diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cfitsio/darwin-rpath-universal.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/cfitsio/darwin-rpath-universal.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/cfitsio/darwin-rpath-universal.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/cfitsio/darwin-rpath-universal.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cfitsio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/cfitsio/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/cfitsio/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/cfitsio/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-full.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-full.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-full.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-full.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix
similarity index 86%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix
index b34abfd95c1f..27ac86ddbadf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-with-drivers.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ buildEnv {
     indilib
   ]
   ++ extraDrivers;
+  inherit (indilib) meta;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnova/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/libnova/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libnova/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/libnova/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/stellarsolver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/stellarsolver/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/stellarsolver/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/stellarsolver/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/wcslib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/wcslib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b16ba1117f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/astronomy/wcslib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, flex }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "wcslib";
+  version = "7.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1536gmcpm6pckn9xrb6j8s4pm1vryjhzvhfaj9wx3jwxcpbdy0dw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ flex ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
+    substituteInPlace C/GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/";
+    description = "World Coordinate System library for astronomy";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Library for world coordinate systems for spherical geometries
+      and their conversion to image coordinate systems. This is the
+      standard library for this purpose in astronomy.
+    '';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hjones2199 ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wcslib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wcslib/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c12118a99de4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wcslib/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl,  lib, stdenv, flex }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "7.3.1";
-  pname = "wcslib";
-
-  buildInputs = [ flex ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 ="0p0bp3jll9v2094a8908vk82m7j7qkjqzkngm1r9qj1v6l6j5z6c";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
-    substituteInPlace C/GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "World Coordinate System Library for Astronomy";
-    homepage = "https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/";
-
-    longDescription = ''Library for world coordinate systems for
-    spherical geometries and their conversion to image coordinate
-    systems. This is the standard library for this purpose in
-    astronomy.'';
-
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9165f51d6ed5..d81b0682d002 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14083,7 +14083,7 @@ in
 
   fstrm = callPackage ../development/libraries/fstrm { };
 
-  cfitsio = callPackage ../development/libraries/cfitsio { };
+  cfitsio = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/cfitsio { };
 
   fontconfig = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig { };
 
@@ -14781,9 +14781,9 @@ in
   indicator-application-gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/indicator-application/gtk2.nix { };
   indicator-application-gtk3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/indicator-application/gtk3.nix { };
 
-  indilib = callPackage ../development/libraries/indilib { };
-  indi-3rdparty = callPackage ../development/libraries/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix { };
-  indi-full = callPackage ../development/libraries/indilib/indi-full.nix { };
+  indilib = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib { };
+  indi-3rdparty = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-3rdparty.nix { };
+  indi-full = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/indilib/indi-full.nix { };
 
   inih = callPackage ../development/libraries/inih { };
 
@@ -15742,7 +15742,7 @@ in
 
   libnih = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnih { };
 
-  libnova = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnova { };
+  libnova = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/libnova { };
 
   libnxml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnxml { };
 
@@ -17617,7 +17617,7 @@ in
 
   waylandpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/waylandpp { };
 
-  wcslib = callPackage ../development/libraries/wcslib { };
+  wcslib = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/wcslib { };
 
   webkitgtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/webkitgtk {
     harfbuzz = harfbuzzFull;
@@ -29045,7 +29045,7 @@ in
 
   stellarium = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/stellarium { };
 
-  stellarsolver = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/stellarsolver { };
+  stellarsolver = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/science/astronomy/stellarsolver { };
 
   astrolabe-generator = callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator { };