An abstract base class that should never be used directly, only inherited. More...

#include <TelescopeClient.hpp>

Public Member Functions
QString	getEnglishName (void) const override
	Return object's name in english.

QString	getNameI18n (void) const override
	Return translated object's name.

QString	getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const override
	TelescopeClient supports the following InfoStringGroup flags: More...

QString	getType (void) const override
	Return object's type. It should be the name of the class.

QString	getObjectType (void) const override
	Return object's type. More...

QString	getObjectTypeI18n (void) const override
	Return object's type. It should be translated lowercase name of the type of the object.

QString	getID () const override
	Returns a unique identifier for this object. More...

virtual void	telescopeGoto (const Vec3d &j2000Pos, StelObjectP selectObject)=0

virtual void	telescopeSync (const Vec3d &j2000Pos, StelObjectP selectObject)
	Some telescopes can synchronize the telescope with the given position or object. More...

virtual bool	isTelescopeSyncSupported () const
	report whether this client can respond to sync commands. More...

virtual void	telescopeAbortSlew ()
	Send command to abort slew. More...

virtual bool	isAbortSlewSupported () const
	report whether this client can abort a running slew. More...

virtual void	move (double angle, double speed)
	move More...

virtual bool	isConnected (void) const =0

virtual bool	hasKnownPosition (void) const =0

void	addOcular (double fov)
	Store field of view for an ocular circle (unrelated to Oculars plugin)

const QList< double > &	getOculars (void) const
	Retrieve list of fields of view for this telescope.

virtual bool	prepareCommunication ()

virtual void	performCommunication ()

virtual QWidget *	createControlWidget (QSharedPointer< TelescopeClient > telescope, QWidget *parent=nullptr) const
	Some telescope types may override this method to display additional user interface elements.

Public Member Functions inherited from StelObject
SphericalRegionP	getRegion () const override
	Default implementation of the getRegion method. More...

Vec3d	getPointInRegion () const override
	Default implementation of the getPointInRegion method. More...

virtual QVariantMap	getInfoMap (const StelCore *core) const
	Return a key/value map with data about an object's position, magnitude and so on. More...

virtual Vec3d	getJ2000EquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const =0
	Get observer-centered equatorial coordinates at equinox J2000, including aberration.

Vec3d	getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered equatorial coordinate at the current equinox The frame has its Z axis at the planet's current rotation axis At time 2000-01-01 this frame is almost the same as J2000, but ONLY if the observer is on earth.

Vec3d	getEquinoxEquatorialPosApparent (const StelCore *core) const
	Like getEquinoxEquatorialPos(core), but always adds refraction correction to the position.

Vec3d	getEquinoxEquatorialPosAuto (const StelCore *core) const
	Like getEquinoxEquatorialPos(core), but adds refraction correction to the position if atmosphere is active.

Vec3d	getGalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered galactic coordinates.

Vec3d	getSupergalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered supergalactic coordinates.

Vec3d	getSiderealPosGeometric (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered hour angle + declination (at current equinox) It is the geometric position, i.e. More...

Vec3d	getSiderealPosApparent (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered hour angle + declination (at current equinox) It is the apparent position, i.e. More...

Vec3d	getAltAzPosGeometric (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered alt/az position It is the geometric position, i.e. More...

Vec3d	getAltAzPosApparent (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered alt/az position It is the apparent position, i.e. More...

Vec3d	getAltAzPosAuto (const StelCore *core) const
	Get observer-centered alt/az position It is the automatic position, i.e. More...

float	getParallacticAngle (const StelCore *core) const
	Get parallactic angle, which is the deviation between zenith angle and north angle. [radians].

bool	isAboveHorizon (const StelCore *core) const
	Checking position an object above mathematical horizon for current location. More...

bool	isAboveRealHorizon (const StelCore *core) const
	Checking position an object above real horizon for current location. More...

virtual Vec4d	getRTSTime (const StelCore *core, const double altitude=0.) const
	Compute time of rise, transit and set for celestial object for current location. More...

virtual float	getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core) const
	Return object's apparent V magnitude as seen from observer, without including extinction.

