From ce599e4f9f94b4eb00c1b5edb85bce5431ab3df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdeedu@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/kstars/details.docbook | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/kstars/details.docbook (limited to 'doc/kstars/details.docbook') diff --git a/doc/kstars/details.docbook b/doc/kstars/details.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4defd377 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kstars/details.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ + +Object Details Window +Tools +Object Details Window +Objects in the Sky +Details + + + +The Object Details Window + + + + + + + Object Details Window + + + + + +The Object Details Window presents advanced data available about +a specific object in the sky. To access this tool, +right-click on any object, and select the +Details... item from the popup menu. + + +The window is divided into a number of Tabs. In the +General Tab, we present basic data about +the current object. This includes names and catalog designations, +object type, and magnitude +(brightness). Also shown are the object's Equatorial and Horizontal +coordinates, as well as its rise, set and transit times. + + +Objects in the Sky +Internet Links +Customizing +In the Links tab, you can manage the internet +links associated with this object. The Image and Information links +associated with the object are listed. These are the links that +appear in the popup menu when the object is +right-clicked. You can add custom +links to the object with the Add Link... +button. This will open a window in which you fill in the URL and link +text for the new link (you can also test the URL in the web browser +from this window). Keep in mind that the custom link can easily point +to a file on your local disk, so you can use this feature to index +your personal astronomical images or observing logs. + + +You can also modify or remove any link using the +Edit Link... and +Remove Link... buttons. + + +The Advanced Tab allows you to query professional +astronomical databases on the internet for information regarding the +current object. To use these databases, simply highlight the +desired database in the list, and press the View +button to see the results of your query in a web browser window. The +query is made using the primary name of the object you clicked on to +open the Details Dialog. The following databases are available for +querying: + + +High Energy Astrophysical Archive (HEASARC). Here you +can retrieve data about the current object from a number of +High-energy observatories, which covers the +Ultraviolet, X-ray and Gamma Ray portions of the electromagnetic +spectrum. +Multimission Archive at Space Telescope (MAST). +The Space Telescope Science Institute provides access to the entire +collection of images and spectra taken with the Hubble Space +Telescope, as well as several other space-based observatories. + +NASA Astrophysical Data System (ADS). This +incredible bibliographic database encompass the entire body of +literature published in international peer-review Journals about +astronomy and astrophysics. The database is divided into four +general subject areas (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics +Preprints, Instrumentation, and Physics and Geophysics). Each of these +has three sub-nodes that query the database +in different ways. Keyword search will return articles +which listed the object's name as a keyword. Title word +search will return articles which included the object name in +their Title, and the Title & Keyword search uses +both options together. + +NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). NED provides +encapsulated data and bibliographic links about +extragalactic objects. You should only use NED if your target is +extragalactic; &ie; if it is itself a galaxy. + +Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography +for Astronomical Data (SIMBAD). SIMBAD is similar to NED, except it +provides data about all kinds of objects, not just galaxies. + +SkyView provides images from All-Sky surveys that have +been performed in dozens of different parts of the spectrum, from +Gamma Rays to the Radio. The &kstars; interface will retrieve an image +from any of these surveys, centered on the selected object. + + + + +Finally, in the Log Tab, you can type in some text +that will remain associated with this object's Details window. +You could use this to attach personal observing notes, for example. + + + -- cgit v1.2.1