Oculars plugin - Revision history

Mcewan: /* Description */ rm extra word

2012-06-25T14:25:29Z

Description: rm extra word

2011-08-28T07:43:41Z

Description: version number update

2011-01-15T01:52:29Z

Oculars

2011-01-15T01:37:22Z

CCD Sensors

2011-01-15T01:35:39Z

Telrad Finder

2011-01-15T01:28:56Z

Telrad Finder

2011-01-15T01:26:58Z

Using the Ocular plugin

2011-01-15T01:19:39Z

Telescopes

2011-01-15T01:19:27Z

Telescopes

2011-01-15T01:18:36Z

CCD Sensors

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 * the primary use is to see what the sky looks like through a particular combination of eyepiece and telescope.  I wanted to be able to get an idea of what I should see when looking through a physical telescope, and understand why one eyepiece may be better suited to a particular target.  This can also be very useful in deciding what telescope is best suited to a style of viewing. And with the support for binoculars, you now have the ability to understand just about any type of visual observing.
 * to show what a particular camera would be able to photograph of the sky. Also to better plan what type of telescope (or camera lens) to pair with a particular camera to capture what you want.
-* lastly, with the help of the Telrad sight, understand where object in the sky are in relation to each other.  This can be very useful if you have a non-GOTO telescope, and what to get an idea of how to star-hop from a known location to an area of interest.
+* lastly, with the help of the Telrad sight, understand where object in the sky are in relation to each other.  This can be very useful if you have a non-GOTO telescope, and to get an idea of how to star-hop from a known location to an area of interest.
 None of these activities can take the plce of hands-on experience, but they are a good way to supplement your visual astronomy interests.

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 None of these activities can take the plce of hands-on experience, but they are a good way to supplement your visual astronomy interests.
-'''NOTE:''' this describes the 1.0 version of the plugin, which is distributed with the 0.10.7 release of Stellarium.
+'''NOTE:''' this describes the 1.0 version of the plugin, which is distributed with the 0.11.0 release of Stellarium.
 http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/Ocular1.png

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 #Click the tool bar button for toggling the Ocular mode, or press Command-O (control-o for non-Mac users).
 #Swap between eye pieces and telescopes to see how the view changes.
 ==Configuration==

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 When a CCD is displayed, the popup menu changes to the following.
-http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupCCD1.png
+http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupCCD.png
 Notice that you can select what telescope to use, as well as progress to the previous or next CCD, or go to a specific CCD.  You can also rotate the CCD to better capture your subject, or to see if the CCD can be rotated in such a way as to catch the area of interest.
 http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupCCD2.png
 ===Telrad Finder===

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	In the default menu, you can choose to configure the plugin, activate a CCD, or activate the Telrad finder.		In the default menu, you can choose to configure the plugin, activate a CCD, or activate the Telrad finder.
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		+	===CCD Sensors===
		+	This is a great way to get an idea of what a particular camera will be able to capture when attached to a particular telescope or lens. For camera lenses, you must still define a telescope with the appropriate values for the lens to be used. When activate, this feature will display a red bounding box of the area that will be captured, as well as zooming in to give a better view of the surroundings. You can manually zoom in or out from there.
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		+	The default CCD will display similar to the following.
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		+	http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/CCD.png
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		+	In the information area in the upper right hand corner, you can see the angular size captured by the CCD.
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		+	When a CCD is displayed, the popup menu changes to the following.
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		+	http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupCCD1.png
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		+	Notice that you can select what telescope to use, as well as progress to the previous or next CCD, or go to a specific CCD. You can also rotate the CCD to better capture your subject, or to see if the CCD can be rotated in such a way as to catch the area of interest.
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		+	http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupCCD2.png

	===Telrad Finder===		===Telrad Finder===

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	The top image is the default 60°, and the bottom one is about 40°.		The top image is the default 60°, and the bottom one is about 40°.
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		+	While the Telrad finder is active, the popup menu changes to the following; this reflects that you can not activate a CCD while the Telrad is active.
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		+	http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/PopupTelradOn.png

	===Oculars===		===Oculars===

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 ==Using the Ocular plugin==
 ===Telrad Finder===
 The Telrad feature can be used without defining any of the items below.  As a reflex sight is non-magnifying, this feature can only be enabled when no eye piece is selected.

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 This is the tab used to enter your own telescopes.
-http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/Telescopes
+http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/Telescopes.png
 The fields on this tab are:

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 ===Telescopes===
-This is the tab used to enter your own telescopes.  But default, a sample one is added; feel free to delete it once you've entered your own.
+This is the tab used to enter your own telescopes.
-http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/OcularsTelescopes.jpg
 The fields on this tab are:
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 ; Horizontal flip : If the view through this telescope should flip horizontally.
 ; Vertical flip : If the view through this telescope should flip vertically.
 == Scaling the eyepiece view ==

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 ===CCD Sensors===
-This tab allows you to define sensors for any camera you may have.  When defined and selected, this will draw a red bounding rectangle in the center of the eye piece view, showing what the CCD will capture. Note that old versions will draw this bounding rectangle as gray, which is difficult to see.  Version 0.10.6 has this changed to red.
+This tab allows you to define sensors for any camera you may have.  When defined and selected, this will draw a red bounding rectangle in the center of the eye piece view, showing what the CCD will capture. Because of the way floating point numbers are stored, sometimes you may see one of your defined values change (for example from 2.2 to 2.19999) but this should not effect what you see.
-http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/OcularsCCDs.jpg
+http://stellarium.org/wikiimg/Oculars/1.0/Sensors.png
 The fields on this tab are: