[Kstars-devel] [PATCH] Show Magellanic Clouds

[Jérôme SONRIER]

Le lundi 18 août 2008, Jason Harris a écrit :
> Hi Jerome,
>
> The patch works great!  Thanks again, I'm going to apply it now.  Can
> I ask where you got the contour data, and how it is licensed?  We
> need to make sure that we have the right to distribute them.

For SMC, the image I used can be found on this page : 
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2007/brightburst/

I think we can use it : http://www.nrao.edu/imagegallery/image_use.shtml

You can find the gimp file that I made that show the contour here :
http://emor3j.fr.eu.org/dvlpt/kde/kstars/magellanicclouds/contours/smc.xcf



For LMC, I used 3 images :

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Dorado_constellation_map.png
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/public/AList/Dorado.html
http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2005/08/aa1074/img62.gif

I don't know how they are licensed.

You can find the gimp file that I made that show the contour here :
http://emor3j.fr.eu.org/dvlpt/kde/kstars/magellanicclouds/contours/lmc.xcf


>
> Eventually, it might be nice to create a subclass of DeepSkyObject
> that defines such a contour for the object.  With the current
> implementation, we can see the LMC and SMC, but the LMC is not
> clickable (so no Details window, no context menu, no image links,
> etc.).  If we do this, we probably wouldn't make the entire contour
> area clickable, but just add a small symbol at its centroid for
> clicks.  Other objects off the top of my head that could use a
> contour: Veil nebula, North American nebula, Barnard's Loop, Orion
> Nebula, etc.
>
	
Yes, I agree, it would be easier to show what we want with a subclass 
like this.


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Jérôme SONRIER