Add solar equator and Laplace invariable planes to Celestial Sphere

[Alexander Wolf]

Converted from blueprint:

Request addition of a line in constellation settings to represent the plane of the solar system (not the ecliptic), which is a line projected on the heavens through the solar equator. In addition, request a similar line drawn to reflect the barycenter (center of mass) of the solar plane, also known as the Laplace plane (see wiki). Both are used by amateur astronomers searching for undiscovered orbiting bodies, as the assumption is often that the majority of orbiting bodies in our solar system lie near these planes. My apologies if I made this request incorrectly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariable_plane

[gzotti (georg-zotti)]

I regard blueprints as the better wishlist entries, why convert to a wishlist bug?

How would this look like in practice? A small circle at the distance of Jupiter? A plane drawn as grid? A narrow ellipse that extends to the viewport borders?

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

Yes, blueprints is better solution for wishlist entries, but blueprints don't have good commenting tool. Plus we rarely see blueprints. :(

I guess this planes may be implemented like current planes for various coordinates systems.

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

New location: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/issues/358