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Plot the Sun's Altitude curve. Make sure the geographic location is not near the
equator. Change the Date to some time in June, and then again to sometime in
January. You can see easily why we have seasons; in the winter, the Sun is above
the horizon for less time (the days are shorter), and its altitude is never very high.
18.4.4 Simulate Eyepiece View
On the left hand side is the sky map shot from KStars. On the right hand side is
the POSS (DSS) image of the same region. The orientation in the above example
has been adjusted to match the view through a Dobsonian telescope at the
location and time of the simulation in KStars.
This tool simulates how an object looks through your eyepiece. In addition to
rendering the eyepiece field, KStars can also fetch and overlay the DSS imagery.
Additionally, if you are using a Dobsonian telescope, you can rotate the field of
view to match the eyepiece view.
To use this feature, first define your eyepieces' fields of view using the FOV
Symbol editor.
Then there are two ways to invoke the feature:
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