kstars - suggesting a more verbose description
Hello,
https://wiki.debian.org/KdeDebTasks says that it is ok to write to this
list when
one thinks to have a better description. Below my shot at kstars'.
kstars will no longer ship with the new 17.12 KDE applications
(https://community.kde.org/Applications/17.12_Release_Notes#Tarballs_that_we_do_not_ship_anymore)
Does this affect kstars' Debian packaging? Please ping me if you need
extra hands on it.
Cheers,
Steffen <moeller>
Description-en: desktop planetarium, observation planning and telescope
control
KStars is a scientifically accurate desktop planetarium, visualising a
graphical
simulation of the night sky from any location on Earth, at any date
and time.
The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8
planets,
the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids. KStars is
available
cross-platform also for MacOS X, Windows and Android, addressing students
and amateur astronomers of all levels.
.
The database of known objects can be extended and updated from local or
remote databases, which is prepared for in a user-extendable interface.
KStars suggests observations of particular interest like conjunctions
with respect to the location of the user. And for user-selected targets it
proposes the ones that are best-observable.
.
The software may be used for planning experiments around the globe,
e.g. for remote controlled commercial services. But KStars also
features an INDI interface to control local telescopes and cameras.
For further automation, users with programming experience can script
it via the KDE desktop bus.
.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
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