[AstroPy] Alt-Az Splitting a Fisheye Image

[Mohammad Shameoni Niaei]

Hello the Astropy community

I have a project to detect cloud coverage from ground-based data (All-Sky
camera data).
I'm trying to train a classifier using SVM or CNN.

The problem:
I want to train the machine for parts of the sky. And for this, I want to
chop the image data into pieces. These pieces can be polygons(This part is
not the problemn) or Alt-Az(This is the problem) areas. And I want to use
the Numpy masks (The problem can be solved using a nested loop. But that
would be inefficient I think).
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At-Az mask example(What I want to achieve.* Image created using gimp*)

I can create a full radius mask which I call pizza mask.
[image: pizza.png]
Full radius (Pizza) mask example

The plan is to have 3 pizza masks for different radii and apply logical
comparison to achieve At-Az mask. (I'm open to better ideas. With this
method I'll need to calculate 3 pizza masks and it takes time.)

Here comes the catch: I need to know what is the linear radius of the given
altitude angle.(Sounds like *someone* didn't attend to
trigonometry/spherical astronomy courses)
The fisheye projection looks like I need to use Sky2Pix_ZenithalEqualArea.
But how?

-- 
Mohammad SHAMEONI NIAEI
Astronomer / Software Specialist
Astrofizik Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi (ATASAM),
Yakutiye, ERZURUM/TÜRKİYE
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