RE: Seeking identification of stars in photo

From: Ted Molczan (ssl3molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Jul 19 2011 - 13:44:47 UTC

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    David Tiller wrote:
    
    > I'm not sure if you've tried this, but there is an online service that will identify stars
    > in images 'automagically'. You can submit pics to the flickr astrometry group here:
    > http://flickr.com/groups/astrometry, you can email them to use their web site, or you can
    > build the software yourself. You may have to scrub out the sat trail.
    > 
    > Main site: http://astrometry.net
    > How-To: http://astrometry.net/use.html
    > Flickr group: http://flickr.com/groups/astrometry
    > 
    > If all else fails, let me know and I'll try to install the sfw and run your image thru - I
    > didn't want to do it without your permission.
    
    Thank you David and all who have alerted me to this service. One list member has tried it, but the results seem false. I
    have asked him to considering some different settings for the field size. My guess is that it is at least 5 deg, up to
    several tens of degrees. I tried spotting the four brightest stars in SkyAtlas 2000.0, but nothing jumped out at me.
    
    To Bob King: I have no idea of the actual time or direction.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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