<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<p>...that you can search for objects in the sky by their name?<br>
Use Ctrl+F, the "Focus->Find Object" menu item, or the "Find"
Toolbar button.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<p>...that you can change your Geographic Location?<br>
Use Ctrl+G, the "Settings->Set Geographic Location..." menu item,
or the "globe" Toolbar button.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<p>...that 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
popup menu.
</html>
<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<p>...that the KStars Handbook includes the AstroInfo Project, a series 
of informative articles about Astronomy?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<p>...that you can directly access many of the calculations that
KStars does behind-the-scenes?<br>
Open the KStars Astrocalculator by pressing Ctrl+C or by selecting
the "Tools->Calculator" menu item.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|General">
<html>
<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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>...that the Z key will point the display at the Zenith?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>...that the N,S,E,W keys will point the display at the North,
South, East and West points on the Horizon?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>Click and Drag with the mouse to slew the skymap to a new location.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>Double-click with the mouse to center the display on the location
of the mouse cursor.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>When you click your mouse in the map, the object in the sky nearest
the mouse cursor is identified in the status bar.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>The status bar always displays the current Right Ascension, Declination
coordinates of the mouse cursor.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>...that 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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>...that you can set the Focus point manually? Press Ctrl+M, or
use the "Focus->Set Focus Manually..." menu item, and enter the desired
coordinates in the popup window.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Navigation">
<html>
<p>...that you can switch between Equatorial and Horizontal coordinate
systems? Use the "View->Coordinates" menu item, or the buttons
in the KStars Configuration window.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Time">
<html>
<p>...that you can set the Time and Date? <br>
Use Ctrl+S, the "Time->Set Time" menu item, or the "hourglass" toolbar
button.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Time">
<html>
<p>...that you can use Ctrl+E or the "Time->Set Time to Now" to synchronize
the simulation clock with your CPU clock?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Time">
<html>
<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!
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Time">
<html>
<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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Objects">
<html>
<p>The deep-sky objects with a special color (the default is Red)
have extra URL links available in their popup menu.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Objects">
<html>
<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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that you can 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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that you can add your own custom image/information URLs to
any object? Select "Add Link..." from the popup menu.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that you can adjust dozens of display options by clicking the
"wrench" Toolbar button, or selecting the "Settings->Configure KStars..."
menu item?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that you can hide the on-screen Info Boxes?
Select your preferences in the "Settings->Info Boxes" menu.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that you can hide the Toolbars? Select your preferences
in the "Settings->Toolbars" menu.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>You can easily switch between predefined color schemes by selecting
the scheme from the "Settings->Color Schemes" menu.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that 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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<p>...that 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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Customize">
<html>
<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.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<p>KStars displays 40,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, 88 constellations,
8 planets, the Sun, the Moon, and the Milky Way.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<p>The line in the sky that the Sun and all the Planets seem to follow
is called the Ecliptic.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<p>Object positions in KStars include the effects of precession, nutation,
aberration, atmospheric refraction, and light travel time (for planets).
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<p>The nearest star to the Sun is Rigel Kentaurus (alpha Centauri).
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius (alpha Canis Majoris).
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<p>The large group of galaxies between Leo, Virgo and Coma Berenices
is called the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<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!
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="KStars|Trivia">
<html>
<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).
</html>
</tip>
