archeo plugin: include limits of precession area #4185
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purpose: archaeoastronomy
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subsystem: plugins
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some stars are not always visible from a given location, due to precession.
I'd like to see the entire sky area that might have been visible from a given location throughout the entire 26k yrs precession cycle.
Describe the solution you'd like
Include a ArcheoLines setting "precession extrema" that draws 2 extrema that are visible from the current latitude:
This creates a band of 2 x 23d56m wide that should be centered on the NEP and is probably centred on the ecliptic plane (to confirm).
These lines are complementary to the precession circles.
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ps - include an option to disable proper motion. this is for educational purposes, to simplify the presentation of the issue to specific audiences. Also, this proper motion is an approximation that might not reflect the actual (absolute or relative...) movement of stars over time
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