Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] New Idea: DSO viewing options

[bdwashbu <bdw...@gm...>]

Cool!

I have a prototype image here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81471534@N00/6848489598/lightbox/

Maybe we should consider working from the same branch, but I'm not sure.

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Thomas Morris <tom...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sounds a good idea to me. Worth noting that with the new NGC DSO
> catalogue from Prof Wolfgang Steinicke we'll be able to filter on
> galaxy surface brightness as well as magnitude (and other fields too,
> if desired). Have a look in Nebula.cpp from the new NGC catalogue
> branch if interested.
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~tom-s-morris/stellarium/new-ngc-catalog
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> On 18 March 2012 14:15, bdwashbu <bdw...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hello everyone, I'm new and very excited to be working on Stellarium!  I
> > have an idea for my first activity.
> >
> > Right now, in the Sky and Viewing options "Sky" tab, there is a single
> > slider for "Nebulas".  Not only is the term "Nebulas" a little
> misleading, I
> > believe, but it isn't specific enough.  Many times when I use Stellarium
> > there are moments where I only want the galaxies, or globulars, to have
> an
> > icon over them.  The "Nebulas" slider turns on all deep-sky objects and
> it
> > can be too overwhelming!
> >
> > I'm firmly believe deep sky objects are awesome enough to warrent their
> own
> > little sub-section of the "Sky" tab.   This section would include
> perhaps 4
> > different sliders: "Galaxies", "Globular Clusters", "Nebulas", and
> "Other".
> >  This way, you have more control.
> >
> > I also think that the sliders should be ticked and a label show their
> > current value, because I'm not even sure what their value currently
> > represents. (I assume apparent magnitude)
> >
> > All in all, I think it'd be cool to enable this sort of thinking: "I
> want to
> > see all the Globular clusters with at most an apparent magnitude of 5,
> and
> > galaxies 4.8 because they're a little harder to see with my current set
> of
> > binoculars." (or something like that)
> >
> > Is this a good idea?
> >
> >
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