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

NAME
     plot-constellations - Annotates images with constellations etc.

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

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

OPTIONS
     -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,  de-
	    fault L

AUTHOR
     The  Astrometry.net  team.  Principal investigators are David W. Hogg (NYU)
     and Dustin Lang (CMU).

SEE ALSO
     http://astrometry.net

0.56				    July 2015		  PLOT-CONSTELLATIONS(1)

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