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us your list of cities and coordinates.
4. How can I add a new custom location to KStars?
If you would like to use a location that is not on the list, enter the relevant
information (longitude, latitude, city name, province name, and country
name), then press Add to list button. All fields must be filled, except the
optional province field. You can also modify the values for an existing city, by
simply changing the values in the window, and adding it to the list.
5. I have added a custom location to KStars that I no longer want. How do I
remove it from the program?
You can easily remove a custom location from KStars by selecting it in the
cities list and pressing the Remove City button. Note that you can not remove
a KStars default city.
6. Why do some objects disappear when I am scrolling the display?
When the display is in motion, KStars must recompute the screen coordinates
of every object in its database, which involves some pretty heavy
trigonometry. When scrolling the display (either with the arrow keys or by
dragging with the mouse), the display may become slow and jerky, because
the computer is having trouble keeping up. By excluding many of the objects,
the computational load is greatly reduced, which allows for smoother
scrolling. You can turn off this feature in the Configure KStars window, and
you can also configure which objects get hidden.
7. I do not understand all the terms used in KStars. Where can I learn more
about the astronomy behind the program?
The KStars Handbook includes the AstroInfo Project; a series of short,
hyperlinked articles about astronomical topics that can be explored and
illustrated with KStars. AstroInfo is a community effort, like GNUpedia or
Everything2. If you'd like to contribute to AstroInfo, please join our mailing
list: (kstars-devel AT kde.org).
8. I want KStars to start up with a time and date different from my system CPU
clock. Is this possible?
Yes; to start KStars with a different time/date, use the “--date” argument,
followed by a date string like “4 July 1976 12:30:00”
9. I want KStars to start up with the simulation clock paused. Is this possible?
Yes; to start KStars with the clock paused, simply add the “--
paused” argument to the command line.
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