astrometry-engine - Identify where a list of stars is on the
sky
astrometry-engine [options] file [...]
This does the actual work of identifying where the list of stars
is on the sky. It is run by solve-field.
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -v, --verbose
- Be verbose
- -c, --config
file
- Use this config file (default: "/etc/astrometry.cfg");
"none" for no config file
- -d, --base-dir
dir
- Set base directory of all output filenames.
- -C, --cancel
file
- Quit solving if this file appears
- -s, --solved
file
- Write to this file when a field is solved
- -E,
--to-stderr
- Send log message to stderr
- -f, --inputs-from
file
- Read input filenames from the given file, "-" for stdin
- -i, --index
file(s)
- Use the given index files (in addition to any specified in the config
file); put in quotes to use wildcards, eg: "-i
'index-*.fits'"
- -p,
--in-parallel
- Run the index files in parallel
- -D, --data-log file
file
- Log data to the given filename
The Astrometry.net team. Principal investigators are David W. Hogg
(NYU) and Dustin Lang (CMU).