Too many stars!!!

[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 kstars 
different than the star maps an astrophysicist would use?
> Go to Settings ->  Configure Kstars and try to reduce "star density"
> (in the "catalogs" tab). As far as I can tell, this effectively limits
> the magnitude of shown object.
I think it does a balance of luminosity and density. In other words, the 
more stars there are in a region, the more light they need to be in 
order for kstars to show them. That works for me quite nicely. Thank you 
very much.
> Also, in the same screen you can disable "deep sky" catalogs.
>
>    
Those are also disablable (what a wonderful word) from the toolbar, 
which I have managed to find.
> I might have goofed or done something you don't want to do.
>
>    

No, you definitely solved it for me. Thank you very much.

Shachar


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