I compiled the code found at http:\/\/www.astrometry.net\/use.html on my Fedora 11 box (a VM really, hosted by VPSLink) in Boston. A couple edits to a couple makefiles, a bunch of yum installs for devel RPMs and I was off.<\/p>\n
I fed it a test that it came with, and voila:<\/p>\n
[root@galaxy demo]# \/usr\/local\/astrometry\/bin\/solve-field\u00a0 --overwrite apod4.jpg\r\nReading input file 1 of 1: \"apod4.jpg\"...\r\njpegtopnm: WRITING PPM FILE\r\nRead file stdin: 719 x 507 pixels x 1 color(s); maxval 255\r\nUsing 8-bit output\r\nExtracting sources...\r\nsimplexy: found 1467 sources.\r\nSolving...\r\nReading file \".\/apod4.axy\"...\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-219.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-218.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-217.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-216.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-215.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-214.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-213.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-212.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-211.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-210.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-209.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-208.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-207.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-206.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-205.fits, field objects 1-10).\r\nField 1 did not solve (index index-219.fits, field objects 11-20).\r\n log-odds ratio 102.203 (2.43256e+44), 24 match, 1 conflict, 104 distractors, 33 index.\r\n RA,Dec = (187.099,56.6898), pixel scale 170.367 arcsec\/pix.\r\n Hit\/miss: ++-++-+-+-+++---+-++++-+-----------++-------+--+----------+-----------------+------c\r\n----------+-\r\nField 1: solved with index index-218.fits.\r\nField 1 solved: writing to file .\/apod4.solved to indicate this.\r\nField: apod4.jpg\r\nField center: (RA,Dec) = (187.2, 56.72) deg.\r\nField center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (12:28:44.881, +56:42:55.986).\r\nField size: 33.1393 x 23.7307 degrees\r\nCreating new FITS file \".\/apod4.new\"...\r\nCreating index object overlay plot...\r\nCreating annotation plot...\r\nYour field contains:\r\n Part of the constellation Draco (Dra)\r\n Part of the constellation Ursa Major (UMa)\r\n<\/pre>\nHow cool is that? It also writes out a FITS file, and some PNGs which show the constellations in there, or any other object.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I compiled the code found at http:\/\/www.astrometry.net\/use.html on my Fedora 11 box (a VM really, hosted by VPSLink) in Boston. A couple edits to a couple makefiles, a bunch of yum installs for devel RPMs and I was off. I … Continue reading