST-quality ground truth (GT) images and their degraded versions for model enhancement.
Pre-training involves simplified galaxy images, while finetuning uses realistic galaxy images for the model.
Different sets of training datasets are prepared to achieve the enhancement in image quality.
GT and LQ images are generated using GalSim and HST point spread functions with added noise.
HST Dataset includes multi-band galaxy images from HST/ACS deep fields like HUDF12, HUDFP2, GOODS-N&S fields.
Sources are detected using SExtractor, with specific criteria for source selection and removal applied.
Pre-training dataset creation by GalSim involves characterizing HST galaxies using elliptical Sersic parameters and fluxes.
Elliptical Sersic profile modeling details are provided for characterizing HST galaxies for the model's pre-training.
The article is available on arXiv under CC BY 4.0 Deed license for further reference.