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** KStars 1.0: A Desktop Planetarium for KDE **
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Copyright (c) 2001,2002,2003 by The KStars Team:
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Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
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Heiko Evermann <heiko@evermann.de>
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Thomas Kabelmann <tk78@gmx.de>
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Pablo de Vicente <pvicentea@wanadoo.es>
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Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja@ku.edu>
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Mark Hollomon <mhh@mindspring.com>
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Carsten Niehaus <cniehaus@gmx.de>
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KStars is Free Software, released under the GNU Public License.
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See COPYING for GPL license information.
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1. Important URLs and files.
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The KStars homepage is: http://edu.kde.org/kstars/
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You can obtain the latest version at:
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22914
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There are instructions for obtaining the latest CVS build at:
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http://edu.kde.org/kstars/cvs.html
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Installation instructions are in the file INSTALL.
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This is the file README.
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2. KStars documentation
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The KStars handbook can be found in your $(KDEDIR)/share/doc/tde/HTML/<lang>/kstars/
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directory. You can also easily access it from the Help menu, or by pressing
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the [F1] key, or by visiting http://edu.kde.org/kstars/handbook/
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In addition, there are the following README files:
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README: This file; general information
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README.planetmath: Explanation of algorithms used to compute planet positions
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README.customize: Advanced customization options
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README.images: Copyright information for images used in KStars.
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README.i18n: Instructions for translators
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3. Credits
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A. The KStars Team
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Main contributors:
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Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
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Heiko Evermann <heiko@evermann.de>
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Thomas Kabelmann <tk78@gmx.de>
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Pablo de Vicente <pvicentea@wanadoo.es>
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Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja@ku.edu>
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Mark Hollomon <mhh@mindspring.com>
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Carsten Niehaus <cniehaus@kde.org>
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B. Data Sources:
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Most of the catalog data came from the Astronomical Data Center, run by
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NASA. The website is:
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http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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KStars links to the excellent image collections and HTML pages put together
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by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, at:
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http://www.seds.org
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KStars links to the online Digitized Sky Survey images, which you can
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query at:
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http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form
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KStars links to images from the HST Heritage project, and from HST
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press releases:
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http://heritage.stsci.edu
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http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr.html
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KStars links to images from the Advanced Observer Program at
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Kitt Peak National Observatory. If you are interested in astrophotography,
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you might consider checking out their program:
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http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/
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Credits for each image used in the program are listed in README.images
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C. Acknowledgements
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KStars is a labor of love. It started as a personal hobby of mine, but
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very soon after I first posted the code on Sourceforge, it started to
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attract other developers. I am just completely impressed and gratified
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by my co-developers. I couldn't ask for a more talented, friendly crew.
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It goes without saying that KStars would be nowhere near what it is today
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without their efforts. Together, we've made something we can all be
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proud of.
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We used (primarily) two books as a guide in writing the algorithms used
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in KStars:
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+ "Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator" by Peter Duffett-Smith
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+ "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus
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Thanks to the developers of Qt and KDE whose peerless API made KStars
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possible. Thanks also to the tireless efforts of the KDE translation
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teams, who bring KStars to a global audience.
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Thanks to everyone at the KDevelop message boards and on irc.kde.org,
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for answering my frequent questions.
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Thanks also to the many users who have submitted bug reports or other
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feedback.
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You're still reading this? :)
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Well, that's about it. I hope you enjoy KStars!
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Jason Harris
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kstars@30doradus.org
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KStars Development Mailing list
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kstars-devel@kde.org
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