<p>This type of software is called plate-solving software. There are several other software other than astrometry.net that can achieve this as well.</p>

<p><a href="http://pinpoint.dc3.com/" rel="nofollow">http://pinpoint.dc3.com/</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.astrosurf.com/pulgar/elbrus/elbrusin.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.astrosurf.com/pulgar/elbrus/elbrusin.htm</a></p>

<p>To name a few</p>

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2016-06-20T00:31:00.977Z
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AstronomyGeek
<p>Have you tried <a href="http://nova.astrometry.net">nova.astrometry.net</a>? </p>

<p>They set up a web service for doing more or less what you're talking about.</p>

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This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you!
Can Poyrazoğlu
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An amazing example of the sort of thing that modern computers/databases/connectivity can achieve.
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Peter Erwin
<p>I was taking some photo stacks yesterday, and I also took a plenty of random ones (pointed not at a specific object) too at 200mm.</p>

<p>However, I've ended with a shot but I have no idea where I pointed my camera at, and because of the narrow angle of 200mm, I'm lost without any guiding star/object.</p>

<p>This happened to me before too, so I was wondering whether there is a software or a website that I can upload a photo, and it will analyze the objects, cross match them with known objects and detect which part of the sky it is? Or is there a method that I can use to figure out by myself (remember that there are no well-known bright stars in the image, at least not that I can identify by myself)?</p>

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How to find which part of the sky a photo contains?
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# How to find which part of the sky a photo contains?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-17)

I was taking some photo stacks yesterday, and I also took a plenty of random ones (pointed not at a specific object) too at 200mm.

However, I've ended with a shot but I have no idea where I pointed my camera at, and because of the narrow angle of 200mm, I'm lost without any guiding star/object.

This happened to me before too, so I was wondering whether there is a software or a website that I can upload a photo, and it will analyze the objects, cross match them with known objects and detect which part of the sky it is? Or is there a method that I can use to figure out by myself (remember that there are no well-known bright stars in the image, at least not that I can identify by myself)?

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-17. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

Have you tried [nova.astrometry.net](http://nova.astrometry.net)?

They set up a web service for doing more or less what you're talking about.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you!  
> **username_3**: An amazing example of the sort of thing that modern computers/databases/connectivity can achieve.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-20. Score: 2

This type of software is called plate-solving software. There are several other software other than astrometry.net that can achieve this as well.

<http://pinpoint.dc3.com/>

<http://www.astrosurf.com/pulgar/elbrus/elbrusin.htm>

To name a few


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