1PLOT-CONSTELLATIONS(1)          astrometry.net          PLOT-CONSTELLATIONS(1)
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NAME

6       plot-constellations - Annotates images with constellations etc.
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SYNOPSIS

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

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

16       -w file
17              WCS input file
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19       -L     just list the items in the field
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21       -o file
22              image output file; "-" for stdout
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25       -p     write PPM output - default is PNG ([-i PPM input file] OR
26              [-W width -H height] )
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28       -s scale
29              scale image coordinates by this value before plotting.
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31       -N     plot NGC objects
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34              minimum NGC size, relative to image size (default 0.02)
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36       -C     plot constellations
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38       -B     plot named bright stars
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40       -D     plot HD objects
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42       -d     path to HD catalog
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44       -b N   just plot the N brightest stars
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48       -j     if a bright star has a common name, only print that
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50       -v     be verbose
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52       -n width
53              NGC circle width (default 2)
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58       -M     show only NGC/IC and Messier numbers (no common names)
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60       -G spacing
61              Plot RA,Dec grid with specified grid spacing in arcmin.
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63       -g r:g:b
64              grid color (default 0.2:0.2:0.2)
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66       -J     print JSON output to stderr
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68       -V     vertical       alignment       of       text      labels,
69              "C"enter/"T"op/"B"ottom: default C
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71       -O     horizontal      alignment      of      text       labels,
72              "L"eft/"C"enter/"R"ight, default L
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AUTHOR

75       The  Astrometry.net  team.  Principal investigators are David W.
76       Hogg (NYU) and Dustin Lang (CMU).
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SEE ALSO

79       http://astrometry.net
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