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

# wcs-grab(1)

Try to interpret an existing WCS header.

## NAME

wcs-grab - Try to interpret an existing WCS header.

## SYNOPSIS

**wcs-grab** *input-filename extension output-filename*

## AUTHOR

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

## SEE ALSO

http://astrometry.net