astrometry-net ☆
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Description:
Automatic identification of astronomical images
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.97@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Other
Tags: astronomy astrophysics image-processing scientific-computing plate-solving
Install: brew install astrometry-net
About:
Astrometry.net provides a robust engine for solving astronomical image coordinates, identifying the precise sky position from just pixel data. It enables automated annotation of telescope images and plate-solving without prior metadata. This tool is essential for research pipelines and amateur astronomy workflows requiring accurate celestial mapping.
Key Features:
  • Blind plate-solving: identifies sky positions without any prior coordinate information
  • Command-line and web-based tools: includes solve-field for automation and a web interface
  • Extensible indexing: supports creating custom star indexes for specific sky regions or depths
  • Integration with astropy: python bindings for use in scientific pipelines
Use Cases:
  • Automated processing of astrophotography for accurate celestial coordinate tagging
  • Pipeline integration for scientific observatories to verify telescope pointing
  • Creating annotated survey maps from raw astronomical imagery
Alternatives:
  • astropy – Astropy offers WCS and coordinate transformation but relies on external tools for blind solving; astrometry.net specializes in the solving engine itself.
  • plate-solve2 – A commercial, GUI-centric tool for Windows; astrometry.net is open-source and scriptable for Linux/macOS.
License: BSD-3-Clause
Dependencies: cairo, cfitsio, gsl, jpeg-turbo, libpng, netpbm, numpy, python@3.14, wcslib
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
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