float	getVMagnitudeWithExtinction (const StelCore *core, const float knownVMag=-1000.f) const
	Return object's apparent V magnitude as seen from observer including extinction. More...

virtual Vec3f	getInfoColor () const
	Get a color used to display info about the object.

virtual double	getCloseViewFov (const StelCore *) const
	Return the best FOV in degree to use for a close view of the object.

virtual double	getSatellitesFov (const StelCore *) const
	Return the best FOV in degree to use for a global view of the object satellite system (if there are satellites)

virtual double	getParentSatellitesFov (const StelCore *) const

virtual double	getAngularRadius (const StelCore *core) const
	Return the angular radius of a circle containing the object as seen from the observer with the circle center assumed to be at getJ2000EquatorialPos(). More...

virtual float	getAirmass (const StelCore *core) const
	Return airmass value for the object (for atmosphere-dependent calculations) More...

Static Public Member Functions
static TelescopeClient *	create (const QString &url)
	example url: My_first_telescope:TCP:J2000:localhost:10000:500000 split to: name = My_first_telescope type = TCP equinox = J2000 params = localhost:10000:500000 More...

Static Public Attributes
static const QString	TELESCOPECLIENT_TYPE

Static Public Attributes inherited from StelObject
static constexpr InfoStringGroup	AllInfo
	A pre-defined "all available" set of specifiers for the getInfoString flags argument to getInfoString. More...

static constexpr InfoStringGroup	DefaultInfo
	A pre-defined "default" set of specifiers for the getInfoString flags argument to getInfoString It appears useful to propose this set as post-install settings and let users configure more on demand. More...

static constexpr InfoStringGroup	ShortInfo = static_cast<InfoStringGroup>(Name\|CatalogNumber\|Magnitude\|RaDecJ2000)
	A pre-defined "shortest useful" set of specifiers for the getInfoString flags argument to getInfoString.

Protected Member Functions
	TelescopeClient (const QString &name)

virtual QString	getTelescopeInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const

Protected Member Functions inherited from StelObject
QString	getCommonInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const
	Format the positional info string containing J2000/of date/altaz/hour angle positions and constellation, sidereal time, etc. More...

virtual QString	getMagnitudeInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags, const int decimals=1) const
	Format the magnitude info string for the object. More...

QString	getSolarLunarInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const
	Add a section to the InfoString with just horizontal data for the Sun and Moon, when observed from Earth. More...

void	postProcessInfoString (QString &str, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const
	Apply post processing on the info string. More...

Static Protected Member Functions
static qint64	getNow (void)
	returns the current system time in microseconds since the Epoch

Protected Attributes
QString	nameI18n

const QString	name

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from StelObject
enum	InfoStringGroupFlags { None = 0x00000000 , Name = 0x00000001 , CatalogNumber = 0x00000002 , Magnitude = 0x00000004 , RaDecJ2000 = 0x00000008 , RaDecOfDate = 0x00000010 , AltAzi = 0x00000020 , Distance = 0x00000040 , Elongation = 0x00000080 , Size = 0x00000100 , Velocity = 0x00000200 , ProperMotion = 0x00000400 , Extra = 0x00000800 , HourAngle = 0x00001000 , AbsoluteMagnitude = 0x00002000 , GalacticCoord = 0x00004000 , SupergalacticCoord = 0x00008000 , OtherCoord = 0x00010000 , ObjectType = 0x00020000 , EclipticCoordJ2000 = 0x00040000 , EclipticCoordOfDate = 0x00080000 , IAUConstellation = 0x00100000 , SiderealTime = 0x00200000 , RTSTime = 0x00400000 , SolarLunarPosition = 0x00800000 , Script = 0x01000000 , DebugAid = 0x02000000 , NoFont = 0x04000000 , PlainText = 0x08000000 }
	Used as named bitfield flags as specifiers to filter results of getInfoString. More...

Public Slots inherited from StelObject
virtual void	setExtraInfoString (const InfoStringGroup &flags, const QString &str)
	Allow additions to the Info String. More...

virtual void	addToExtraInfoString (const StelObject::InfoStringGroup &flags, const QString &str)
	Add str to the extra string. More...

