Stellarium  0.20.4
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StelSkyDrawer Class Reference

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

#include <StelSkyDrawer.hpp>

Public Slots

void setRelativeStarScale (double b=1.0)
 Set the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones.
 
double getRelativeStarScale () const
 Get the way brighter stars will look bigger as the fainter ones.
 
void setAbsoluteStarScale (double b=1.0)
 Set the absolute star brightness scale.
 
double getAbsoluteStarScale () const
 Get the absolute star brightness scale.
 
void setTwinkleAmount (double b)
 Set source twinkle amount.
 
double getTwinkleAmount () const
 Get source twinkle amount.
 
void setFlagTwinkle (bool b)
 Set flag for source twinkling.
 
bool getFlagTwinkle () const
 Get flag for source twinkling.
 
void setFlagForcedTwinkle (bool b)
 Set flag for enable twinkling of stars without atmosphere. More...
 
bool getFlagForcedTwinkle () const
 Get flag for enable twinkling of stars without atmosphere. 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) More...
 
int getBortleScaleIndex () const
 Get the current Bortle scale index. More...
 
float getNELMFromBortleScale () const
 Get the average Naked-Eye Limiting Magnitude (NELM) for current Bortle scale index: Class 1 = NELM 7.6-8.0; average NELM is 7.8 Class 2 = NELM 7.1-7.5; average NELM is 7.3 Class 3 = NELM 6.6-7.0; average NELM is 6.8 Class 4 = NELM 6.1-6.5; average NELM is 6.3 Class 5 = NELM 5.6-6.0; average NELM is 5.8 Class 6 = NELM 5.1-5.5; average NELM is 5.3 Class 7 = NELM 4.6-5.0; average NELM is 4.8 Class 8 = NELM 4.1-4.5; average NELM is 4.3 Class 9 = NELM 4.0.
 
static float getNELMFromBortleScale (int idx)
 Get the average Naked-Eye Limiting Magnitude (NELM) for given Bortle scale index [1..9] Class 1 = NELM 7.6-8.0; average NELM is 7.8 Class 2 = NELM 7.1-7.5; average NELM is 7.3 Class 3 = NELM 6.6-7.0; average NELM is 6.8 Class 4 = NELM 6.1-6.5; average NELM is 6.3 Class 5 = NELM 5.6-6.0; average NELM is 5.8 Class 6 = NELM 5.1-5.5; average NELM is 5.3 Class 7 = NELM 4.6-5.0; average NELM is 4.8 Class 8 = NELM 4.1-4.5; average NELM is 4.3 Class 9 = NELM 4.0. More...
 
void setFlagDrawBigStarHalo (bool b)
 Set flag for drawing a halo around bright stars.
 
bool getFlagDrawBigStarHalo () const
 Get flag for drawing a halo around bright stars.
 
void setFlagStarSpiky (bool b)
 Set flag to draw stars with rays.
 
bool getFlagStarSpiky () const
 Get whether to draw stars with rays.
 
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...
 
bool getFlagStarMagnitudeLimit () const
 
void setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit (bool b)
 Toggle the application of user-defined deep-sky object magnitude limit. More...
 
bool getFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit () const
 
void setFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit (bool b)
 Toggle the application of user-defined solar system object magnitude limit. More...
 
bool getFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit () const
 
double getCustomStarMagnitudeLimit () const
 Get the value used for forced star magnitude limiting.
 
void setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit (double limit)
 Sets a lower limit for star magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored). More...
 
double getCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit () const
 Get the value used for forced nebula magnitude limiting.
 
void setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit (double limit)
 Sets a lower limit for nebula magnitudes (anything fainter is ignored). More...
 
double getCustomPlanetMagnitudeLimit () const
 Get the value used for forced solar system object magnitude limiting.
 
void setCustomPlanetMagnitudeLimit (double limit)
 Sets a lower limit for solar system object 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.
 
bool getFlagLuminanceAdaptation () const
 Get the current value of eye adaptation flag.
 
void setDaylightLabelThreshold (double t)
 Set the label brightness threshold.
 
double getDaylightLabelThreshold () const
 Get the current label brightness threshold.
 
double getWorldAdaptationLuminance () const
 Return a brightness value based on objects in view (sky, sun, moon, ...)
 
