<div dir="auto">In terms of the obscure objects you mention like globular clusters in external galaxies, KStars is capable of automatically resolving objects known to SIMBAD astronomical database and bringing them into KStars. Unfortunately there isn’t a clean way to import an entire catalog (say from VizieR), but you could use a workaround: in the Observation Planner, there is a “Batch Add” feature. Paste a list of objects, maybe by generating a text file using command line tools and copy pasting it, one object on one line. KStars will pull the data from SIMBAD and add it to the observing list. You can later delete from the observing list and the objects will stay in the database.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also take a look at the Manual DSO add system in Data -> Manage DSO catalogs.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 21:50 Hy Murveit <<a href="mailto:murveit@gmail.com">murveit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Mark,<div><br></div><div>Let me second that. Would love to get your feedback.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Hy</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM Jasem Mutlaq <<a href="mailto:mutlaqja@ikarustech.com" target="_blank">mutlaqja@ikarustech.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Mark,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your email and we'd love to hear more from you. Please share your experience and what it is that you miss in KStars/Ekos.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Best Regards,<br>Jasem Mutlaq<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM Mark Casazza <<a href="mailto:markcasazza@gmail.com" target="_blank">markcasazza@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>As a fellow software developer I want to offer feedback for KStars and EKOS as replacements for my Windows tools (SkyTools & NINA). I really want to get off Windows and I've managed to convert every device except the two that control telescopes. That is six of eight computers now running Kubuntu with no regrets. </div><div><br></div><div>The EKOS / NINA feature gap is too wide to even consider making the jump for imaging. KStars with Observation Manager seems closer to the feature set I need for visual observing with a 20" truss tube scope, but it would be a major investment in catalog population for objects like quasars and globulars in other galaxies. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I would be happy to share the details of my A/B comparisons and suggest a few "easy" wins that could really help along with bigger items that might be worth including in your roadmap. I fully appreciate that dev teams have their plans and priorities so I will wait to hear back from you.</div><div><br></div><div>I fully respect the great work you have done and I have several friends very happy with their Linux telescope control and image acquisition solution. I even recommend it whenever I find someone open to a Linux approach. I admit that I am spoiled and a power user. There are features I would be lost without that seem to be missing. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Clear skies,</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mark Casazza</div><div><a href="http://casazza.net" target="_blank">http://casazza.net</a><br>Home of the Clear Sky Alarm Clock and Tonight's Sky</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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