Why DWARF 3
DWARF 3 is useful because it combines wide/tele lenses, relevant filters and RTSP stream access. Its factory UFO mode is not enough because the target may include mountains, trees, ponds and horizons rather than open sky only.
The important filters are visible 430-650 nm, Astro 430-690 nm and Duo-Band H-alpha 656.3 nm plus OIII 500.7 nm. That connects directly with the red/orange emission hypothesis.
The software repository for the station agent, detector rules, backend and review tooling is hedhubnet/hedhub.
| Component | Function |
|---|---|
| Open-source station software | Connect to DWARF 3, preserve a 60-120 s buffer, run the trained AI model, create event JSON, hashes and upload. |
| Backend | FastAPI/PostGIS/S3/Redis-style stack for users, stations, events, media and review. |
| Detector | Score red/orange non-ballistic events and reject ADS-B, TLE, meteors, lanterns and flare. |
| Public web | Map, case pages, preview video, scores, sources and rounded public coordinates. |
| Private panel | Raw media, exact encrypted location, metadata, review and triangulation. |
| Central compute | False-positive rejection, event clustering, multi-station matching, triangulation, height, distance, speed and acceleration. |
| Optional EM sensors | Magnetometer, SDR, electric field, audio, weather, ozone/NOx. |