[Kstars-devel] Minor patches and a few clarifications

[Akarsh Simha]

Hi Jason

> My objection to only including what is currently "observable" is that
> we shouldn't assume the user just wants to view the sky for days near
> the present day.  For example, what if I wanted to see the apparition
> of Halley's comet in the 1970s?  Or what if I wanted to accelerate
> time and focus on a particular comet to see when its next apparition
> will be?
> 
> Adding G and H parameters will only work if the IAU MPC provides them
> for all of the comets.  If we had their data for all of the comets,
> then we could just use that file directly, rather than trying to
> cobble the MPC and JPL data together.

I see your point - I hadn't considered that earlier.
I'll try and look around if we can find a catalog that has H and G as well.

-- 
Akarsh Simha