The StellarMate Plus Manual
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There are three situations when KStars must redraw the sky display very rapidly:
when a new focus position is selected (and Use animated slewing is checked),
when the sky is dragged with the mouse, and when the time step is large. In these
situations, the positions of all objects must be recomputed as rapidly as possible,
which can put a large load on the CPU. If the CPU cannot keep up with the
demand, then the display will seem sluggish or jerky. To mitigate this, KStars will
hide certain objects during these rapid-redraw situations, as long as the Hide
objects while moving checkbox is selected. The timestep threshold above which
objects will be hidden is determined by the Also hide if time step larger
than: timestep-spinbox. You can specify the objects that should be hidden in
the Configure Hidden Objects group box.
18.2.14 Customizing the Display
There are several ways to modify the display to your liking.
· Select a different color scheme in the Settings →Color Schemesmenu. There
are four predefined color schemes, and you can define your own in
the Configure KStars window.
· Toggle whether the Toolbars are drawn in the Settings →Toolbars
Shown menu. Like most KDE toolbars, they can also be dragged around and
anchored on any window edge, or even detached from the window completely
if they are unlocked.
· Toggle whether the Info Boxes are drawn in the Settings →Info Boxesmenu. In
addition, you can manipulate the three Info Boxes with the mouse. Each box
has additional lines of data that are hidden by default. You can toggle whether
these additional lines are visible by double-clicking a box to “shade” it. Also,
you can reposition a box by dragging it with the mouse. When a box hits a
window edge, it will “stick” to the edge when the window is resized.
· Choose an “FOV Symbol” using the Settings →FOV Symbolsmenu.FOV is an
acronym for “field-of-view”. An FOV symbol is drawn at the center of the
window to indicate where the display is pointing. Different symbols have
different angular sizes; you can use a symbol to show what the view through a
particular telescope would look like. For example, if you choose the “7x35
Binoculars” FOV symbol, then a circle is drawn on the display that is 9.2
degrees in diameter; this is the field-of-view for 7x35 binoculars.
You can define your own FOV symbols (or modify the existing symbols) using
the Edit FOV Symbols... menu item, which launches the FOV Editor:
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