Open Atque opened 1 year ago
Hello @Atque!
Thank you for suggesting this enhancement.
I only know (printed) ephemerides with fixed steps. This immediately shows where the object runs slower or faster. Adapting label density could be useful.
Yes, label density is what I mean, not ephemeris steps. So you can calculate eg Mercurys positions from 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 with one-day steps, but showing labels as not to make them collide with one another.
I'm not sure about the terminology here, but I sometimes find the ephemeris markers too dense AND too sparse at the same time when showing an ephemeris, because they are currently only showing a fixed interval. What I'm wishing for, is for some kind of "adaptive" markers. See the screenshot below, of comet C/1990 Levy.
You can see how the markers are too dense near the standstill/retrograde, and too sparse when the comet "gains speed" later in the year. The current solution makes it hard to create and visualize ephemerides for certain bodies.
The website in-the-sky.org has ephemeris plotting that really shows what I wish for, see the screenshot below for Mercury:
It would also be suitable if the markers were adaptive to zooming as well. I.e more density when zooming in.