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author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-12-03 11:05:10 -0600 |
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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-angdist.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-angdist.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..15de62623e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-angdist.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<sect2 id="calc-angdist"> +<title +>Angular Distance module</title> +<indexterm +><primary +>Tools</primary> +<secondary +>Astrocalculator</secondary> +<tertiary +>Angular Distance module</tertiary> +</indexterm> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>The Angular Distance calculator module </screeninfo> +<mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="calc-angdist.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase +>Angular Distance</phrase> + </textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para +>The Angular Distance tool is used to measure the angle between any two points on the sky. You simply specify the <link linkend="equatorial" +>Equatorial coordinates</link +> of the desired pair of points, and then press the <guibutton +>Compute</guibutton +> button to obtain the angle between the two points. </para> +<para +>There is also a Batch mode for this module. In batch mode, you specify an input filename which contains four numbers per line: the RA and Dec values for pairs of points. Alternatively, you can specify a single value for any of these four coordinates in the calculator panel (the corresponding values in the input file should be skipped if they are specified in the calculator). </para> +<para +>Once you have specified the input filename and an output filename, simply press the <guibutton +>Run</guibutton +> button to generate the output file. </para> +</sect2> |