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

# query-starkd(1)

Search index files for stars near a given point on the sky

## NAME

query-starkd - Search index files for stars near a given point on the sky

## SYNOPSIS

**query-starkd** \[options\] *star-kdtree-file*

## OPTIONS

- **-o** *file*

  Write RA-DEC-list FITS table (default: print ASCII to stdout)

- **-r** *ra*

  RA (deg)

- **-d** *dec*

  DEC (deg)

- **-R** *radius*

  Radius (deg)

- **-t** *col*

  Tag along column

- **-T**

  Tag along all

- **-I**

  Print indices too

- **-v**

  \+verbose

## AUTHOR

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

## SEE ALSO

http://astrometry.net