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diff --git a/doc/kstars/wut.docbook b/doc/kstars/wut.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..90c03c60 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kstars/wut.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +<sect1 id="tool-whatsup"> +<title>What's Up Tonight? Tool</title> +<indexterm><primary>Tools</primary> +<secondary>What's Up Tonight? Tool</secondary> +</indexterm> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo> +The What's Up Tonight Tool +</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="wut.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>What's Up Tonight?</phrase> + </textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +The <quote>What's Up Tonight?</quote> (WUT) tool displays a list of +objects that will be visible at night from any location, on any date. +By default, the Date and Location are taken from the current settings +in the main window, but you can change either value using the +<guibutton>Change Date</guibutton> and <guibutton>Change +Location</guibutton> buttons at the top of the WUT window. +</para> +<para> +The WUT tool also displays a short almanac of data for the selected +date: the rise and set times for the Sun and moon, the duration of +the night, and the Moon's illumination fraction. +</para> +<para> +Below the almanac is where the object information is displayed. The +objects are organized into type categories. Select an object type +in the box labeled <guilabel>Choose a Category</guilabel>, and all +objects of that type which are above the horizon on the selected +night will be displayed in the box labeled <guilabel>Matching +Objects</guilabel>. For example, in the screenshot, the +<guilabel>Planets</guilabel> category has been selected, and four +planets which are up on the selected night are displayed (Mars, +Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus). When an object in the list is selected, +its rise, set and transit times are displayed in the lower-right +panel. In addition, you can press the <guibutton>Object +Details...</guibutton> button to open the <link +linkend="tool-details">Object Details window</link> for that +object. +</para> +<para> +By default, the WUT will display objects which are above the horizon +between sunset and midnight (i.e., <quote>in the evening</quote>). +You can choose to show objects which are up between midnight and dawn +(<quote>in the morning</quote>), or between dusk and dawn (<quote>any +time tonight</quote>) using the combobox near the top of the window. +</para> +</sect1> + |