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diff --git a/astro/astrometry/pkg-descr b/astro/astrometry/pkg-descr index 2f308bbf9de3..3c20b6a7b7ea 100644 --- a/astro/astrometry/pkg-descr +++ b/astro/astrometry/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -If you have astronomical imaging of the sky with celestial coordinates you do -not know or do not trust then is for you. Input an image and we'll give you -back astrometric calibration meta-data, plus lists of known objects falling -inside the field of view. +Astrometry engine aims to create correct, standards-compliant astrometric +meta data for every useful astronomical image ever taken, past and future, +in any state of archival disarray. -We have built this astrometric calibration service to create correct, -standards-compliant astrometric meta-data for every useful astronomical image -ever taken, past and future, in any state of archival disarray. We hope this -will help organize, annotate and make searchable all the world's astronomical -information. +The engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate +system (WCS) -- i.e., a standards-based description of the (usually +nonlinear) transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates -- +with absolutely no "false positives" (but maybe some "no answers"). It +will do its best, even when the input image has no -- or totally incorrect +-- meta-data. WWW: http://www.astrometry.net/ |