[Kstars-devel] Re: Nebula outlines

Akarsh Simha akarshsimha at gmail.com
Fri Jan 7 02:22:19 CET 2011


On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:49:53PM +0000, Jan Kotek wrote:
>    Hi,
>    I am working on an open source sky charting program. I would like to add
>    nebula outlines, but those are not available in reasonable quality. *
>    My program can display sky survey images on background. Soon I will *add
>    shape editor, to make outline painting easy.
>    I would like to make outlines for more than 500 objects, including dark
>    nebulas. This list would be under CC licence, so perfectly usable for
>    KStars.
>    I am looking for volunteers who would help me with this task. Only
>    requirement is internet connection and steady hand.
>    Regards,
>    Jan Kotek
>    [1]http://github.com/jankotek/asterope

Hey Jan

I could help a bit. I have a graphics tablet. Please do keep us in the
loop when you have the shape editor in working shape :)

Regards
Akarsh


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