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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-ecliptic.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-ecliptic.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..28487e4dfb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-ecliptic.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +<sect2 id="calc-ecliptic"> +<title +>Ecliptic Coordinates module</title> +<indexterm +><primary +>Tools</primary> +<secondary +>Astrocalculator</secondary> +<tertiary +>Ecliptic Coordinates module</tertiary> +</indexterm> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>The Ecliptic Coordinates calculator module </screeninfo> +<mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="calc-ecliptic.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase +>Ecliptic Coordinates</phrase> + </textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para +>This module converts between <link linkend="equatorial" +>Equatorial coordinates</link +> and <link linkend="ecliptic" +>Ecliptic coordinates</link +>. First, select which coordinates should be taken as input values in the <guilabel +>Choose Input Coordinates</guilabel +> section. Then, fill in the corresponding coordinate values in either the <guilabel +>Ecliptic coordinates</guilabel +> or <guilabel +>Equatorial coordinates</guilabel +> section. Finally, press the <guibutton +>Compute</guibutton +> button, and the complementary coordinates will be filled in. </para> +<para +>The module contains a batch mode for converting several coordinate pairs at once. You must construct an input file in which each line contains two values: the input coordinate pairs (either Equatorial or Ecliptic). Then specify which coordinates you are using as input, and identify the input and output filenames. Finally, press the <guibutton +>Run</guibutton +> button to generate the output file, which will contain the converted coordinates (Equatorial or Ecliptic; the complement of what you chose as the input values). </para> +</sect2> |