Menuopdrachten¶
Menu Instellingen¶
Settings→Info BoxesEen submenu met een lijst met verschillenden informatievakken.
Show Info BoxesTonen van de drie informatievakken aan/uit:
Tijdvak
Vak kijkrichting
Vak locatie
Show Time BoxTonen van het vak voor tijdinformatie. Standaard wordt dit vak in de linkerbovenhoek van het scherm geplaatst. U kunt het tijdvak met de linkermuisknop ingedrukt verslepen naar een nieuwe plek.
Show Focus BoxTonen van het vak voor de kijkrichting. Standaard wordt dit vak in de rechterbovenhoek van het scherm geplaatst. U kunt het vak voor de kijkrichting met de linkermuisknop ingedrukt verslepen naar een nieuwe plek.
Show Location BoxTonen van het vak voor de locatie-informatie. Standaard wordt dit vak in de linkerbenedenhoek van het scherm geplaatst. U kunt het tijdvak met de linkermuisknop ingedrukt verslepen naar een nieuwe plek.
Settings → Toolbars ShownEen submenu met een lijst met de verschillende werkbalken.
Main ToolbarToggle display of the Main Toolbar. By default, the Main Toolbar provides useful shortcuts for controlling the sky map view (i.e. Zoom in and Zoom out) and for controlling KStars clock as well. You can Start / Stop the clock, advance one step backward / forward in time and also you can easily set the time step used by KStars’ clock. The time step is the rate at which time flows in the simulation. For setting the time step, you can use the spin box used for establishing the time step units and the spin box used for increasing / decreasing the time step value. Using the Main Toolbar you can quickly open the
Find Object,Set TimeorSet Geographic Locationwindow. Main Toolbar can be configured using theSettings→Configure Toolbars...menu item.View ToolbarToggle display of the View Toolbar. View Toolbar controls which sky objects are drawn on KStars Sky Map (stars, deep sky objects, Solar system objects, supernovae or satellites) as well as what constellation information is included (constellation lines, constellation names, constellation art or constellation boundaries). It also provides icon shortcuts for: showing milky way (drawn with dark grey color), showing equatorial/horizontal coordinate grid and for showing the green opaque ground. Note that when the horizon is switched off, refraction effects are temporarily disabled. View Toolbar can be configured using the
Settings→Configure Toolbars...menu item.INDI ToolbarTonen van de INDI-werkbalk. Standaard bevat de INDI-werkbalk vijf sneltoetspictogrammen:
Toggle Ekos
Toggle INDI Control Panel
Toggle FITS Viewer
Toggle Sensor FOV
Toggle Lock Telescope Center
INDI Toolbar can be configured using the
Settings→Configure Toolbars...menu item.Telescope ToolbarTonen van de Telescoop-werkbalk. Standaard bevat de Telescoop-werkbalk zeven sneltoetspictogrammen:
Toggle Mount Control Panel
Toggle Telescope Tracking
Slew telescope to the focused object
Sync telescope to the focused object
Park telescope
Unpark telescope
Abort telescope motions
Telescope Toolbar can be configured using the
Settings→Configure Toolbars...menu item.Dome ToolbarTonen van de Dome-werkbalk. Standaard bevat de Dome-werkbalk twee sneltoetspictogrammen:
Park dome
Unpark dome
Dome Toolbar can be configured using the
Settings→Configure Toolbars...menu item.
Settings→StatusbarEen submenu met een lijst met verschillende statusbalken.
Show StatusbarToggle display of the Statusbar. It is located in the bottom of KStars window.
Show Az/Alt FieldAan- of uitschakelen tonen in statusbalk van horizontale coördinaten van muispositie.
Show RA/Dec FieldAan- of uitschakelen tonen in statusbalk van equatoriale coördinaten van muispositie.
Show J2000.0 RA/Dec FieldAan- of uitschakelen tonen in statusbalk van equatoriale J2000-coördinaten van muispositie.
Settings → ThemesToont de beschikbare thema-items.
Settings→Color SchemesDit submenu bevat alle reeds gedefinieerde kleurenschema’s: Klassiek, Sterrenkaart, Nachtvisie en Maanloze Nacht. Ook die van uzelf zijn mogelijk. Elk daarvan kunt u selecteren.
