Astrometry.net

Gallery of Solved Images

In the images below, the red circles are stars our algorithm automatically detects in the image, and the green circles are stars from our master index which appear in the query image. Nebulae, constellations and other objects can be automatically overlayed on the image after it has been solved.

A shot of the Great Nebula, by Jerry Lodriguss (c.2006), from astropix.com

A scanned plate from Harvard CFA's historical archive.

An amateur shot of M100, by Filippo Ciferri (c.2007) from flickr.com

A beautiful image of Bode's nebula (c.2007) by Peter Bresseler, from starlightfriend.de

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