Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-26 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shachar Shemesh writes: > Can you, please, elaborate in what way is the idea embodied in kstars > different than the star maps an astrophysicist would use? No! I meant that your idea to decorate the baby's room in this way was neat. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | p...@goldshmidt.org ___

Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 25/03/11 23:22, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: I admit that although I am a (former) astrophysicist I gave kstars only the briefest of looks in the past. I just fired it up because you made me curious. A really neat idea, by the way. Can you, please, elaborate in what way is the idea embodied in

Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-25 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shachar Shemesh writes: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to use kstars via a projector in order to create a > realistic sky map of the day of her birth in her room. I've resolved > most of the technical problems involved (I still need to pick the > correct projection type and figure out how to position t

Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-25 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 25/03/11 14:11, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: You can do settings->configure kstars to remove star names, or just long names. This should improve things. You can also try stellarium, I think it is better for this purpose. Stellarium seems overly focused on photo-realism. Truth be told, though,

Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-25 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
You can do settings->configure kstars to remove star names, or just long names. This should improve things. You can also try stellarium, I think it is better for this purpose. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to use kstars via a projector in order

Re: Too many stars!!!

2011-03-25 Thread Stan Goodman
On Friday 25 March 2011 at 11:54:32 (GMT+2) Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to use kstars via a projector in order to create a > realistic sky map of the day of her birth in her room. I've resolved > most of the technical problems involved (I still need to pick the > correct pro