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List:       kstars-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kstars-devel] TODO for 4.2
From:       "Jason Harris" <kstars () 30doradus ! org>
Date:       2008-06-25 5:14:38
Message-ID: 401f1570806242214r224d8dddnc9d86464a90d8d8d () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I was thinking of something a bit more complicated. If the
> object is bright, or large enough to easily detect, KStars could
> simply check if there are two bright stars ,at the midpoint of a line
> joining which the object would lie, with an error of FOV / 2. Then, it
> could check for other familiar patterns, like completing an
> equilateral triangle with two bright stars, or an isosceles right
> angled triangle, again to some tolerance. Finally, we could check if
> the object lies at the centroid of a triangle of stars. If all of
> these are unsatisfactory, KStars should resort to a starhopping
> solution - because starhopping is probably the slowest way and
> requires the observer's patience to match the patterns. :)
>
Yes, this sounds like a good solution.

> Regards
> Akarsh
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