Astrometry toolbar (View | Toolbar | Toolbar dialog box)

Astrometry toolbar

 

This toolbar contains buttons for determining the astrometric solution and coordinates for an image and to generate Minor Planet Center reports for submitting observations to the IAU.

 

 

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Display the Astrometry tool cursor to display the equatorial coordinates of an image in the status bar.

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Display the Centroid tool to compute the centroid of stars. Display the Mark Centroid tool. Click on an image to display the centroid of the object beneath the centroid marker.

 

 

 

Click this button to compute the astrometric solution for the active image.

 

TheSky Astronomy Software will be launched when this command is selected.

Click this button to generate a minor planet center observation report that is generated from three or more observations of the object.

 

Note: An astrometric solution must be computed for the image before this button is undimmed.