Sometime in the middle of the night, I had the thought: “Could I upload one of my night sky photos to an app that would tell me what part of the sky I was looking at?” Turns out….. YES!…. The website is Astrometry.net. You can upload an astronomical image of the sky, and they will give you back astrometric calibration meta-data, plus lists of known objects falling inside the field of view. CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY CONSTELLATIONS.
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Calibration
| Center (RA, Dec): | (66.420, 42.990) |
| Center (RA, hms): | 04h 25m 40.912s |
| Center (Dec, dms): | +42° 59′ 24.972″ |
| Size: | 72.9 x 60.1 deg |
| Radius: | 47.239 deg |
| Pixel scale: | 71.8 arcsec/pixel |
| Orientation: | Up is 180.3 degrees E of N |
Stars Found:
The constellation Auriga (Aur)
Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem)
Part of the constellation Camelopardalis (Cam)
Part of the constellation Lynx (Lyn)
Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)
The constellation Perseus (Per)
Part of the constellation Taurus (Tau)
Part of the constellation Triangulum (Tri)
The star Capella Alhajoth (α Aur 13 Aur)
The star Aldebaran Cor Tauri Parilicium (α Tau 87 Tau)
The star Elnath El Nath (β Tau 112 Tau)
The star Mirfak Algenib Marfak Alchemb (α Per 33 Per)
The star Menkalinan (β Aur 34 Aur)
The star Alhena Almeisan (γ Gem24 Gem)
The star Algol Gorgonea Prima Gorgona (β Per 26 Per)
The star Almach Almaak (γ1 And γ2 And 57 And)
The star Mahasim (θ Aur 37 Aur)
The star Hassaleh Kabalinan (ι Aur 3 Aur)
Nebula IC 341
Nebula IC 353
Nebula IC 354
Nebula IC 360
Nebula IC 1831
Nebula NGC 1499
California Nebula