Provide a set of methods used to draw sky objects taking into account eyes adaptation, zoom level, instrument model and artificially set magnitude limits. More...

#include <StelSkyDrawer.hpp>

Public Slots
void	setRelativeStarScale (double b=1.0)
	Set the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones. More...

float	getRelativeStarScale () const
	Get the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones. More...

void	setAbsoluteStarScale (double b=1.0)
	Set the absolute star brightness scale. More...

float	getAbsoluteStarScale () const
	Get the absolute star brightness scale. More...

void	setTwinkleAmount (double b)
	Set source twinkle amount. More...

float	getTwinkleAmount () const
	Get source twinkle amount. More...

void	setFlagTwinkle (bool b)
	Set flag for source twinkling. More...

bool	getFlagTwinkle () const
	Get flag for source twinkling. More...

void	setBortleScaleIndex (int index)
	Set the parameters so that the stars disappear at about the limit given by the bortle scale The limit is valid only at a given zoom level (around 60 deg) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_Dark-Sky_Scale. More...

int	getBortleScaleIndex () const
	Get the current Bortle scale index. More...

float	getLimitMagnitude () const
	Get the magnitude of the currently faintest visible point source It depends on the zoom level, on the eye adapation and on the point source rendering parameters. More...

void	setFlagStarMagnitudeLimit (bool b)
	Toggle the application of user-defined star magnitude limit. More...

void	setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit (bool b)
	Toggle the application of user-defined deep-sky object magnitude limit. More...

bool	getFlagStarMagnitudeLimit () const

bool	getFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit () const

float	getCustomStarMagnitudeLimit () const
	Get the value used for forced star magnitude limiting. More...

void	setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit (double limit)
	Sets a lower limit for star magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored). More...

float	getCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit () const
	Get the value used for forced nebula magnitude limiting. More...

void	setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit (double limit)
	Sets a lower limit for nebula magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored). More...

float	getLimitLuminance () const
	Get the luminance of the faintest visible object (e.g. More...

void	setFlagLuminanceAdaptation (bool b)
	Set the value of the eye adaptation flag. More...

bool	getFlagLuminanceAdaptation () const
	Get the current value of eye adaptation flag. More...

void	setFlagHasAtmosphere (bool b)
	Informing the drawer whether atmosphere is displayed. More...

bool	getFlagHasAtmosphere () const
	This is used to decide whether to apply refraction/extinction before rendering point sources et al. More...

void	setExtinctionCoefficient (double extCoeff)
	Set extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction). More...

double	getExtinctionCoefficient () const
	Get extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction). More...

void	setAtmosphereTemperature (double celsius)
	Set atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction). More...

double	getAtmosphereTemperature () const
	Get atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction). More...

void	setAtmospherePressure (double mbar)
	Set atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction). More...

double	getAtmospherePressure () const
	Get atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction). More...

const Extinction &	getExtinction () const
	Get the current valid extinction computation object. More...

const Refraction &	getRefraction () const
	Get the current valid refraction computation object. More...

float	getBig3dModelHaloRadius () const
	Get the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright. More...

void	setBig3dModelHaloRadius (float r)
	Set the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright. More...

Public Member Functions
	StelSkyDrawer (StelCore *core)
	Constructor. More...

	~StelSkyDrawer ()
	Destructor. More...

void	init ()
	Init parameters from config file. More...

void	update (double deltaTime)
	Update with respect to the time and StelProjector/StelToneReproducer state. More...

void	preDrawPointSource (StelPainter *p)
	Set the proper openGL state before making calls to drawPointSource. More...

void	postDrawPointSource (StelPainter *sPainter)
	Finalize the drawing of point sources. More...

bool	drawPointSource (StelPainter *sPainter, const Vec3f &v, const RCMag &rcMag, unsigned int bV, bool checkInScreen=false)
	Draw a point source halo. More...

bool	drawPointSource (StelPainter *sPainter, const Vec3f &v, const RCMag &rcMag, const Vec3f &bcolor, bool checkInScreen=false)

void	postDrawSky3dModel (StelPainter *p, const Vec3f &v, float illuminatedArea, float mag, const Vec3f &color=Vec3f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f))
	Terminate drawing of a 3D model, draw the halo. More...

bool	computeRCMag (float mag, RCMag *) const
	Compute RMag and CMag from magnitude. More...

void	reportLuminanceInFov (float lum, bool fastAdaptation=false)
	Report that an object of luminance lum with an on-screen area of area pixels is currently displayed This information is used to determine the world adaptation luminance This method should be called during the update operations of the main loop. More...

void	preDraw ()
	To be called before the drawing stage starts. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static float	surfacebrightnessToLuminance (float sb)
	Compute the luminance for an extended source with the given surface brightness. More...

static float	luminanceToSurfacebrightness (float lum)
	Compute the surface brightness from the luminance of an extended source. More...

static float	indexToBV (unsigned char bV)
	Convert quantized B-V index to float B-V. More...

static const Vec3f &	indexToColor (unsigned char bV)
	Convert quantized B-V index to RGB colors. More...

