Open another KStars window
Close KStars window
Open the Download Extra Data tool
Open a FITS image in the FITS Editor tool
Create image on disk from current display
Run the specified KStars script
Send the current sky map to the printer (or to a PostScript/PDF file)
Quit KStars
Center the display at the Zenith point (straight up)
Center the display above the North point on the horizon
Center the display above the East point on the horizon
Center the display above the South point on the horizon
Center the display above the West point on the horizon
Center the display on specific sky coordinates
Locate an object by name using the Find Object Window
Toggle tracking on/off. While tracking, the display will remain centered on the current position or object.
Zooms view in
Zooms view out
Restore the default Zoom setting
Zoom to specified field-of-view angle
Toggle full-screen mode
Toggle between the Horizontal and Equatorial Coordinate Systems
Opens the Telescope Wizard, which provides a step-by-step guide to help you connect to your telescope and control it with KStars.
Opens up the device manager, which allows you to start/shutdown device drivers and connect to remote INDI servers.
Opens up INDI Control Panel, which allows you to control all the features supported by a device.
Acquire images from a CCD camera or webcam device
Opens up a dialog to configure INDI-related features such as automatic device updates.
Opens the AstroCalculator Tool, which provides full access to many of the mathematical functions used by KStars.
Opens the Observing List Tool, which provide convenient access to some common functions for a list of objects chosen by you.
Opens the AAVSO Light Curve Generator Tool, which allows you to download a light curve for any variable star from the American Association of Variable Star Observers.
Opens the Altitude vs. Time Tool, which can plot curves representing the altitude of any object as a function of time. This is useful for planning observing sessions.
Opens the What's Up Tonight Tool, which presents a summary of the objects which are observable from your location on a given date.
Opens the Script Builder Tool, which provides a GUI interface for building KStars DCOP scripts.
Opens the Solar System Viewer, which displays an overhead view of the solar system on the current simulation date.
Opens the Jupiter Moons Tool, which displays the positions of Jupiter's four brightest moons as a function of time.
Toggle display of all three Info Boxes
Toggle display of the Time Info Box
Toggle display of the Focus Info Box
Toggle display of the Location Info Box
Toggle display of the Main Toolbar
Toggle display of the View Toolbar
Toggle display of the Statusbar
Toggle display of the mouse cursor's horizontal coordinates in the statusbar
Toggle display of the mouse cursor's horizontal coordinates in the statusbar
This submenu contains all of the defined color schemes, including your custom schemes. Select any item to set that color scheme.
This submenu lists the available field-of-view (FOV) Symbols. The FOV Symbol is drawn at the center of the display. You may choose from the list of predefined symbols (No symbol, 7x35 Binoculars, One degree, HST WFPC2 or 30m at 1.3cm), or you may define your own symbols (or modify existing symbols) using the item.
Select a new geographic location
Modify configuration options
Opens the Setup Wizard, which allows you to easily set your geographic location and download some extra data files.
Invokes the TDE Help system starting at the KStars help pages. (this document).
Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within KStars will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.
Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.
This will display version and author information.
This displays the TDE version and other basic information.
The
click popup menu is context-sensitive, meaning its content varies depending on what kind of object you click on. We list all possible popup menu items here, with the relevant object type [in brackets].Identification and type: The top one to three lines are devoted to the name(s) of the object, and its type. For stars, the Spectral Type is also shown here.
Rise, Transit, and Set times for the object on the current simulation date are shown on the next three lines.
: Center the display on this location, and engage tracking. Equivalent to double-clicking.
: In this mode, a dotted line is drawn from the first target object to the current mouse position. When you invoke the popup menu of a second object, this item will read Compute Angular Distance. Selecting this item will display the angular distance between the two objects in the statusbar. You can press the Esc key to exit angular distance mode without measuring an angle.
: Open the Object Details window for this object.
: Attach a permanent name label to the object. If the object already has a label attached, this item will read Remove Label.
: download an image of the object from the internet, and display it in the Image Viewer tool. The "..." text is replaced by a short description of the image's source. An object may have multiple image links available in its popup menu.
: Display a webpage about the object in your default web browser. The "..." text is replaced by a short description of the page. An object may have multiple web links available in its popup menu.
: This allows you to add your own
custom links to the popup menu of any object. It opens a small window
in which you enter the URL of the link, and the text you want to
appear in the popup menu. There is also a pair of radio buttons which
allow you to specify whether the URL is an image or an
HTML document, so KStars knows whether to launch
the web browser or the image viewer. You can use this to add links to
files on your local disk, so this feature could be used to attach
observing logs or other custom information to objects in KStars.
Your custom links are automatically loaded whenever KStars starts up,
and they are stored in the folder ~/.trinity/share/apps/kstars/
, in files
myimage_url.dat
and
myinfo_url.dat
. If you build an extensive list
of custom links, consider submitting them to us, we would like to
include them in the next version of KStars!
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