Description:
Automatic identification of astronomical images
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 0.97@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Other
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Tags:
astronomy
astrophysics
image-processing
scientific-computing
plate-solving
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Install:
brew install astrometry-net
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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.
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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
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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
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Alternatives:
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astropy
– Astropy offers WCS and coordinate transformation but relies on external tools for blind solving; astrometry.net specializes in the solving engine itself.
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plate-solve2
– A commercial, GUI-centric tool for Windows; astrometry.net is open-source and scriptable for Linux/macOS.
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License: BSD-3-Clause
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Dependencies: cairo, cfitsio, gsl, jpeg-turbo, libpng, netpbm, numpy, python@3.14, wcslib
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Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
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