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# Plotting object positions

In addition to computing positions of sources or planets, ASTRO can also produce plots of sky areas with the requested source positions being indicated.

Figure: Example of plot produced by ASTRO: plotting source positions and sun avoidance circle in an horizontal frame.

Figure: Example of plot produced by ASTRO: plotting source positions in an horizontal frame centered on zenith position.

Figure: Example of plot produced by ASTRO: finding phase calibrators in the vicinity of NGC7027.

Subsections

- `FRAME` definition
- Plotting sun avoidance region
- Plotting source or planet position
- Constellations drawing