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.
 
void setExtinctionCoefficient (double extCoeff)
 Set extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction).
 
double getExtinctionCoefficient () const
 Get extinction coefficient, mag/airmass (for extinction).
 
void setAtmosphereTemperature (double celsius)
 Set atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction).
 
double getAtmosphereTemperature () const
 Get atmospheric (ground) temperature in deg celsius (for refraction).
 
void setAtmospherePressure (double mbar)
 Set atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction).
 
double getAtmospherePressure () const
 Get atmospheric (ground) pressure in mbar (for refraction).
 
const ExtinctiongetExtinction () const
 Get the current valid extinction computation object.
 
const RefractiongetRefraction () const
 Get the current valid refraction computation object.
 
float getBig3dModelHaloRadius () const
 Get the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright.
 
void setBig3dModelHaloRadius (float r)
 Set the radius of the big halo texture used when a 3d model is very bright.
 

Signals

void relativeStarScaleChanged (double b)
 Emitted whenever the relative star scale changed.
 
void absoluteStarScaleChanged (double b)
 Emitted whenever the absolute star scale changed.
 
void twinkleAmountChanged (double b)
 Emitted whenever the twinkle amount changed.
 
void flagTwinkleChanged (bool b)
 Emitted whenever the twinkle flag is toggled.
 
void bortleScaleIndexChanged (int index)
 Emitted whenever the Bortle scale index changed.
 
void flagDrawBigStarHaloChanged (bool b)
 Emitted when flag to draw big halo around stars changed.
 
void flagStarSpikyChanged (bool b)
 Emitted on change of star texture.
 
void flagStarMagnitudeLimitChanged (bool b)
 Emitted whenever the star magnitude limit flag is toggled.
 
void flagNebulaMagnitudeLimitChanged (bool b)
 Emitted whenever the nebula magnitude limit flag is toggled.
 
void flagPlanetMagnitudeLimitChanged (bool b)
 Emitted whenever the planet magnitude limit flag is toggled.
 
void customStarMagLimitChanged (double limit)
 Emitted whenever the star magnitude limit changed.
 
void customNebulaMagLimitChanged (double limit)
 Emitted whenever the nebula magnitude limit changed.
 
void customPlanetMagLimitChanged (double limit)
 Emitted whenever the planet magnitude limit changed.
 
void flagLuminanceAdaptationChanged (bool b)
 Emitted whenever the luminance adaptation flag is toggled.
 
void daylightLabelThresholdChanged (double t)
 Emitted when threshold value to draw info text in black is changed.
 
void extinctionCoefficientChanged (double coeff)
 
void atmosphereTemperatureChanged (double celsius)
 
void atmospherePressureChanged (double mbar)
 

Public Member Functions

 StelSkyDrawer (StelCore *core)
 Constructor.
 
 ~StelSkyDrawer ()
 Destructor.
 
void init ()
 Init parameters from config file.
 
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.
 
bool drawPointSource (StelPainter *sPainter, const Vec3f &v, const RCMag &rcMag, int bVindex, bool checkInScreen=false, float twinkleFactor=1.0f)
 Draw a point source halo. More...
 
bool drawPointSource (StelPainter *sPainter, const Vec3f &v, const RCMag &rcMag, const Vec3f &bcolor, bool checkInScreen=false, float twinkleFactor=1.0f)
 
void drawSunCorona (StelPainter *painter, const Vec3f &v, float radius, const Vec3f &color, const float alpha, const float angle)
 Draw an image of the solar corona onto the screen at position v. More...
 
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.
 

