Combined magnitudes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Stellarium |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Original request (and discussion) by Anonymous: https:/
I do not know if this is even possible to implement, but I will explain what I wish as good as I can:
Okay, so the star HIP 21251 in Taurus, which consists of two stars of magnitude 6.90 and 6.95 respectively, has a combined magnitude of about 6.2 (if I calculated correctly) in reality. I watched it just ten minutes ago and saw it as brighter than a nearby 6.4 magnitude star, the SZ Tauri.
But with a limiting magnitude of 6.5, that star is invisible in Stellarium, which means Stellarium does not recognize these stars' combined magnitude. I have seen a similar "problem" with the Omega Centauri cluster, where many core stars range from magnitude 5.7 to 8, but the combined cluster magnitude is about 3.9, making it visible in a fairly light polluted sky.
So, would it be possible for Stellarium to combine magnitudes of stars that are very close to each other, and count them as "one"?
Changed in stellarium: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
tags: | added: double-stars |
Changed in stellarium: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
The bug report was moved to https:/ /github. com/Stellarium/ stellarium/ issues/ 373