QStringList	getExtraInfoStrings (const InfoStringGroup &flags) const
	Retrieve an (unsorted) QStringList of all extra info strings that match flags. More...

void	removeExtraInfoStrings (const InfoStringGroup &flags)
	Remove the extraInfoStrings with the given flags. More...

Detailed Description

An abstract base class that should never be used directly, only inherited.

This class used to be called Telescope, but it has been renamed to TelescopeClient in order to resolve a compiler/linker conflict with the identically named Telescope class in Stellarium's main code.

Member Function Documentation

◆ create()

static TelescopeClient* TelescopeClient::create ( const QString & url )

static

example url: My_first_telescope:TCP:J2000:localhost:10000:500000 split to: name = My_first_telescope type = TCP equinox = J2000 params = localhost:10000:500000

The params part is optional. We use QRegularExpression to validate the url and extract the components.

◆ getID()

QString TelescopeClient::getID ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Returns a unique identifier for this object.

The ID should be unique for all objects of the same type, but may freely conflict with IDs of other types, so getType() must also be tested.

With this it should be possible to at least identify the same object in a different instance of Stellarium running the same version, but it would even be better if the ID provides some degree of forward-compatibility. For some object types (e.g. planets) this may simply return getEnglishName(), but better candidates may be official designations or at least (stable) internal IDs.

An object may have multiple IDs (different catalog numbers, etc). StelObjectMgr::searchByID() should search through all ID variants, but this method only returns one of them.

Implements StelObject.

◆ getInfoString()

QString TelescopeClient::getInfoString	(	const StelCore *	core,
		const InfoStringGroup &	flags
	)		const

overridevirtual

TelescopeClient supports the following InfoStringGroup flags:

Name
RaDecJ2000
RaDec
PlainText
Parameters

core the StelCore object

flags a set of InfoStringGroup items to include in the return value.

Returns
a QString containing an HMTL encoded description of the Telescope.

Implements StelObject.

◆ getObjectType()

QString TelescopeClient::getObjectType ( void ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Return object's type.

It should be English lowercase name of the astronomical type of the object. The purpose of this string is a distinction or further refinement over object class name retrieved with getType(): Planet objects can be planets, moons, or even the Sun. The Sun should however return "star". Nebula objects should return their actual type like "open cluster", "galaxy", "nebula", ...

Implements StelObject.

◆ isAbortSlewSupported()

virtual bool TelescopeClient::isAbortSlewSupported ( ) const

inlinevirtual

report whether this client can abort a running slew.

Can be used for GUI tweaks

Reimplemented in TelescopeClientDummy, and TelescopeClientASCOM.

◆ isTelescopeSyncSupported()

virtual bool TelescopeClient::isTelescopeSyncSupported ( ) const

inlinevirtual

report whether this client can respond to sync commands.

Can be used for GUI tweaks

Reimplemented in TelescopeClientINDI, and TelescopeClientASCOM.

◆ move()

virtual void TelescopeClient::move	(	double	angle,
		double	speed
	)

virtual

move

Parameters

angle	[0,360). 0=South, 90=West, 180=North, 270=East
speed	[0,1] The default implementation does nothing but emit a warning.

Reimplemented in TelescopeClientINDI.

◆ telescopeAbortSlew()

virtual void TelescopeClient::telescopeAbortSlew ( )

virtual

Send command to abort slew.

Not all telescopes support this, base implementation only gives a warning. After abort, the current position should be retrieved and displayed.

Reimplemented in TelescopeClientDummy, and TelescopeClientASCOM.

◆ telescopeSync()

virtual void TelescopeClient::telescopeSync	(	const Vec3d &	j2000Pos,
		StelObjectP	selectObject
	)

inlinevirtual

Some telescopes can synchronize the telescope with the given position or object.

The base client does nothing. Derived classes may override this command

Reimplemented in TelescopeClientINDI, and TelescopeClientASCOM.

core	the StelCore object
flags	a set of InfoStringGroup items to include in the return value.

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Protected Member Functions

Static Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ create()

◆ getID()

◆ getInfoString()

◆ getObjectType()

◆ isAbortSlewSupported()

◆ isTelescopeSyncSupported()

◆ move()

◆ telescopeAbortSlew()

◆ telescopeSync()