[Kstars-devel] branches/kstars/hdevalence/kstars/kstars/projections

[Henry de Valence]

SVN commit 1160714 by hdevalence:

Don't use altRefracted() in checkVisibility().

SkyPoint::altRefracted() is approximately 35 times slower than SkyPoint::alt(),
and 70% of the total time spent in checkVisibility() is spent on altRefracted().

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 M  +3 -1      projector.cpp  


--- branches/kstars/hdevalence/kstars/kstars/projections/projector.cpp #1160713:1160714
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@
     if( m_vp.fillGround /*&& m_vp.useAltAz*/ && p->alt().Degrees() < -1.0 ) return false;
 
     if ( m_vp.useAltAz ) {
-        dY = fabs( p->altRefracted().Degrees() - m_vp.focus->alt().Degrees() );
+        /** To avoid calculating refraction, we just use the unrefracted
+            altitude and add a 2-degree 'safety factor' */
+        dY = fabs( p->alt().Degrees() - m_vp.focus->alt().Degrees() ) -2.;
     } else {
         dY = fabs( p->dec().Degrees() - m_vp.focus->dec().Degrees() );
     }