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 ====== The Chart Menu ====== ====== The Chart Menu ======
-FIXME The picture cdc_menu_chart.png should be updated with the current SkyChart version. It doesn't affect the usabillity of this document.+
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 The Chart Menu enables you to configure the displayed chart according to your needs in a fast and easy way. If a more detailed configuration is needed, take a look at **Setup -> [[chart_coordinates#chart_coordinates|Chart, Coordinates]]** \\ \\ \\ \\  The Chart Menu enables you to configure the displayed chart according to your needs in a fast and easy way. If a more detailed configuration is needed, take a look at **Setup -> [[chart_coordinates#chart_coordinates|Chart, Coordinates]]** \\ \\ \\ \\ 
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 ===== Chart Coordinate System ===== ===== Chart Coordinate System =====
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 Here you can choose from Here you can choose from
   * Equatorial Coordinates,   * Equatorial Coordinates,
-  * Azimutal Coordinates,+  * Azimuthal Coordinates,
   * Ecliptic Coordinates   * Ecliptic Coordinates
   * Galactic Coordinates.   * Galactic Coordinates.
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 With **Setup -> Chart, Coordinates -> [[chart_coordinates#chart_coordinates|Chart coordinate system]]** you can configure the equinox and epoch as wel. With **Setup -> Chart, Coordinates -> [[chart_coordinates#chart_coordinates|Chart coordinate system]]** you can configure the equinox and epoch as wel.
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 From the menu: **Chart -> Transformation ->** From the menu: **Chart -> Transformation ->**
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-If you want to mirror or rotate the chart, you can make those settings with this submenu by clicking the appropriate line. The rotation goes in steps of 15º of arc. +If you want to mirror or rotate the chart, you can make those settings with this submenu by clicking the appropriate line. Rotating the chart by this way goes in steps of 15º of arc.  
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-A click on the corresponding icon from the **[[left_bar#transformation_group|transfomation group]]** in the lower part of the tool bar at the left has the same result as a click on a line of this menu. +A click on one of the corresponding icons from the **[[left_bar#transformation_group|transfomation group]]** in the lower part of the tool bar at the left has the same result as a click on a line of this menu. You can rotate in steps of 1º by a click on this icon while pressing the shift key.
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 ===== Field of Vision ===== ===== Field of Vision =====
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 ===== View Horizon ===== ===== View Horizon =====
-From the menu: **Chart -> View Horizon ->** \\+From the menu: **Chart -> View Horizon -> [Direction]** \\
  
 If you are interested in objects situated in one of the cardinal directions, simply click the appropriate line to make your choice: If you are interested in objects situated in one of the cardinal directions, simply click the appropriate line to make your choice:
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 +===== Animation =====
  
 +This is the same function as in the [[main_bar#time_simulation_group|main button bar]]
  
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 This works identical with the icons from the **[[object_bar#object_group_a|Object Group A]]** or **[[object_bar#object_group_b|Object Group B]]** at the left of the object tool bar, on top of the chart. This works identical with the icons from the **[[object_bar#object_group_a|Object Group A]]** or **[[object_bar#object_group_b|Object Group B]]** at the left of the object tool bar, on top of the chart.
-These items can also be found in the **[[chart_coordinates#object_list_setting|Object list setting]]**, **[[display#lines|Display lines]]** and **[[solar_system|Solar system]]** tabs. +These items can also be found in the **[[display#lines|Display lines]]** and **[[solar_system|Solar system]]** tabs. 
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 It is important to have set the right **[[date_time|date/time]]** and **[[observatory|place of observation]]** for a proper display of these items on your chart. It is important to have set the right **[[date_time|date/time]]** and **[[observatory|place of observation]]** for a proper display of these items on your chart.
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 From the menu: **Chart -> Lines / Grid ->**  From the menu: **Chart -> Lines / Grid ->** 
  
-If you want to activate or deactivate some grids or lines on the chart, you can do this by checking or unchecking the listed items of this submenu:+When you want to activate or deactivate the display of some grids or lines on the chart, you can do this by checking or unchecking the listed items of this submenu:
  
   * Show Coordinate Grid   * Show Coordinate Grid
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 ===== Show Labels ===== ===== Show Labels =====
 From the menu: **Chart -> Show Labels** \\ From the menu: **Chart -> Show Labels** \\
-This works identical with the {{en:documentation:label.jpg|}} icon in the **[[object_bar#Pictures_Group|pictures group]]** of the object tool bar. \\ \\+  * {{en:documentation:label.jpg|}} Activate the labels, as the button in the **[[object_bar#marks_group|Marks Group]]** of the object tool bar.  
 +  * {{:en:documentation:i112.png|}} Activate the chart information display in the chart top left area. 
 +  * {{:en:documentation:i113.png|}} Activate the chart legend.
  
 Activating this item will show labels for all objects according to the configuration from **Setup -> Display -> [[display#labels|Labels]]**. Activating this item will show labels for all objects according to the configuration from **Setup -> Display -> [[display#labels|Labels]]**.
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 This works identical with the {{en:documentation:i70.png|}} icon in the **[[object_bar#Marks_Group|marks group]]** of the object tool bar.  This works identical with the {{en:documentation:i70.png|}} icon in the **[[object_bar#Marks_Group|marks group]]** of the object tool bar. 
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 ===== Show-Hide DSS image ===== ===== Show-Hide DSS image =====
-From the menu: **Chart -> Get DSS Image**+From the menu: **Chart -> Show/Hide DSS image**
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 If you previously loaded a FITS formatted image, you can switch its display on or off by a click on this line. An interesting feature is the{{en:documentation:i86.png|}} blink icon, to 'blink' the loaded image with the original chart content. \\ \\ If you previously loaded a FITS formatted image, you can switch its display on or off by a click on this line. An interesting feature is the{{en:documentation:i86.png|}} blink icon, to 'blink' the loaded image with the original chart content. \\ \\
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 When the //Filter Stars// checkbox is unchecked, the stars magnitude group buttons lose their function. When the //Filter Stars// checkbox is unchecked, the stars magnitude group buttons lose their function.
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 When the //Filter Deep Sky Objects// checkbox is unchecked, the deep sky magnitude group buttons lose their function. When the //Filter Deep Sky Objects// checkbox is unchecked, the deep sky magnitude group buttons lose their function.
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 You can load FITS formatted pictures from RealSky, the online Digital Sky Survey (DSS) site, from your SAC pictures catalog ''[program installation directory/data/pictures/sac'' or any other source. \\ You can load FITS formatted pictures from RealSky, the online Digital Sky Survey (DSS) site, from your SAC pictures catalog ''[program installation directory/data/pictures/sac'' or any other source. \\
-Most users will use this feature to load a FITS-picture from the Digital Sky Survey (DSS) site. To do this successfully, the Field of Vision (FOV) has to be equal or smaller than 2 degrees of arc.  \\ \\+Most users will use this feature to load a FITS-picture from the Digital Sky Survey (DSS) site. The size of pictures that you request are limited by the field of vision. Usually, you can't retrieve pictures when you set SkyCharts to a FOV larger than two degrees of arc. The larger the FOV, the greater chances are that your request times out, or isn't supported by the server at all. You need to realize that it takes a lot of CPU power at the server site to generate a picture, you have to be patient.  
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 +You can skip to push the download button every time you want to retrieve data from online resources. To do so, you need to uncheck the checkbox "Ask confirmation before any Internet connection" in the first tab of the dialog box, retrieved from the menu by **Setup -> [[internet|Internet]]**.  
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 To read more about the display of these images, click **[[menuchart#Show-Hide_DSS_image|here]]**. \\ To read more about the display of these images, click **[[menuchart#Show-Hide_DSS_image|here]]**. \\
 To read more about the configuration of the usage of RealSky and DSS, click **[[pictures#DSS_RealSky|here]]**. \\ To read more about the configuration of the usage of RealSky and DSS, click **[[pictures#DSS_RealSky|here]]**. \\
 To read more about the configuration of the DSS resources to download those images, press **[[internet#Online_DSS_pictures|here]]**. To read more about the configuration of the DSS resources to download those images, press **[[internet#Online_DSS_pictures|here]]**.
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