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<p>You can locate objects in the sky by their name. 
Use Ctrl+F, the "Focus->Find Object" menu item, or the "Find"
Toolbar button.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>To change your Geographic Location, 
use Ctrl+G, the "Settings->Set Geographic Location..." menu item,
or the "globe" Toolbar button.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>You can Track an object, so it will always be centered
in the display.<br>
Use Ctrl+T, the "Focus->Track Object" menu item, or the "lock"
Toolbar button. You can also simply center the object by
double-clicking on it or selecting "Center and Track" from the
object's popup menu.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>The KStars Handbook includes the AstroInfo Project, a series 
of informative articles about Astronomy.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>You can directly access many of the calculations that
KStars does behind-the-scenes.  Open the KStars Astrocalculator 
by pressing Ctrl+C or by selecting the "Tools->Calculator" menu item.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>The AAVSO Light Curve Generator tool connects to a server at the 
American Association of Variable Star Observers, and constructs a 
lightcurve for any of the 6000+ variable stars that they monitor 
on a daily basis.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>The Altitude vs. Time tool will plot altitude curves for any group 
of objects that you select.  This is a great tool for planning 
observing sessions.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>With the What's Up Tonight? tool, you can tell at a glance what 
objects will be visible from your location on a given night.
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<tip category="KStars|General">
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<p>There are three on-screen "Info Boxes" which show data related to the
time/date, your geographic location, and the current central position on the
sky (the focus).  You can drag these boxes with the mouse, and "shade" them
by double-clicking them to show more (or less) information.  You can hide
them altogether in the Settings->Info Boxes menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>The N,S,E,W keys will point the display at the North,
South, East and West points on the Horizon.  The Z key will point the 
display at the Zenith.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>Click and Drag with the mouse to slew the skymap to a new location.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>Double-click with the mouse to center the display on the location
of the mouse cursor.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>When you click your mouse in the map, the object in the sky nearest
the mouse cursor is identified in the status bar.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>Right-click with the mouse to open a popup menu of detailed options
for a particular object, including links to images and information on
the Internet.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>The status bar always displays the current Right Ascension, Declination
coordinates of the mouse cursor.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>There are 5 different ways to zoom the display in and out.
You can use the mouse's scroll wheel, drag the mouse vertically while pressing
the middle button, use the +/- keys, use the zoom buttons on the toolbar,
and use the "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" items in the "View" menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>You can manually set the coordinates of the central Focus point.
Press Ctrl+M, or use the "Focus->Set Focus Manually..." menu item, and enter 
the desired coordinates in the popup window.
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<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
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<p>To switch between Equatorial and Horizontal coordinate
systems, use the "View->Coordinates" menu item, or press the spacebar.
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<tip category="KStars|Time">
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<p>To set the Time and Date, type Ctrl+S, use the "Time->Set Time" menu item, 
or press the "time" toolbar button.
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<tip category="KStars|Time">
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<p>You can use Ctrl+E or the "Time->Set Time to Now" menu item to synchronize
the simulation clock with your CPU clock.
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<tip category="KStars|Time">
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<p>The Spin Box in the Toolbar allows you to adjust the time step
used by the KStars clock. Setting it to "1.0 sec" provides "real time".
Negative values make time run backwards!
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<tip category="KStars|Time">
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<p>You can stop and start the clock with the "Play/Pause" button
in the Toolbar, or with the "Time->Stop/Start Clock" menu item.
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<tip category="KStars|Objects">
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<p>The deep-sky objects with a special color (the default is Red)
have extra URL links available in their popup menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Objects">
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<p>By default, stars in KStars are displayed with realistic colors.
A star's color depends on its temperature; cooler stars are red,
while hotter stars are blue.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>To add your own custom Object Catalogs, select
"Add Catalog" from the Catalogs tab in the KStars Configuration window.
See the Handbook for instructions on formatting your catalog file.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>To add your own custom image/information URLs to
any object, select "Add Link..." from the object's popup menu.
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</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>You can adjust dozens of display options by clicking the
"configure" Toolbar button, or selecting the "Settings->Configure KStars..."
menu item.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>The on-screen Info Boxes can be hidden or shown using the 
"Settings->Info Boxes" menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>The Toolbars can be hidden or shown using the "Settings->Toolbars" menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>You can easily switch between predefined color schemes by selecting
the scheme from the "Settings->Color Schemes" menu.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>You can define your own Geographic Locations.  Fill in the
required fields in the "Change Location" Dialog and then press the
"Add to List" button. Your Locations will be available in all
future sessions.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>You can define your own Color Schemes.  Adjust the colors
in the Configuration Window's "Colors" Tab, and then press the "Save
Current Colors" button. Your Color Scheme will appear in the list in
all future sessions.
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<tip category="KStars|Customize">
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<p>The Advanced tab of the KStars Configuration window allows you to fine-tune
the behavior of KStars. You can specify whether to correct for atmospheric
refraction, and whether to use animated slewing. You can also specify which
objects are hidden while the display is in motion.
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<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>KStars displays 40,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, 88 constellations,
all planets, the Sun, the Moon, thousands of comets and asteroids, and the 
Milky Way.
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<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>The line in the sky that the Sun and all the Planets seem to follow
is called the Ecliptic.
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<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>Object positions in KStars include the effects of precession, nutation,
aberration, atmospheric refraction, and light travel time (for planets).
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<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>The nearest star to the Sun is Rigel Kentaurus (alpha Centauri).
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius (alpha Canis Majoris).
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</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>The large group of galaxies between Leo, Virgo and Coma Berenices
is called the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.
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</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>The large group of clusters and nebulae near the south celestial pole
are objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a dwarf galaxy in
orbit around the Milky Way!
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<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
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<p>The Messier Catalog is a list of 110 of the brightest non-stellar objects 
in the sky.  It includes such famous objects as the Orion Nebula (M 42), the 
Andromeda Galaxy (M 31), and the Pleiades (M 45).
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