Detailed Description

Provide a set of methods used to draw sky objects taking into account eyes adaptation, zoom level, instrument model and artificially set magnitude limits.

Definition at line 45 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

StelSkyDrawer::StelSkyDrawer ( StelCore * core )

Constructor.

StelSkyDrawer::~StelSkyDrawer ( )

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

bool StelSkyDrawer::computeRCMag	(	float	mag,
		RCMag *
	)		const

Compute RMag and CMag from magnitude.

Parameters

mag	the object integrated V magnitude
rcMag	array of 2 floats containing the radius and luminance

Returns: false if the object is too faint to be displayed

bool StelSkyDrawer::drawPointSource	(	StelPainter *	sPainter,
		const Vec3f &	v,
		const RCMag &	rcMag,
		unsigned int	bV,
		bool	checkInScreen = `false`
	)

inline

Draw a point source halo.

Parameters

sPainter	the StelPainter to use for drawing.
v	the 3d position of the source in J2000 reference frame
rcMag	the radius and luminance of the source as computed by computeRCMag()
bV	the source B-V index
checkInScreen	whether source in screen should be checked to avoid unnecessary drawing.

Returns: true if the source was actually visible and drawn

Definition at line 76 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getAbsoluteStarScale ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the absolute star brightness scale.

Definition at line 137 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

double StelSkyDrawer::getAtmospherePressure ( ) const

inlineslot

Get atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction).

Definition at line 214 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

double StelSkyDrawer::getAtmosphereTemperature ( ) const

inlineslot

Get atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction).

Definition at line 210 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getBig3dModelHaloRadius ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright.

Definition at line 222 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

int StelSkyDrawer::getBortleScaleIndex ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the current Bortle scale index.

Definition at line 154 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the value used for forced nebula magnitude limiting.

Definition at line 182 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getCustomStarMagnitudeLimit ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the value used for forced star magnitude limiting.

Definition at line 177 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

const Extinction& StelSkyDrawer::getExtinction ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the current valid extinction computation object.

Definition at line 217 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

double StelSkyDrawer::getExtinctionCoefficient ( ) const

inlineslot

Get extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction).

Definition at line 206 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagHasAtmosphere ( ) const

inlineslot

This is used to decide whether to apply refraction/extinction before rendering point sources et al.

Definition at line 201 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagLuminanceAdaptation ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the current value of eye adaptation flag.

Definition at line 195 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( ) const

inlineslot

Returns: true if the user-defined nebula magnitude limit is in force.

Definition at line 174 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagStarMagnitudeLimit ( ) const

inlineslot

Returns: true if the user-defined star magnitude limit is in force.

Definition at line 172 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagTwinkle ( ) const

inlineslot

Get flag for source twinkling.

Definition at line 147 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getLimitLuminance ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the luminance of the faintest visible object (e.g.

RGB<0.05) It depends on the zoom level, on the eye adapation and on the point source rendering parameters

Returns: the limit V luminance at which an object will be visible

Definition at line 190 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getLimitMagnitude ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the magnitude of the currently faintest visible point source It depends on the zoom level, on the eye adapation and on the point source rendering parameters.

Returns: the limit V mag at which a point source will be displayed

Definition at line 159 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

const Refraction& StelSkyDrawer::getRefraction ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the current valid refraction computation object.

Definition at line 219 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getRelativeStarScale ( ) const

inlineslot

Get the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones.

Definition at line 132 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

float StelSkyDrawer::getTwinkleAmount ( ) const

inlineslot

Get source twinkle amount.

Definition at line 142 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

static float StelSkyDrawer::indexToBV ( unsigned char bV )

inlinestatic

Convert quantized B-V index to float B-V.

Definition at line 117 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

static const Vec3f& StelSkyDrawer::indexToColor ( unsigned char bV )

inlinestatic

Convert quantized B-V index to RGB colors.

