Code review comment for lp:~georg-zotti/stellarium/gz_fix-ecliptic-obliquity

Revision history for this message
gzotti (georg-zotti) wrote :

> Revision 7610 contains the code:
>
> oss << q_("Ecliptic obliquity (of date): %1").arg(StelUtils::radToDmsStr(ecl,
> true)) << "<br>";
>
> which will be displayed when any object is selected.
>
> But (!):
> 1) this line give info about current planet, where observer is located, not
> about the selected object!
> 2) Ecliptic obliquity for Sun is not have physical sense.

"Ecliptic" is only Earth's orbital plane, there is no source or reason for confusion. But given the fact that we also don't show ecliptical grid of date if located on other planets, I will change to not show it if location is not on Earth.

« Back to merge proposal