Plotting the Kepler stars












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Kepler Field of View



I'm looking for a way to take stellar coordinates (right ascension / declination) and plot them, so that they look like the picture below.



Kepler projection



This is what I have now:



Normal stellar projection



The trick here, is that I'd like the Kepler's field of view (those little squares) to remain squares, rotated and distorted appropriately.



A normal stellar projection (e.g. from here) look great, but results in distorted squares, as shown in the second picture.



Any thoughts about how to plot this correctly?










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    Kepler Field of View



    I'm looking for a way to take stellar coordinates (right ascension / declination) and plot them, so that they look like the picture below.



    Kepler projection



    This is what I have now:



    Normal stellar projection



    The trick here, is that I'd like the Kepler's field of view (those little squares) to remain squares, rotated and distorted appropriately.



    A normal stellar projection (e.g. from here) look great, but results in distorted squares, as shown in the second picture.



    Any thoughts about how to plot this correctly?










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      Kepler Field of View



      I'm looking for a way to take stellar coordinates (right ascension / declination) and plot them, so that they look like the picture below.



      Kepler projection



      This is what I have now:



      Normal stellar projection



      The trick here, is that I'd like the Kepler's field of view (those little squares) to remain squares, rotated and distorted appropriately.



      A normal stellar projection (e.g. from here) look great, but results in distorted squares, as shown in the second picture.



      Any thoughts about how to plot this correctly?










      share|cite|improve this question















      Kepler Field of View



      I'm looking for a way to take stellar coordinates (right ascension / declination) and plot them, so that they look like the picture below.



      Kepler projection



      This is what I have now:



      Normal stellar projection



      The trick here, is that I'd like the Kepler's field of view (those little squares) to remain squares, rotated and distorted appropriately.



      A normal stellar projection (e.g. from here) look great, but results in distorted squares, as shown in the second picture.



      Any thoughts about how to plot this correctly?







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