[Kstars-devel] www/sites/edu/kstars

Akarsh Simha akarshsimha at gmail.com
Tue Feb 3 17:21:28 CET 2009


SVN commit 920697 by asimha:

Updating the KStars feature list on the website.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde.org



 M  +20 -3     index.php  


--- trunk/www/sites/edu/kstars/index.php #920696:920697
@@ -65,9 +65,26 @@
 	<li>Downloadable catalogs including Messier Images, Abell Planetary Nebulae</li>
     </ul>
     </li>
-    <li>Internet links for further information / pictures</li>
-    <li>Support for non-western sky cultures</li>
-    <li>
+    <li>Corrections for precession, nutation and atmospheric refraction</li>
+    <li>Tools for retrieval of data from Online Databases</li>
+    <li>Scriptable actions using D-Bus</li>
+    <li>Features for Educators and Students:
+    <ul>
+        <li>Adjustable simulation speed in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales</li>
+	<li>KStars Astrocalculator to access some of the internal calculations of KStars, and also to predict conjunctions etc</li>
+	<li>Astroinfo project to help facilitate learning with the aid of KStars</li>
+	<li>Internet links for further information / pictures of objects</li>
+    </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li>Features for Amateur Astronomers:
+    <ul>
+	<li>Observing List tool to plan observations</li>
+	<li>FOV Editor helps calculate field of view of equipment and display them</li>
+	<li>Obtain AAVSO light curves for variable stars</li>
+	<li>What's up tonight tool</li>
+	<li>Altitude vs Time tool</li>
+	<li>Sky Calendar tool</li>
+    </ul>
 </ul>
 
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