Welcome to Starplot
Starplot is a Python library for creating star charts and maps.
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β Zenith Plots - showing the stars from a specific time/location
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πΊοΈ Map Plots - including North/South polar and Mercator projections
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π Optic Plots - simulates what you'll see through an optic (e.g. telescope) from a time/location
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πͺ Planets and Deep Sky Objects (DSOs)
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π¨ Custom Styles - for all objects
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π₯ Export - png, svg
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π§ Label Collision Avoidance
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Upgrading from 0.8.x
to 0.9.x
The latest version of Starplot (0.9.x
) has some major changes from the previous version (0.8.x
). If you've been using Starplot since before 0.9.x
, then please check out the examples/reference to see what's changed. The major change is that everything must be explicitly plotted now.
Example charts and maps created with Starplot: