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Replied by Andrew on topic Re:Xplanet

Oh that is quite nice! Unfortunately when I try it I get an error
The configured Xplanet binary does not exist or is not executable.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

Eric, I'm not sure how easy that would be to do. I don't think Xplanet can do that. The moon is nice because the same side always faces us, so maybe the features could be put in if we knew their relative RA/DEC

Ihoujin, what operating system are you using?
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Replied by Andrew on topic Re:Xplanet

Lubuntu 16.04
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

did you install xplanet? And once you did so, did you edit the path in the KStars options?
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Replied by Andrew on topic Re:Xplanet

I had not taken any additional steps that I can recall for installations.
I appears I had not installed xplanet, I have done so now. At this point it opens but the only thing displayed is a featureless orb.
What next? Is the a documentation page I can follow?
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

Yes, as I said, you will need to install maps.

xplanet.sourceforge.net/maps.php
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Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic Re:Xplanet

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that either. I had a look at the page and there seem to be a lot of maps around. Any that you can recommend?
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

The ones i use currently are in the link that I posted, under flatplanet, the alien archive.

flatplanet.sourceforge.net/maps/
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

So your post made me think about xplanet again. I think I might make a couple of modifications, like adding a FOV slider. This could help in moon identifications and in zooming in and out on a planet and its moons to get better identifications of them
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Replied by Andrew on topic Re:Xplanet

Where do the maps belong on Linux?
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Re:Xplanet

If I am not mistaken, they should go into /usr/share/xplanet
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Replied by Andrew on topic Re:Xplanet

Ok, I got the images loaded. Now I have noticed that the face of the planets being presented is incorrect. I referred to Stellarium and the Mobile Observatory app on Android for comparison. Also simulating light speed is not enough to account for the discrepancy.
One other bug, when viewing a planet with Xplanet for the first time there is an error.
Loading of the image file:///*/*/*/*.png failed
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