[Kstars-devel] Re: ClearDarkSky charts and observatory locations

[Rakesh Nath]

On 04/14/2011 08:12 PM, Akarsh Simha wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just had a mail exchange with ClearDarkSky.com creator Attilla
> Danko.
>
> He said that as long as our software was free, it would be okay for us
> to use his compilation of observatory locations and Clear Sky Charts
> in our application.
>
> So I'm interested in:
>
> * Supporting their list of private / public observatories in KStars. I
>   think this is great for anyone living in the US / Canada at least,
>   because you could then just say "Prude Ranch" (location of Texas
>   Star Party) or "Eagle Eye Observatory" (location of my astronomy
>   club's observatory) or whatever and use the lat-lon of that place.
Awesome! +1 to that
> * Possibly having the option of viewing Clear Sky Charts from a dialog
>   in KStars. 
Are we planning to have some sort of a tie up with the weather
departments for each city for this?
> * Plot nearby observatories, astronomy clubs and astronomy
>   establishments (eg: planetariums, and space centers -- since
>   astronomy and space-science are fields that interact quite a bit) on
>   a map. I think this list will be a good starting point.
>
Yes that is also a good idea, how are u planning to collate all the data
for this? I think it would be good to have a contact from different
parts of the US mail in all the relevant astronomy clubs for his state
and maybe for neighbouring states. For instance for me up north here I
possibly have about 10 astronomy clubs in all. I can find out who what
where etc.

BTW we have something closer to the Texas star party up north here
happening in Montana, so I could evangelise Kstars there and also find
out details of clubs etc. This will happen in June end sometime.

I think this is a good idea


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Thanks and Regards 
Rakesh Nath