It is not yet in the nightly releases, though should be in the next day or two. In all cases, I edited the end result in Photoshop, erasing the sky and saving as an 8-bit PNG.As of now, this code is part of the KStars source code, and downloadable/git-cloneable from /education/kstars. The other images tested were the NASA/JPL panoramas. One made with the Google Camera app on a Pixel 3 phone, and one made with the Google StreetView App using an iPhone (you can also use the StreetView app to make 360-degree "photospheres" on Samsung phones that don't include the Google Camera app). (KStars doesn't use GPU support for its graphics-a great coding project for someone?).įWIW, I've tested with 2 captured photospheres, both full spheres. I'd encourage you to make your own panorama and see the view from your telescope's perspective.I've tested on a laptop and on a Raspberry Pi 4, and both are quick enough to display the panoramas, though while panning, you'll notice a lack of smoothness on the RPi. Perseverance Mars Panorama: /file/d/1-OR0F5SpXIeTx_5.1uw/view?usp=sharing I edited the original NASA images to be compatible with KStars terrains.Ĭuriosity Mars Panorama: /file/d/1lSmKp6Jfv4FqW-v._LJ/view?usp=sharing If you want to test, but don't have or can't make a photosphere, you can download one of these panoramas taken by NASA robots on Mars. The other settings are "speed-up" settings, where the defaults are probably fine to start.There's also a keyboard shortcut (control-shift-T) and a Menu->View item for toggling the terrain overlay on and off. If you don't adjust the azimuth, the terrain image likely won't be aligned with the sky, and the simulation won't be right. (3) the azimuth correction value (in degrees), which allows you to rotate the view so north in the SkyMap is aligned with north in the image. (2) Terrain File, to point KStars at your panorama, and This video is one example that I found on YouTube, shows how it should be done. This can be done, for example, with a combination of the google photo app on an android phone, and Photoshop (or another photo editing app which allows you to make pixels transparent and save as a PNG). Bottom line, make a PNG, with transparent (erased) sky, (where the projection is "Equirectangular", which is done for you in the photo apps), where the image is a full sphere panorama. The details of image creation are the same-an image that works for Stellarium will likely work for KStars. There are resources on the web that explain how this is done for Stellarium, which has a similar feature. If you don't create any transparent regions, the sky/stars won't show through. This image should have transparent regions that you need to create to let the SkyMap show through, and opaque regions representing the trees, buildings, landscape around the telescope that block the KStars SkyView. You are responsible for creating your own partially-transparent image that is overlaid onto the SkyMap. That way you can plan your imaging, and approximate when the obstructions are cleared. Of course, if you pan/zoom with the SkyMap, you would see different views of Mars and my backyard.Īlthough Mars is certainly much more interesting than my backyard, the idea, of course, is for you to use neither, but instead capture, process, and install your own panoramas from your own telescope locations so that the SkyMap simulates the view from your own telescope, with all the trees, buildings, etc that obstruct your sky view.
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