Bug 266936 - Objects with small angular size are effectively invisible
Summary: Objects with small angular size are effectively invisible
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kstars
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Unlisted Binaries Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Akarsh Simha
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Reported: 2011-02-23 01:28 UTC by Alexey Khudiakov
Modified: 2017-08-09 20:21 UTC (History)
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Description Alexey Khudiakov 2011-02-23 01:28:53 UTC 
Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

Objects on the sky map are drawn with their real angular sizes. For small objects it means that they are effectively invisible at low zoom because they are smaller than a pixel even if those objects are quite bright. Solution is draw object as pictogram if it's smaller than say 10 pixels. 

This solution brings another problem. Map will become to crowded with galaxies and probably asteroids. So some reasonable magnitude cutoff should be implemented.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 Csaba Kertész 2017-08-09 20:21:10 UTC 
I think the current zoom in/out behavior is fine, it works the same way like Stellarium.