Bug 169182

Summary:	Show the earth shadow on the ecliptic plane
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	vsayikiran <vsayikiran.deb>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	akarsh.simha, mboquien
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description vsayikiran 2008-08-15 15:34:51 UTC

Version:           1.2.5 (using KDE 3.5.9KDE 1.2)
Installed from:    Debian stable PackagesDebian stable Packages
OS:                Linux

I have used some free planetarium packages. These packages represent the earth's shadow/umbra and penumbra region of earth shadow which falls on the ecliptic plane in form a dark patch. I hope this is only a simple implementation. With this new feature one can zoom in the sky map and observe the moon pass through the umbra region during lunar eclipse

Comment 1 kstars 2008-08-18 20:04:06 UTC

This is really good idea, and should be pretty easy to implement.

Thanks for the report...