📡 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Analyzer

This project automates the retrieval and analysis of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) using a self-hosted runner (Linux Machine/Raspberry Pi), GitHub Actions, and MATLAB. It showcases how MATLAB GitHub Actions can be used in continuous workflows.

Today's Picture:

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

Breakdown:

1. GHA Cron Trigger: A GitHub Actions scheduler runs periodically to start the workflow.
2. API Call (Python): A Python script fetches the latest APOD from the NASA API.
3. MATLAB Analysis: MATLAB processes and analyzes the image using image processing tools.
4. Results: The pipeline generates visual or numeric results such as color palettes, histograms, etc.

Workflow

The goal is to showcase MATLAB Actions to run such a flow in MATLAB on a self-hosted runner and perform further analysis of the image(s) using toolboxes such as the Image Processing Toolbox

Authors

• Sahaj Singh
• Yann Debray
• Yann Debray