---
name: "fits-guess-scale"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "astrometry.net"
version: "0.97+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fits-guess-scale"
---

# fits-guess-scale(1)

Try to guess the scale of an image based on FITS headers.

## NAME

fits-guess-scale - Try to guess the scale of an image based on FITS headers.

## SYNOPSIS

**fits-guess-scale** *FITS-file*

## AUTHOR

The Astrometry.net team. Principal investigators are David W. Hogg (NYU) and Dustin Lang (CMU).

## SEE ALSO

http://astrometry.net