<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hi guys!<span></span></span></p>

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<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">As
you probably know, this year KStars took part in Season of KDE program. Our
project was called “</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Update KStars
Images for Messier Objects</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">” and aimed to collect a new and
complete set of images for the whole Messier Catalog along with orientation
(angle from north) and pixel scale (arcsecs/pixel) for each object. <span></span></span></h3>

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<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The
project was a real success, having Aniketh</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54);font-weight:normal"> as student. He worked constantly and followed all
the required steps for completing this project.<span></span></span></h3>

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<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54);font-weight:normal">Firstly, we had to
find out the best sources. A good source was a reliable source and at the same
time a source that provides us the data needed (orientation and pixel scale)
along with the image itself.<span></span></span></h3>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">After we found the sources for each Messier object, Aniketh
collected the data and took care of the image background. All the images</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> had to be </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">processed for
overlaying onto KStars SkyMap, so each of them must have transparency where the
background sky is. Aniketh came with a clever idea and thus, removing the background
has been done easily by using a Python program. Also, if for any Messier object
the data required was missing, Aniketh asked the author personally in order to
get it.<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">The next and final step was solving the legal issues regarding authors’
rights. After a discussion with Jasem, we decided over a CC license ( </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)"> ). Then, Aniketh asked all authors if they agree with it. He succeeded
on this too, all authors giving their permission.<span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">All the work can be found in the following public repository:<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://github.com/Aniketh01/SoK-KStars"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">https://github.com/Aniketh01/SoK-KStars</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)"><span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">As I suggested, for each Messier object, Aniketh kept the following:<span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">The image processed<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">The original image (raw image)<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">The data<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">An evidence of copyright approval<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">Now, since this project is complete, the images can be integrated
in KStars and thus, the old images can be replaced.<span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">Best regards,<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,52,54)">Raphael<span></span></span></p></div>