Definition at line 123 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::init ( )

Init parameters from config file.

static float StelSkyDrawer::luminanceToSurfacebrightness ( float lum )

static

Compute the surface brightness from the luminance of an extended source.

Parameters

lum	luminance in cd/m^2

Returns: surface brightness in V magnitude/arcmin^2

void StelSkyDrawer::postDrawPointSource ( StelPainter * sPainter )

Finalize the drawing of point sources.

void StelSkyDrawer::postDrawSky3dModel	(	StelPainter *	p,
		const Vec3f &	v,
		float	illuminatedArea,
		float	mag,
		const Vec3f &	color = `Vec3f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f)`
	)

Terminate drawing of a 3D model, draw the halo.

Parameters

p	the StelPainter instance to use for this drawing operation
v	the 3d position of the source in J2000 reference frame
illuminatedArea	the illuminated area in arcmin^2
mag	the source integrated magnitude
color	the object halo RGB color

void StelSkyDrawer::preDraw ( )

To be called before the drawing stage starts.

void StelSkyDrawer::preDrawPointSource ( StelPainter * p )

Set the proper openGL state before making calls to drawPointSource.

Parameters

p	a pointer to a valid instance of a Painter. The instance must be valid until postDrawPointSource() is called

void StelSkyDrawer::reportLuminanceInFov	(	float	lum,
		bool	fastAdaptation = `false`
	)

Report that an object of luminance lum with an on-screen area of area pixels is currently displayed This information is used to determine the world adaptation luminance This method should be called during the update operations of the main loop.

Parameters

lum	luminance in cd/m^2
fastAdaptation	adapt the eye quickly if true, other wise use a smooth adaptation

void StelSkyDrawer::setAbsoluteStarScale ( double b = 1.0 )

inlineslot

Set the absolute star brightness scale.

Definition at line 135 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setAtmospherePressure ( double mbar )

inlineslot

Set atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction).

Definition at line 212 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setAtmosphereTemperature ( double celsius )

inlineslot

Set atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction).

Definition at line 208 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setBig3dModelHaloRadius ( float r )

inlineslot

Set the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright.

Definition at line 224 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setBortleScaleIndex ( int index )

slot

Set the parameters so that the stars disappear at about the limit given by the bortle scale The limit is valid only at a given zoom level (around 60 deg) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_Dark-Sky_Scale.

void StelSkyDrawer::setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( double limit )

inlineslot

Sets a lower limit for nebula magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored).

In force only if flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit is set.

Definition at line 185 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit ( double limit )

inlineslot

Sets a lower limit for star magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored).

In force only if flagStarMagnitudeLimit is set.

Definition at line 180 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setExtinctionCoefficient ( double extCoeff )

inlineslot

Set extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction).

Definition at line 204 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagHasAtmosphere ( bool b )

inlineslot

Informing the drawer whether atmosphere is displayed.

This is used to avoid twinkling/simulate extinction/refraction.

Definition at line 199 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagLuminanceAdaptation ( bool b )

inlineslot

Set the value of the eye adaptation flag.

Definition at line 193 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( bool b )

inlineslot

Toggle the application of user-defined deep-sky object magnitude limit.

If enabled, deep-sky objects fainter than the magnitude set with setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit() will not be displayed.

Definition at line 170 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagStarMagnitudeLimit ( bool b )

inlineslot

Toggle the application of user-defined star magnitude limit.

If enabled, stars fainter than the magnitude set with setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit() will not be displayed.

Definition at line 165 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagTwinkle ( bool b )

inlineslot

Set flag for source twinkling.

Definition at line 145 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setRelativeStarScale ( double b = 1.0 )

inlineslot

Set the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones.

Definition at line 130 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

void StelSkyDrawer::setTwinkleAmount ( double b )

inlineslot

Set source twinkle amount.

Definition at line 140 of file StelSkyDrawer.hpp.

static float StelSkyDrawer::surfacebrightnessToLuminance ( float sb )

static

Compute the luminance for an extended source with the given surface brightness.

Parameters

sb	surface brightness in V magnitude/arcmin^2

Returns: the luminance in cd/m^2

void StelSkyDrawer::update ( double deltaTime )

Update with respect to the time and StelProjector/StelToneReproducer state.

Parameters

deltaTime the time increment in second since last call.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

StelSkyDrawer.hpp

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Detailed Description

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