laheller / iau.constellations

A .NET library to work with IAU constellations

IAU.Constellations

A cross platform .NET library to work with IAU constellations

NuGet package

A NuGet pacakge for easier integration of the library in the project is available.

Features

• Static methods and data, no need to instantiate classes
• All 88 IAU constellation boundary data as polygon points in both polar and XY coordinate format
• Constellation boundary independent line/arc segment data to prevent drawing twice the same line/arc
• Method to locate a constellation based on J2000 equatorial coordinate

Build

• Install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition or newer
• Open solution file: Constellations.sln
• Build

Test

• Run Demo2D application to explore library feautres

Use

• Reference the library in your Windows, Xamarin or Linux/Mono project
• Use the static methods and data

Credits

• International Astronomical Union (IAU), http://iau.org/
• Constellation Boundaries data by Pierre Barbier, http://pbarbier.com/constellations/boundaries.html