0000610: calculate the true moon rotation relative to the horizon (display option)

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0000610

[Virtual Moon Atlas] 1-Software

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10-05-07 00:22

10-06-12 11:37

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Szymon

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Patrick Chevalley

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normal

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open

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acknowledged

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5.0

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0000610: calculate the true moon rotation relative to the horizon (display option)

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i often run VMA after spotting the real moon through my window (to see what interesting craters could be observed tonight) and the first thing i see is that VMA is "wrong" - the real moon is tilted differently. sure, i can use "East" and "West" buttons to correct it, but it would be nice if the application capable of displaying realistic terminator shading, could also calculate the trivial moon rotation to complete the perfect look of the virtual moon.

this should be an option, because i guess the experienced moon observers will probably prefer the current way with moon poles at fixed locations, as seen in all other atlases.

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(0001137) Patrick Chevalley (administrator) 10-06-12 11:37	I agree this will be useful for Alt-Az mount users. This is too much change for inclusion in the 5.1 but I do it for the next major version.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
10-05-07 00:22	Szymon	New Issue
10-06-12 11:37	Patrick Chevalley	Note Added: 0001137
10-06-12 11:37	Patrick Chevalley	Assigned To	=> Patrick Chevalley
10-06-12 11:37	Patrick Chevalley	Status	new => acknowledged
10-06-12 11:37	Patrick Chevalley	Target Version	=> 5.2

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