About

This is a web interface for the Astrometry.net plate solving engine. It processes astronomical images to determine their exact position in the sky by matching star patterns against indexed star catalogs.

Acknowledgments

This project utilizes the powerful Astrometry.net software. Special thanks to the project's principal investigators:

• David W. Hogg (NYU)
• Dustin Lang (U Toronto)

Core Team Members:

• Kevin Chen (GSOC 2011; Caltech)
• Carlos Lalimarmo (GSOC 2011; Maryland)
• Sam Roweis (deceased)
• Christopher Stumm (Etsy)

View the full list of contributors on the Astrometry.net team page.