Astrometrica

The Internet is filled with all sort of applications and programs that you could use for your work or hobbies. One of them is Astrometrica.

It's an interactive software tool for scientific grade astrometric data reduction of CCD images focusing on measurements of the minor bodies of the solar system. It sports a clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

The application doesn't take long to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can actually use it. It sports a clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

Astrometrica is an interactive software tool for scientific grade astrometric data reduction of CCD images focusing on measurements of the minor bodies of the solar system.

Astrometrica focuses on measurements of asteroids, comets and dwarf planets. The application reads FITS (8, 16 and 32 bit integer files) and SBIG image files. The size of the images is only limited by the available memory on your computer.

It comes with Automatic image calibration, including Dark Frame and Flat Field correction. It has blinking with automatic image alignment and has the option to use zoom and 'magnifying glass' features for closeup image inspection. It also has automatic reference star identification, as well as moving object detection and identification.

It also comes with 'track and stack' function to follow fast or very faint moving objects. You can access the complete MPC database of orbital elements (MPCOrb). It also gives you access to new-generation star catalogs (PPMXL, URAT 1, UCAC 4, and CMC-15).

The application includes Internet access (Send e-mail to the MPC, download the MPCOrb databse or query reference star catalogs at VizieR).

Astrometrica is a very useful and interactive software tool for scientific grade astrometric data reduction of CCD images focusing on measurements of the minor bodies of the solar system.