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