Thanks John for your answer. I opened DefaultConstLn.cln file with text editor and understand that each row represents the line to display between two stars RA DEC coordinates. but i can't see a way to input an offset value
CS Herald 2010/4/21 John Sunderland <[email protected]> > > > heraldtahiti wrote: > > Hello, thanks for this great freeware! > > i'd like the constellation lines not to touch the stars as displayed on > Wikipedia charts: i find it would greatly improve the visibility.. > > > > > The constellation lines are in the file <ciel > base>\data\constellation\*.cln. (in windows - I haven't checked under > linux) You could modify one of these files to shorten the lines, but the > offset would not vary as you zoomed in or out. > > > i.e display exactly this way: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Sagittarius_constellation_map-fr.png > > > > also adding diffraction spike to star brighter than +1 mag should help. > > any idea how to do this ? > > > If you use the "photographic" stars, the bitmaps are in <ciel > base>\starshape. You could modify these. Actually, some of them > already have diffraction disks, but I am not sure how (or if) you can > select which shapes you use. Perhaps someone else knows ? > (If diffraction spikes were put on stars by default, all the refractor > users would be up in arms !) > > Hope this gives you some ideas, > > cheers, > John Sunderland > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