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.
 
static const Vec3findexToColor (int bV)
 Convert quantized B-V index to RGB colors.
 

Properties

double relativeStarScale
 Sets how much brighter stars will be bigger than fainter stars.
 
double absoluteStarScale
 The absolute star brightness scale.
 
double twinkleAmount
 
bool flagStarTwinkle
 
int bortleScaleIndex
 The current Bortle Scale index.
 
bool flagDrawBigStarHalo
 
bool flagStarSpiky
 
bool flagStarMagnitudeLimit
 Controls the application of the user-defined star magnitude limit. More...
 
bool flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit
 Controls the application of the user-defined nebula magnitude limit. More...
 
bool flagPlanetMagnitudeLimit
 Controls the application of the user-defined planet magnitude limit. More...
 
double customStarMagLimit
 User-defined magnitude limit for stars. More...
 
double customNebulaMagLimit
 User-defined magnitude limit for deep-sky objects. More...
 
double customPlanetMagLimit
 User-defined magnitude limit for solar system objects. More...
 
bool flagLuminanceAdaptation
 Simulate the eye's luminance adaptation?
 
double daylightLabelThreshold
 a customizable value in cd/m^2 which is used to decide when to render the InfoText in black (when sky is brighter than this)
 
double extinctionCoefficient
 
double atmosphereTemperature
 
double atmospherePressure
 

Member Function Documentation

◆ computeRCMag()

bool StelSkyDrawer::computeRCMag ( float  mag,
RCMag  
) const
Parameters
magthe object integrated V magnitude
rcMagarray of 2 floats containing the radius and luminance
Returns
false if the object is too faint to be displayed

◆ drawPointSource()

bool StelSkyDrawer::drawPointSource ( StelPainter sPainter,
const Vec3f v,
const RCMag rcMag,
int  bVindex,
bool  checkInScreen = false,
float  twinkleFactor = 1.0f 
)
inline
Parameters
sPainterthe StelPainter to use for drawing.
vthe 3d position of the source in J2000 reference frame
rcMagthe radius and luminance of the source as computed by computeRCMag()
bVindexthe source B-V index (into the private colorTable. This is not the astronomical B-V value.)
checkInScreenwhether source in screen should be checked to avoid unnecessary drawing.
twinkleFactorallows height-dependent twinkling. Recommended value: min(1,1-0.9*sin(altitude)). Allowed values [0..1]
Returns
true if the source was actually visible and drawn

◆ drawSunCorona()

void StelSkyDrawer::drawSunCorona ( StelPainter painter,
const Vec3f v,
float  radius,
const Vec3f color,
const float  alpha,
const float  angle 
)
Parameters
radiusdepends on the actually used texture and current disk size of the sun.
alphaopacity value. Set 1 for full visibility, but usually keep close to 0 except during solar eclipses.
angleincludes parallactic angle (if alt/azimuth frame) and angle between solar polar axis and celestial equator.

◆ getBortleScaleIndex

int StelSkyDrawer::getBortleScaleIndex ( ) const
inlineslot

◆ getFlagForcedTwinkle

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagForcedTwinkle ( ) const
inlineslot
Note
option for planetariums

◆ getFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( ) const
inlineslot
Returns
true if the user-defined nebula magnitude limit is in force.

◆ getFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit ( ) const
inlineslot
Returns
true if the user-defined nebula magnitude limit is in force.

◆ getFlagStarMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::getFlagStarMagnitudeLimit ( ) const
inlineslot
Returns
true if the user-defined star magnitude limit is in force.