Settings→FOV SymbolsThis submenu lists the available field-of-view (FOV) Symbols. The FOV Symbol is drawn at the center of the display. You may choose one or more from the list of predefined symbols (7x35 Binoculars, Telrad, One Degree, HST WFPC2 or 30m at 1.3cm) by checking their specific checkbox, or you may use no symbol by unchecking all the items from the symbols list. You can also define your own symbols (or modify existing symbols) using the
Edit FOV Symbols...menu item.Settings→Artificial Horizon...If you select this submenu, then Artificial Horizon Manager will be opened. Artificial Horizon Manager is used to define on the skymap one or more regions that are blocked from view from your current location (i.e. tall trees or building). The window is split in two sections: in the left side is the Regions section while in the right side is the Points section. You can add a new region by pressing the
+(Add Region) button or you can remove a region by selecting it in the regions list and then pressing the-(Remove Region) button. In order to draw a region you need to define a list of points that encompasses the blocked area. You can add a new point by pressing the+(Add Point) button from the right Points section. You can also remove a highlighted point from the list of points or you can clear all the points. There are two ways to add a new point to a selected region: manually by entering the point’s coordinates or by selecting the point from the skymap after clickingSelect Pointsbutton. Note that each point is described by a set of horizontal coordinates: Az (Azimuth) and Alt (Altitude). If you want to modify a point’s coordinates, just double click on its Az/Alt text box value and enter the new value. First and Last points must be on the horizon. Polygons must be closed to be considered valid regions. Artificial Horizon Manager provides a easy way to rename your regions. By default, regions are named as: “Region ” plus an index (i.e. “Region 1” or “Region 2”). For renaming a region, just double click on its name and then you will be invited to complete a new region name. You can also control which regions are enabled or disabled for marking on the map by a simple click on the checkbox in front of each region. After you defined your desired regions you can apply them by pressing theApplybutton. If you want to use these regions again, in further astronomy sessions, you can save them such that next time when you will open KStars they will be automatically marked on the skymap.Settings→Manage Observer...(Ctrl + 1)Selecting this will open Manage Observers window that enables you to register a number of observers which are using KStars on this computer. You can add a new entry to observers list by completing the mandatory fields:
Name:andSurname:and then pressing the+(Add observer) button. Note thatContact:field is optional, KStars allowing you to add a new observer even thoughContact:text box is empty. You can also remove an observer from the list using-(Remove observer) button.Settings→Geographic...(Ctrl + G)Select a new geographic location.
Settings→Configure Keyboard Shortcuts...Open the Configure Shortcuts window which allows you to modify KStars shortcuts. You can use KStars default shortcuts scheme or define your own shortcuts scheme. In order to add a new custom shortcut to an action, you need to click on action’s name and then press the
Custom:checkbox. Then click on the button next toCustom:checkbox and enter the shortcut you would like to use in KStars. You can also remove a shortcut by pressing theDeletebutton after you select an action from the list. KStars helps you to find an action by providing its search method; just enter the name of the action and the list will be reduced to its best matches. For example, I will give you a brief example on how to use KStars Configure Shortcuts feature:Firstly, open the Configure Shortcuts window from the
Settingsmenu.Then select the action you would like to add a shortcut (i.e. Artificial Horizon). You can use the search method provided by KStars. Just type “art” in the search text box and the list will be reduced to only four actions. The Artificial Horizon is the first action in the list.
Now that you find your desired action, you can add a new shortcut by clicking on its name. After you click on the action name, press the
Customcheckbox. There is a button next toCustomcheckbox used for adding new shortcuts. By default, if an action has no custom shortcut, the “None” tag will be assigned to this button. Press this button and then add your custom shortcut. For example, for Artificial Horizon, you can use Ctrl + H shortcut. Hold the Ctrl key and press H. Your shortcut be automatically saved, thus you can use it next time when you open KStars.
Settings→Configure KStars...Modify configuration options.
Settings→Startup Wizard...Shows the
Setup Wizarddialog. It is the same window that you saw when you ran KStars for the very first time. KStars Setup Wizard will help you set up some basic options, such as your location on Earth. The first page of Setup Wizard is a welcome page and if you pressNextbutton, you will get theChoose Your Home Locationpage. Here you can select your exact home location or a city near your home location if your accurate location is not present in KStars cities database. Browsing the entire list is not so efficient and thus, KStars provides you a easy-to-use method for selecting your desired city in a short time. You may filter the list of cities by the name of your city, province and country. By giving more details about your location, the list’s size will reduced only to its best matches. When you highlight a city in the cities list, theLongitude:andLatitude:boxes will be updated, containing the accurate information of your selected location. When you hit theNextbutton, you will get the last page of KStars Setup Wizard: “Download Extra Data Files” page. Here you may download optional data files via the Internet, in order to enhance KStars, such as Messier object images, or a more complete NGC/IC catalog. Press theDownload Extra Data...button to proceed. After you pressed this button, theGet Hot New Stuffdialog will appear. It is KStars Add-On Installer, which will help you to manage what extra information you added to KStars. Firstly, you can choose how the add-ons list is displayed, by pressing theDetails view modeorIcons viewmode button. You may also order the list by various criteria like: newest, rating, most downloads or installed. This can be easily done by selecting an option using the radio button. You can also make searches using theSearch:text box. Regarding the list of add-ons, you may perform several actions by selecting an add-on from the list: you can install or uninstall an add-on using theInstall/Uninstallbutton, you can open the Details window using theDetailsbutton or you can rate an add-on by giving a number of gold stars, up to five stars. If you want to send an email to the author of an add-on, you are able to do that by clicking on his e-mail address. Then, your default e-mail application will guide you through the sending process. After you managed your KStars add-ons, then you can close the window by pressing theClosebutton. You can also use the Download Extra Data Files tool later, by selecting theData→Download New Data...menu item.
Additionally KStars has the common KDE Settings menu items, for more information read the sections about the Settings Menu of the KDE Fundamentals.