plot-constellations(1)

Annotates images with constellations etc.

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Description

plot-constellations - Annotates images with constellations etc.

plot-constellations -w file | -L | -o file

Annotates images with constellations, bright stars, Messier/NGC objects, Henry Draper catalog stars, etc.

-w file

WCS input file

-L

just list the items in the field

-o file

image output file; "-" for stdout

-p

write PPM output - default is PNG ([-i PPM input file] OR [-W width -H height] )

-s scale

scale image coordinates by this value before plotting.

-N

plot NGC objects

-F fraction

minimum NGC size, relative to image size (default 0.02)

	-C		plot constellations
	-B		plot named bright stars
	-D		plot HD objects
	-d		path to HD catalog
	-b N		just plot the N brightest stars
	-c		only plot bright stars that have common names.
	-j		if a bright star has a common name, only print that
	-v		be verbose

-n width

NGC circle width (default 2)

-f size

font size.

-M

show only NGC/IC and Messier numbers (no common names)

-G spacing

Plot RA,Dec grid with specified grid spacing in arcmin.

-g r:g:b

grid color (default 0.2:0.2:0.2)

	-J		print JSON output to stderr
	-V		vertical alignment of text labels, "C"enter/"T"op/"B"ottom: default C
	-O		horizontal alignment of text labels, "L"eft/"C"enter/"R"ight, default L

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