Remove constellation artwork, keep line traces only

Drops the 12 zodiac PNGs, their loader/similarity-transform renderer and
the art anchors in constellations.js; build_constellations.py no longer
emits art data. Constellation mode now shows just the Stellarium traces,
labels and stars.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015HtPHsTnDcLVSCiF5FGHZj

CLAUDE.md

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ plugin/
     main.qml                  # Plasma WallpaperItem — hosts everything
     dancer.html               # Self-contained animation (HTML + CSS + JS)
     starcatalog.js            # Generated star data (Yale BSC) — see tools/build_catalog.py
-    constellations.js         # Generated zodiac lines/anchors — see tools/build_constellations.py
+    constellations.js         # Generated zodiac lines — see tools/build_constellations.py
-    constellation-art/        # 12 zodiac PNGs (black background → alpha at load)
     milkyway.jpg              # Gaia all-sky photo, plate carrée — see tools/build_skymap.py
     astronomy.browser.min.js  # Astronomy Engine (MIT) — Moon/planet ephemerides
 tools/
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ Pure HTML/CSS/JS, no external dependencies. All visuals are self-contained:
 | Realistic sky (stars) | `<canvas>`; real-time alt-az projection of `starcatalog.js` (8,404 Yale BSC stars, V ≤ 6.5) for the configured lat/long (default Toledo-PR). Static layer pre-rendered offscreen with triple-buffer + 1.4 s crossfade between reprojections (every 30 s; 4 s during timelapse/camera rotation); bright stars twinkle per frame. Debug: `window.__skyTimeOffset` (ms) fast-forwards the sky |
 | Milky Way | Per-pixel sampling of `milkyway.jpg` (Gaia photo, full res): `buildMwGrid` caches viewport unit vectors + extinction/glare, `renderMilkyWay` applies only the sidereal rotation (camera azimuth folded into the equatorial→galactic matrix) and stylized "development" (deep blacks, saturation, cool shadows). Decoded texture stays resident (~75 MB) |
 | Moon & planets | Astronomy Engine topocentric ephemerides: Moon with real phase texture + bright-limb angle, 7 planets with magnitude-scaled dots (labels only in constellation mode) |
-| Zodiac constellations | Stellarium Modern lines + anchored PNG art (similarity transform, no shear); toggled via `/tmp` file or `C` key |
+| Zodiac constellations | Stellarium Modern lines (traces only, no artwork); toggled via `/tmp` file or `C` key |
 | Nebula blobs, grid floor, horizon | CSS animations |
 | DANCEBOT-9000 robot | Pure CSS (divs + `@keyframes`) |
 | Chest EQ bars & VU meter | JS-driven `requestAnimationFrame` |

plugin/contents/ui/constellation-art/LICENSE.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Stellarium Modern constellation illustrations
-
-The twelve PNG illustrations in this directory are taken from the
-[Stellarium Modern sky culture](https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/tree/master/skycultures/modern/illustrations).
-
-The Stellarium sky-culture description licenses the illustrations under the
-[Free Art License 1.3](https://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/).
-
-The images are redistributed here with their original names and are rendered
-with an affine transformation so their three Hipparcos anchor stars remain
-aligned with the simulated sky.

plugin/contents/ui/dancer.html

@@ -1233,40 +1233,6 @@ const ctx    = canvas.getContext('2d');
 let obsLat = -24.72, obsLon = -53.74;  // Toledo-PR; sobrescrito pela config
 let showConstellations = false;
 let constellationPreviewId = null;
-const constellationArtImages = new Map();
-if (typeof CONSTELLATIONS !== 'undefined') {
-  for (const constellation of CONSTELLATIONS) {
-    if (!constellation.art) continue;
-    const img = new Image();
-    const entry = { img, render: null };
-    img.onload = () => {
-      /* Os originais usam preto como transparência. Convertê-lo em alpha
-         evita que a transformação afim revele os limites retangulares. */
-      const out = document.createElement('canvas');
-      out.width = constellation.art.size[0];
-      out.height = constellation.art.size[1];
-      const oc = out.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
-      oc.drawImage(img, 0, 0, out.width, out.height);
-      const pixels = oc.getImageData(0, 0, out.width, out.height);
-      for (let i = 0; i < pixels.data.length; i += 4) {
-        const r = pixels.data[i], g = pixels.data[i + 1], b = pixels.data[i + 2];
-        const light = Math.max(r, g, b);
-        const mask = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (light - 9) / 118));
-        pixels.data[i] = 105 + light * 0.42;
-        pixels.data[i + 1] = 175 + light * 0.27;
-        pixels.data[i + 2] = 235 + light * 0.08;
-        pixels.data[i + 3] = pixels.data[i + 3] * mask;
-      }
-      oc.clearRect(0, 0, out.width, out.height);
-      oc.putImageData(pixels, 0, 0);
-      entry.render = out;
-      projectSky();
-    };
-    img.onerror = () => console.error('[skeledance] falha na arte de ' + constellation.name);
-    img.src = constellation.art.file;
-    constellationArtImages.set(constellation.id, entry);
-  }
-}
 const CAMERA_HOME_AZ = 90;  // posição inicial: leste
 const CAMERA_TURN_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 let viewAz = CAMERA_HOME_AZ;
@@ -1546,105 +1512,6 @@ function renderMilkyWay(lstDeg, glareOn) {
   return true;
 }
 
