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<sect1 id="tool-details">
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<title>Object Details Window</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Tools</primary>
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<secondary>Object Details Window</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Objects in the Sky</primary>
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<secondary>Details</secondary></indexterm>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>
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The Object Details Window
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</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="detaildialog.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Object Details Window</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>
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The Object Details Window presents advanced data available about
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a specific object in the sky. To access this tool,
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton>-click on any object, and select the
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<guimenuitem>Details...</guimenuitem> item from the popup menu.
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</para>
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<para>
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The window is divided into a number of Tabs. In the
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<guilabel>General</guilabel> Tab, we present basic data about
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the current object. This includes names and catalog designations,
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object type, and <link linkend="ai-magnitude">magnitude</link>
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(brightness). Also shown are the object's Equatorial and Horizontal
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coordinates, as well as its rise, set and transit times.
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</para>
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<para>
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<indexterm><primary>Objects in the Sky</primary>
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<secondary>Internet Links</secondary>
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<tertiary>Customizing</tertiary></indexterm>
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In the <guilabel>Links</guilabel> tab, you can manage the internet
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links associated with this object. The Image and Information links
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associated with the object are listed. These are the links that
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appear in the popup menu when the object is
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton>-clicked. You can add custom
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links to the object with the <guibutton>Add Link...</guibutton>
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button. This will open a window in which you fill in the URL and link
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text for the new link (you can also test the URL in the web browser
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from this window). Keep in mind that the custom link can easily point
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to a file on your local disk, so you can use this feature to index
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your personal astronomical images or observing logs.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can also modify or remove any link using the
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<guibutton>Edit Link...</guibutton> and
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<guibutton>Remove Link...</guibutton> buttons.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> Tab allows you to query professional
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astronomical databases on the internet for information regarding the
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current object. To use these databases, simply highlight the
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desired database in the list, and press the <guibutton>View</guibutton>
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button to see the results of your query in a web browser window. The
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query is made using the primary name of the object you clicked on to
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open the Details Dialog. The following databases are available for
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querying:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>High Energy Astrophysical Archive (HEASARC). Here you
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can retrieve data about the current object from a number of
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<quote>High-energy</quote> observatories, which covers the
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Ultraviolet, X-ray and Gamma Ray portions of the electromagnetic
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spectrum.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Multimission Archive at Space Telescope (MAST).
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The Space Telescope Science Institute provides access to the entire
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collection of images and spectra taken with the Hubble Space
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Telescope, as well as several other space-based observatories.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>NASA Astrophysical Data System (ADS). This
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incredible bibliographic database encompass the entire body of
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literature published in international peer-review Journals about
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astronomy and astrophysics. The database is divided into four
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general subject areas (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics
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Preprints, Instrumentation, and Physics and Geophysics). Each of these
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has three sub-nodes that query the database
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in different ways. <quote>Keyword search</quote> will return articles
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which listed the object's name as a keyword. <quote>Title word
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search</quote> will return articles which included the object name in
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their Title, and the <quote>Title & Keyword search</quote> uses
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both options together.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). NED provides
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encapsulated data and bibliographic links about
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extragalactic objects. You should only use NED if your target is
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extragalactic; &ie; if it is itself a galaxy.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography
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for Astronomical Data (SIMBAD). SIMBAD is similar to NED, except it
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provides data about all kinds of objects, not just galaxies.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>SkyView provides images from All-Sky surveys that have
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been performed in dozens of different parts of the spectrum, from
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Gamma Rays to the Radio. The &kstars; interface will retrieve an image
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from any of these surveys, centered on the selected object.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Finally, in the <guilabel>Log</guilabel> Tab, you can type in some text
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that will remain associated with this object's Details window.
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You could use this to attach personal observing notes, for example.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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