<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kstars;"><!-- replace kapp here --> <!ENTITY kstars "<application>KStars</application>"> <!ENTITY quicktour SYSTEM "quicktour.docbook"> <!ENTITY config SYSTEM "config.docbook"> <!ENTITY commands SYSTEM "commands.docbook"> <!ENTITY faq SYSTEM "faq.docbook"> <!ENTITY astroinfo SYSTEM "astroinfo.docbook"> <!ENTITY credits SYSTEM "credits.docbook"> <!ENTITY install SYSTEM "install.docbook"> <!ENTITY contents SYSTEM "ai-contents.docbook"> <!ENTITY skycoords SYSTEM "skycoords.docbook"> <!ENTITY cpoles SYSTEM "cpoles.docbook"> <!ENTITY csphere SYSTEM "csphere.docbook"> <!ENTITY ecliptic SYSTEM "ecliptic.docbook"> <!ENTITY equinox SYSTEM "equinox.docbook"> <!ENTITY geocoords SYSTEM "geocoords.docbook"> <!ENTITY greatcircle SYSTEM "greatcircle.docbook"> <!ENTITY horizon SYSTEM "horizon.docbook"> <!ENTITY hourangle SYSTEM "hourangle.docbook"> <!ENTITY julianday SYSTEM "julianday.docbook"> <!ENTITY leapyear SYSTEM "leapyear.docbook"> <!ENTITY meridian SYSTEM "meridian.docbook"> <!ENTITY precession SYSTEM "precession.docbook"> <!ENTITY retrograde SYSTEM "retrograde.docbook"> <!ENTITY sidereal SYSTEM "sidereal.docbook"> <!ENTITY timezones SYSTEM "timezones.docbook"> <!ENTITY utime SYSTEM "utime.docbook"> <!ENTITY zenith SYSTEM "zenith.docbook"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The KStars Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Harris</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>kstars@30doradus.org</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Heiko</firstname> <surname>Evermann</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>heiko@evermann.de</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Core Developer</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Thomas</firstname> <surname>Kabelmann</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>tk78@gmx.de</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Core Developer, German Translation</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="translator"> <firstname>Vincent</firstname> <surname>Jagot</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>vincent.jagot@free.fr</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>French Translation</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="translator"> <firstname>Davide</firstname> <surname>Rizzo</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>rizzo@merate.mi.astro.it</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Italian Translation</contrib> </othercredit> </authorgroup> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> <copyright> <year>2001</year> <holder>Jason Harris</holder> </copyright> <!-- Translators: put here the copyright notice of the translation --> <!-- Put here the FDL notice. Read the explanation in fdl-notice.docbook and in the FDL itself on how to use it. --> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>11/20/2001</date> <releaseinfo>0.80.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para> &kstars; is a graphical desktop planetarium. It plots the positions of stars, constellations, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies and planets in the night sky for any date, from any location on Earth. The display can be panned and zoomed, and it can even identify and track objects as they move across the sky. &kstars; is highly configurable, you can control what objects are displayed, and with what colors. Images of any part of the sky can be downloaded from online databases. Our plan is to make &kstars; an interactive tool for learning about astronomy and the night sky. </para> </abstract> <!-- This is a set of Keywords for indexing by search engines. Please at least include KDE, the KDE package it is in, the name of your application, and a few relevant keywords. --> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>kdeedu</keyword> <keyword>Astronomy</keyword> <keyword>KStars</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para> &kstars; lets you explore the night sky from the comfort of your computer chair. It provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky for any date, from any location on Earth. The display includes 40,000 stars to 8th magnitude (well below the naked-eye limit), 10,000 deep-sky objects (Messier, NGC and IC catalogs), all planets, the Sun and Moon, the Milky Way, and guide lines such as the celestial equator, horizon and ecliptic. </para> <para> Please report bugs or feature requests to the &kstars; development mailing list: <email>kstars-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</email>. You can also use the automated bug reporting tool, accessible from the Help menu. </para> </chapter> &quicktour; <!--A Quick Tour of KStars--> &config; <!--Configuring KStars--> &commands; <!--Command Reference--> &astroinfo; <!--AstroInfo Articles--> &faq; <!--Questions and Answers--> &credits; <!--Credits and License--> &install; <!--Installation--> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: -->