-/* Ajuste de similaridade: aproxima as três âncoras Hipparcos usando apenas
-   translação, rotação e escala uniforme. Diferente de uma transformação
-   afim completa, nunca achata nem alonga a anatomia das ilustrações. */
-function constellationArtTransform(source, target) {
-  const pc = source.reduce((p, v) => [p[0] + v[0], p[1] + v[1]], [0, 0])
-                   .map(v => v / source.length);
-  const qc = target.reduce((p, v) => [p[0] + v.x, p[1] + v.y], [0, 0])
-                   .map(v => v / target.length);
-  let dot = 0, cross = 0, mirrorA = 0, mirrorB = 0, energy = 0;
-  for (let i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
-    const px = source[i][0] - pc[0], py = source[i][1] - pc[1];
-    const qx = target[i].x - qc[0], qy = target[i].y - qc[1];
-    dot += px * qx + py * qy;
-    cross += px * qy - py * qx;
-    mirrorA += px * qx - py * qy;
-    mirrorB += py * qx + px * qy;
-    energy += px * px + py * py;
-  }
-  if (energy < 1e-6) return null;
-  const candidate = (a, b, c, d) => {
-    const e = qc[0] - a * pc[0] - c * pc[1];
-    const f = qc[1] - b * pc[0] - d * pc[1];
-    const matrix = [a, b, c, d, e, f];
-    const error = source.reduce((sum, p, i) => {
-      const dx = a * p[0] + c * p[1] + e - target[i].x;
-      const dy = b * p[0] + d * p[1] + f - target[i].y;
-      return sum + dx * dx + dy * dy;
-    }, 0);
-    return { matrix, error };
-  };
-  const rotate = candidate(dot / energy, cross / energy,
-                           -cross / energy, dot / energy);
-  /* Ao observar a esfera por dentro, várias cartas precisam inverter a
-     orientação leste/oeste. Esta alternativa inclui a reflexão sem shear. */
-  const reflect = candidate(mirrorA / energy, mirrorB / energy,
-                            mirrorB / energy, -mirrorA / energy);
-  return (reflect.error < rotate.error ? reflect : rotate).matrix;
-}
-
-function drawConstellationArt(c, constellation, lst, W, horizonPx, previewProjector) {
-  const art = constellation.art;
-  const imageEntry = constellationArtImages.get(constellation.id);
-  if (!art || !imageEntry || !imageEntry.render) return;
-
-  const target = art.anchors.map(anchor => {
-    if (previewProjector) {
-      const sc = previewProjector(anchor.sky);
-      return { x: sc.x, y: sc.y, alt: ALT_TOP / 2 };
-    }
-    const aa = altAz(anchor.sky[0], anchor.sky[1], lst);
-    const daz = ((aa.az - viewAz) % 360 + 540) % 360 - 180;
-    return {
-      x: (0.5 + daz / FOV_AZ) * W,
-      y: horizonPx * (1 - aa.alt / ALT_TOP),
-      alt: aa.alt,
-    };
-  });
-  if (target.every(p => p.alt < -8) || target.every(p => p.alt > ALT_TOP + 8)) return;
-  if (!target.some(p => p.alt >= -8 && p.alt <= ALT_TOP + 8 &&
-                        p.x >= -W * 0.15 && p.x <= W * 1.15)) return;
-  const targetXs = target.map(p => p.x);
-  if (Math.max(...targetXs) - Math.min(...targetXs) > W * 0.62) return;
-
-  const matrix = constellationArtTransform(
-    art.anchors.map(anchor => anchor.pos), target
-  );
-  if (!matrix || matrix.some(v => !Number.isFinite(v))) return;
-
-  /* Mesmo com escala uniforme, uma âncora próxima da descontinuidade do
-     azimute pode sugerir uma figura gigantesca. Limite visual conservador. */
-  const scale = Math.hypot(matrix[0], matrix[1]);
-  const maxScale = Math.min(
-    W * 0.44 / art.size[0], horizonPx * 0.82 / art.size[1]
-  );
-  if (scale > maxScale) {
-    const sourceCenter = [art.size[0] / 2, art.size[1] / 2];
-    const screenCenter = [
-      matrix[0] * sourceCenter[0] + matrix[2] * sourceCenter[1] + matrix[4],
-      matrix[1] * sourceCenter[0] + matrix[3] * sourceCenter[1] + matrix[5],
-    ];
-    const shrink = maxScale / scale;
-    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) matrix[i] *= shrink;
-    matrix[4] = screenCenter[0] - matrix[0] * sourceCenter[0] -
-                matrix[2] * sourceCenter[1];
-    matrix[5] = screenCenter[1] - matrix[1] * sourceCenter[0] -
-                matrix[3] * sourceCenter[1];
-  }
-
-  c.save();
-  c.beginPath();
-  c.rect(0, 0, W, horizonPx);
-  c.clip();
-  c.globalCompositeOperation = 'screen';
-  c.globalAlpha = 0.24;
-  c.setTransform(...matrix);
-  c.drawImage(imageEntry.render, 0, 0, art.size[0], art.size[1]);
-  c.restore();
-}
-
 function makeConstellationPreviewProjector(constellation, W, horizonPx) {
   const centerRa = constellation.label ? constellation.label[0] : 0;
   const centerDec = constellation.label ? constellation.label[1] : 0;
@@ -1669,8 +1536,7 @@ function makeConstellationPreviewProjector(constellation, W, horizonPx) {
   };
 }
 
