[Kstars-devel] User questions: star size on screen and observation log

[Ron Bentley]

Two questions about the KStars interface (KStars 1.5.3, Ubuntu 9.10):

1.  Can I adjust the size of stars represented on the screen?  Even 
zoomed in, magnitude 7-8 stars render with a single pixel.  It's hard to 
distinguish them from dust on the screen and from nearby (often far 
dimmer) deep sky objects.

(Question came up observing M92.  M92 is brighter than surrounding 
stars, but all other nearby deep sky objects are dimmer.)

2.  Is there any access to the observation log outside the details 
dialog for an object?  Or, is ~/.kde/share/apps/kstars/userlog.dat just 
the place to go?

I've played around with KStars for years, but finally used it for the 
first time during an observing session.  Many thanks to developers and 
maintainers alike.

Defining my own field-of-view symbol was a real boon.  Stopping the 
clock and seeing that it wasn't running the CPU full speed and draining 
my netbook battery like other planetarium software was a bonus.

Ron Bentley