◆ getLimitLuminance

float StelSkyDrawer::getLimitLuminance ( ) const
inlineslot

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

◆ getLimitMagnitude

float StelSkyDrawer::getLimitMagnitude ( ) const
inlineslot
Returns
the limit V mag at which a point source will be displayed

◆ getNELMFromBortleScale

static float StelSkyDrawer::getNELMFromBortleScale ( int  idx)
staticslot
  • idx Bortle Scale Index (valid: 1..9, will be forced to valid range)

◆ luminanceToSurfacebrightness()

static float StelSkyDrawer::luminanceToSurfacebrightness ( float  lum)
static
Parameters
lumluminance in cd/m^2
Returns
surface brightness in V magnitude/arcmin^2

◆ postDrawSky3dModel()

void StelSkyDrawer::postDrawSky3dModel ( StelPainter p,
const Vec3f v,
float  illuminatedArea,
float  mag,
const Vec3f color = Vec3f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f) 
)
Parameters
pthe StelPainter instance to use for this drawing operation
vthe 3d position of the source in J2000 reference frame
illuminatedAreathe illuminated area in arcmin^2
magthe source integrated magnitude
colorthe object halo RGB color

◆ preDrawPointSource()

void StelSkyDrawer::preDrawPointSource ( StelPainter p)
Parameters
pa pointer to a valid instance of a Painter. The instance must be valid until postDrawPointSource() is called

◆ reportLuminanceInFov()

void StelSkyDrawer::reportLuminanceInFov ( float  lum,
bool  fastAdaptation = false 
)
Parameters
lumluminance in cd/m^2
fastAdaptationadapt the eye quickly if true, other wise use a smooth adaptation

◆ setBortleScaleIndex

void StelSkyDrawer::setBortleScaleIndex ( int  index)
slot

◆ setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( double  limit)
inlineslot

In force only if flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit is set.

◆ setCustomPlanetMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setCustomPlanetMagnitudeLimit ( double  limit)
inlineslot

In force only if flagPlanetMagnitudeLimit is set.

◆ setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit ( double  limit)
inlineslot

In force only if flagStarMagnitudeLimit is set.

◆ setFlagForcedTwinkle

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagForcedTwinkle ( bool  b)
inlineslot
Note
option for planetariums

◆ setFlagHasAtmosphere

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagHasAtmosphere ( bool  b)
inlineslot

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

◆ setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit ( bool  b)
inlineslot

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

◆ setFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagPlanetMagnitudeLimit ( bool  b)
inlineslot

If enabled, planets, planetary moons, asteroids (KBO, ...) and comets fainter than the magnitude set with setCustomPlanetMagnitudeLimit() will not be displayed.

◆ setFlagStarMagnitudeLimit

void StelSkyDrawer::setFlagStarMagnitudeLimit ( bool  b)
inlineslot

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

◆ surfaceBrightnessToLuminance()

static float StelSkyDrawer::surfaceBrightnessToLuminance ( float  sb)
static
Parameters
sbsurface brightness in V magnitude/arcmin^2
Returns
the luminance in cd/m^2

◆ update()

void StelSkyDrawer::update ( double  deltaTime)
Parameters
deltaTimethe time increment in second since last call.

Property Documentation

◆ customNebulaMagLimit

double StelSkyDrawer::customNebulaMagLimit
readwrite

Interpreted as a lower limit - nebulae fainter than this value will not be displayed. Used if flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit is true.

◆ customPlanetMagLimit

double StelSkyDrawer::customPlanetMagLimit
readwrite

Interpreted as a lower limit - planets fainter than this value will not be displayed. Used if flagPlanetMagnitudeLimit is true.

◆ customStarMagLimit

double StelSkyDrawer::customStarMagLimit
readwrite

Interpreted as a lower limit - stars fainter than this value will not be displayed. Used if flagStarMagnitudeLimit is true.

◆ flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::flagNebulaMagnitudeLimit
readwrite
See also
customNebulaMagnitudeLimit

◆ flagPlanetMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::flagPlanetMagnitudeLimit
readwrite
See also
customPlanetMagnitudeLimit

◆ flagStarMagnitudeLimit

bool StelSkyDrawer::flagStarMagnitudeLimit
readwrite
See also
customStarMagnitudeLimit