Bug 306723

Summary:	Under Tools / What's Up Tonight, transit times are all the same.
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	Michael J. Flory <mjflory>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Akarsh Simha <akarsh.simha>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	mutlaqja, wmagudelo
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Transit_times.png

Description Michael J. Flory 2012-09-13 08:35:22 UTC

"What's Up Tonight" reports the same transit time for all planets (01:30 today, 2012-09-13 04:15; going forward a day to 09-14 changes it to 01:26, etc.). "Object Details" in this dialog reports a different transit time (01:21 today) but it too is the same for all planets. Moreover, the setting time reported in "Object Details" does not agree with the time given in the mail "What's Up Tonight" dialog.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Launch KStars.
2.Choose "Tools / What's Up Tonight" from menus. (I chose "Any Time Tonight.")
3.Select "Any Time Tonight" and examine "Planets." Optionally, select "Object Details." 
Actual Results:  
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune appear in "Matching objects." The "Rises at:" and "Sets at" times are different for each planet and appear plausible, but "Transits at:" is always 01:30. For each planet, the transit time given under "Object Details / Position" is 01:21. The particular time changed but was still the same for all planets I checked after I moved a day or two ahead with "Change Date." (It seems to become about 4 min earlier per day.)

Expected Results:  
The transit times should differ for planets rising and setting at different times (and should be accurate). The times given in the main dialog and under "Object Details" should agree.

Thank you very much for your work on KStars! It's been a constant companion as I've rediscovered astronomy.

Comment 1 William Agudelo 2012-10-20 13:56:54 UTC

Created attachment 74675 [details]
Transit_times.png

There is the same problem in the Sky Calendar graphic. Transit times curves are the same for all planets.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce: 
1.Launch KStars. 
2.Choose "Tools / Sky Calendar..." from menus
3.Toggle one Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The transit time curve will be the same.

Thank you

William

Comment 2 Michael J. Flory 2012-10-20 14:31:28 UTC

Yes, it does look pretty crowded at that point in the chart! (I'm at 
version 2.0.0)

Best,

Michael


On 10/20/2012 09:56 AM, William Agudelo wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306723
>
> William Agudelo <wmagudelo@gmail.com> changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                   CC|                            |wmagudelo@gmail.com
>
> --- Comment #1 from William Agudelo <wmagudelo@gmail.com> ---
> There is the same problem in the Sky Calendar graphic. Transit times curves are
> the same for all planets.
>
> Reproducible: Always
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Launch KStars.
> 2.Choose "Tools / Sky Calendar..." from menus
> 3.Toggle one Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The transit
> time curve will be the same.
>
> Thank you
>
> William
>

Comment 3 Jasem Mutlaq 2015-01-27 15:37:52 UTC

This all works fine on the GIT version (2.3.0), please test again and let me know if you still face the same issue.

Comment 4 Michael J. Flory 2015-01-27 15:57:33 UTC

Thank you, Jasem. I've just looked at the version I have, 2.20, and the 
"What's Up Tonight" transit times are now different for each planet, so 
it looks like that was fixed by then.

I'll see if I can figure out how to install a GIT version. (That's 
something I should learn how to do anyway.)

Best,

Michael

On 01/27/2015 10:37 AM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306723
>
> --- Comment #3 from Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja@ikarustech.com> ---
> This all works fine on the GIT version (2.3.0), please test again and let me
> know if you still face the same issue.
>