-/* Figuras convencionais dos 12 signos zodiacais, ancoradas em RA/Dec J2000.
+/* Traçados convencionais dos 12 signos zodiacais, ancorados em RA/Dec J2000. */
-   Arte, linhas e estrelas reais ficam sobrepostas nesta ordem. */
 function drawConstellations(c, lst, W, H, horizonPx) {
   if (!showConstellations || typeof CONSTELLATIONS === 'undefined') return;
   const rankAlpha = [0, 0.52, 0.38, 0.25];
@@ -1693,9 +1559,6 @@ function drawConstellations(c, lst, W, H, horizonPx) {
   c.lineJoin = 'round';
   c.shadowColor = 'rgba(60,185,255,0.65)';
   c.shadowBlur = 7;
-  for (const constellation of visible) {
-    drawConstellationArt(c, constellation, lst, W, horizonPx, previewProjector);
-  }
   for (const constellation of visible) {
     const rank = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, constellation.rank || 3));
     c.strokeStyle = `rgba(105,205,255,${preview ? 0.82 : rankAlpha[rank]})`;

tools/build_constellations.py

@@ -93,27 +93,12 @@ def main() -> None:
             if missing:
                 raise RuntimeError(f"{ident}: HIP ausente no catálogo: {missing}")
             lines.append([stars[hip] for hip in hip_line])
-        image = constellation.get("image")
-        art = None
-        if image:
-            anchors = []
-            for anchor in image["anchors"]:
-                hip = int(anchor["hip"])
-                if hip not in stars:
-                    raise RuntimeError(f"{ident}: âncora HIP ausente: {hip}")
-                anchors.append({"pos": anchor["pos"], "sky": stars[hip]})
-            art = {
-                "file": "constellation-art/" + Path(image["file"]).name,
-                "size": image["size"],
-                "anchors": anchors,
-            }
         merged[ident] = {
             "id": ident,
             "name": ZODIAC[ident],
             "rank": 1 if ident in {"Ari", "Tau", "Gem", "Leo", "Vir", "Sco", "Sgr"} else 2,
             "label": metadata.get(ident, {}).get("label"),
             "lines": lines,
-            "art": art,
         }
 
     payload = json.dumps(