[Kstars-devel] GSoC 2011 project

[Bruce]

So I've had lost of chances to use the template for observing this summer and 
fall.  I've got one thing I'd like changed and one thing added.  I would like 
see the border made in to full (thinkish) lines as the thinner double lines 
are hard to see in the dark.  I would like to see the option to import the 
observation list.  I assume that lots of people like me use the observation 
list as a method to decide what to observe any given night.  Having this 
option would prevent me from have to re-enter each object a second time to 
print out the template.

Thanks for this, it has been a very useful tool for my.  I not keep a binder 
with me that goes out on every observing session.

-- 
Bruce Harding
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Member: IEEE, SPIE, IACR


On September 1, 2011 05:31:40 PM Rafał Kułaga wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in my project and the ideas it was based on.
> I've just added an example finder chart to my summarising blog post -
> http://rkulaga.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/my-gsoc-2011-project-finished/.
> 
> Please let me know if you have any other ideas that could help me to
> improve the results of my project.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rafal
> 
> 2011/8/30 Bruce <lists at faintfuzzies.ca>:
> > On August 29, 2011 02:59:24 PM Akarsh Simha wrote:
> >> > I look forward to this in a future version of kstars.  It will really
> >> > make my observing sessions more productive.  It would have been very
> >> > useful on Friday night when I was trying to track down
> >> > http://goo.gl/IyK7o PTY11LKY.  :-)
> >> 
> >> Hey Bruce
> >> 
> >> Yes, this GSoC was almost based off your ideas. In fact, we used your
> >> chart as a template.
> >> 
> >> Talking about observing, I too saw PTF11kly on Saturday. Here's what I
> >> used:
> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6079812340/
> >> 
> >> Also, KStars now plots supernovae. I've not checked if PTF11kly has
> >> come in. But part of the idea is to alert the user of new supernovae
> >> above a certain magnitude.
> >> 
> >> Regards
> >> Akarsh
> > 
> > If the weather hold me and a fellow observer will be going to track that
> > supernova down tomorrow at this location
> > http://www.gatineauglidingclub.ca/
> > nice quite spot with good horizons.  This site is not as dark as some
> > locations I use, but it is conveniently close to home.
> > 
> > I'd like to thank eveyone on the Kstars team for taking my suggestion
> > seriously and making it reality and particularly Rafał Kułaga for putting
> > into practice.
> > 
> > I hope that this will be more great feature that has take this project
> > from a basic educational tool to a useful to tool for all amateur
> > astronomers.
> > 
> > Who knows maybe over the winter I can come up with another useful idea for
> > GSoC 2012? :-) It is the least I can do since I do not have any
> > programming
> > skills to offer.
> > 
> > --
> > Bruce
> > Member: IEEE, SPIE, IACR
> > Faintfuzzies.ca
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