Index: fredrender.cpp
===================================================================
--- fredrender.cpp	(revision 9165)
+++ fredrender.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #define	MAX_FRAMETIME	(F1_0/4)		// Frametime gets saturated at this.
 #define	MIN_FRAMETIME	(F1_0/120)
 #define	LOLLIPOP_SIZE	2.5f
+#define CONVERT_DEGREES 57.29578f		// conversion factor from radians to degrees

 const float FRED_DEFAULT_HTL_FOV = 0.485f;
 const float FRED_BRIEFING_HTL_FOV = 0.325f;
@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@
 	int x, y, w, h, inst;
 	vec3d pos;
 	vertex v;
-	angles a;
+	angles a, a_deg;  //a is in rads, a_deg is in degrees

 	g3_end_frame();	 // ** Accounted for

@@ -1530,9 +1531,14 @@
 		inst = Objects[Cursor_over].instance;
 		if ((Objects[Cursor_over].type == OBJ_SHIP) || (Objects[Cursor_over].type == OBJ_START)) {
 			vm_extract_angles_matrix(&a, &Objects[Cursor_over].orient);
+
+			a_deg.h = a.h * CONVERT_DEGREES; // convert angles to more readable degrees
+			a_deg.p = a.p * CONVERT_DEGREES;
+			a_deg.b = a.b * CONVERT_DEGREES;
+
 			sprintf(buf, "%s\n%s\n( %.1f , %.1f , %.1f ) \nHeading: %.2f\nPitch: %.2f\nBank: %.2f",
 				Ships[inst].ship_name, Ship_info[Ships[inst].ship_info_index].short_name,
-				pos.xyz.x, pos.xyz.y, pos.xyz.z, a.h, a.p, a.b);
+				pos.xyz.x, pos.xyz.y, pos.xyz.z, a_deg.h, a_deg.p, a_deg.b);

 		} else if (Objects[Cursor_over].type == OBJ_WAYPOINT) {
 			int idx;