pbrus / search-xy-coordinates

Allows to search for common stars using XY coordinates

Search-xy-coordinates

Allows to search for common stars using XY coordinates. It was written in pure C.

Installation

Download the files from the repository to your working directory. Additionally you need to have installed the following software:

• gcc
• make

Run the terminal window, go to your working directory and then type:

$ make

This call allows to compile the program. If you want to clean indirect object files created during the last call, please type:

$ make clean

I recommend to move sdb_xy program to any catalog pointed by the $PATH variable.

Usage

To use the program properly you need to prepare input lists. At the beginning call the program from the terminal window with the --help option:

$ sdb_xy --help

This will give you a description of all options. If you need to see the program in action immediately, please type:

$ sdb_xy list1 list2 -h 3

More advanced call involves the rest of options and their combinations. One of them can be:

$ sdb_xy list1 list2 -h 3 -m 1 -r 3.1 -o 1.7 -2.9 -s 6

All outputs will be printed to the standard output. Usage of the -g option saves some information to sdb_xy.reg file.

I encourage to visit my website to see more detailed description of this program. The current link can be found on my GitHub profile.

License

Search-xy-coordinates is licensed under the MIT license.