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Release notes

The Stellarium Team has released version 23.2.

The major changes of this version:

• vectorizing the markers of deep-sky objects
• updated the support of locations
• added the discovery circumstances for solar system objects

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

TELESCOPE USERS

Like in the 1.* series, it seems the TelescopeControl plugin at least on Windows works better in the Qt5-based releases. Just install this if you are affected. We are looking for telescope users with programming skills to help us fixing this issue. Reward possible!

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

• Added ecliptic obliquity to infoMap (GH: #3233)
• Added support "short-period comets" type
• Added support combined designations for numbered periodic comets
• Added optional "Solar A/a" and "Lunar A/a" info for objects (GH: #3273)
• Added support for webp format in HiPS
• Added discovery circumstances for Caldwell objects
• Added discovery circumstances for Solar System Objects (GH: #3230)
• Added support antialiasing for Oculars lines
• Added changeable font to LeftStelBar (GH: #3125)
• Added UTM/WGS84 coordinate conversions
• Added new category into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added missing timezone (GH: #3200)
• Added push to directional light strength into Scenery 3D plugin
• Added new rotation buttons for CCD in the Oculars plugin
• Added KY day number in Calendars plugin
• Added option "Stop clock when starting" (GH: #3140)
• Added ability to specify seconds in time selectors of AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3146)
• Fixed building Satellites plugin when Iridium flares are enabled
• Fixed 64-bit install mode for Windows (GH: #3130)
• Fixed angular size for AstroCalc/Graphs tool: Let's use angular radii of planets without rings (GH: #3135)
• Fixed computation of perpendicular in wide line rendering
• Fixed tooltips for Penumbra and Umbra circles (GH: #3175)
• Fixed updating location even if name is the same (GH: #3171)
• Fixed fading of the new nebula markers
• Fixed Observing Lists feature: avoid duplicate stored list when creating a new list (GH: #3163)
• Fixed missing doSRGB uniform in AtmosphereShowMySky
• Fixed filters in Satellites plugin (GH: #3158)
• Fixed working the actions in Oculars plugin (GH: #3280)
• Fixed prism rotation in Oculars plugin (GH: #3283)
• Fixed links to Mike McCants' website
• Fixed designations of periodic comets
• Fixed WUI of Remote Control plugin
• Fixed orbital elements of Phoebe (GH: #230)
• Fixed special handling of Earth map (GH: #3180)
• Fixed a bad connection definition (GH: #3180)
• Fixed missing include (GH: #3180)
• Fixed orbital elements of Pluto's moons (GH: #3242)
• Fixed missing data for periodic comets
• Fixed label for button in Equation of Time plugin
• Fixed Greek (Farnese) sky culture
• Fixed positioning of sensor labels with high-DPI scaling on (GH: #3262)
• Fixed orientation of sensor rectangle in equatorial mode (GH: #3260)
• Fixed missing rotation of sensor frame (GH: #3258)
• Fixed high-DPI-scaled mouse click position test relative to Oculars panel
• Fixed computation of inner and outer radii of OAG
• Fixed shapes of ocular frames
• Fixed computation of angular resolution in Oculars plugin
• Fixed positioning of text around the sensor frame in Oculars plugin (GH: #3254)
• Fixed a little mess with loading landscapes
• Fixed metainfo for AppData scheme
• Fixed rose32 directions (GH: #3235)
• Fixed a "round cap near zenith" artifact of ShowMySky atmosphere
• Fixed checking updates
• Fixed skewed text in -t mode
• Fixed text element arrangement in buttonbar (GH: #3125)
• Fixed template string for width estimate (GH: #3125)
• Fixed a possible glitch when too few buttons are visible (GH: #3125)
• Fixed bug in AstroCalc/RTS tool
• Changed core: slight improvement of gravity labels
• Changed core: Suppress computing RTS when on transition to a new location (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Avoid computing minor bodies while on a transitioning observer (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: When autoselecting landscape and planet landscape not found, don't default to defaultLandscape but use zero (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Load zero landscape if landscape not found (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Unselect object when it is the upcoming location's planet (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: When clicking on the map, apply a zero landscape with color from the map (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Allow dynamic loading of colorized zero landscape everywhere (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Avoid auto-enabling atmosphere if we stay on the same planet (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Use ZeroColor landscape also only when "Autoselect Landscapes" (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Use actual planet texture name (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: make sure AtmosphereShowMySky is initialized with correct altitude
• Changed core: deduplicate rendering of horizon line
• Changed core: render fixed-color wide lines via triangles (GH: #3187, #2836)
• Changed core: specify texture unit explicitly in StelPainter::drawText (GH: #3154)
• Changed core: a small speed-up for DSO
• Changed core: reduce number of texture loading threads for most systems (GH: #3148)
• Changed core: simplify setting OpenGL version
• Changed core: make sure we do request deprecated functions in Compatibility Profile
• Changed core: vectorize marker of galaxy (GH: #3188)
• Changed core: vectorize marker of globular cluster and the default circular marker
• Changed core: vectorize marker of open cluster with nebulosity (GH: #3172)
• Changed core: vectorize marker of open cluster (GH: #3172)
• Changed core: vectorize markers of dark nebulas (GH: #3166)
• Changed core: vectorize markers of diffuse nebulas (GH: #3166)
• Changed core: allow SOCKS proxy to be supplied via http_proxy env var (GH: #3182)
• Changed core: Make linearRGB/sRGB conversion GLSL functions reusable
• Changed core: Make rectangular FoV marking follow real projection (GH: #3290)
• Changed GUI: reduce margins of DateTime dialog's spinbox buttons
• Changed GUI: Reduce margins of DateTime dialog's spinbox buttons (GH: #2722, #3157)
• Changed GUI: Use separate spinup/down icons for DateTime dialog spinboxes (GH: #2722, #3157)
• Changed GUI behavior: force GUI redraw when topocentric correction is toggled (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: improve font-dependent positioning of bottom button bar (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: better distance distribution of status line elements (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: improve positioning of texture-based text
• Changed GUI in AstroCalc/Positions tool: let's use arcseconds for SSO
• Changed Scenery3D plugin: allow ignoring initial view settings
• Changed Scenery 3D plugin: Allow coordinate text output in bottom/center (fix for planetarium)
• Changed Satellites plugin: allow Satellite Number to be zero (GH: #3186)
• Changed AstroCalc tool: when switching to best locations, use zero landscape
• Changed documentation: improve Fedora building instructions (GH: #3192)
• Changed AppImage properties: Disable using QtWebEngine for AppImage (GH: #3143)
• Updated labels in AstroCalc
• Updated list of financial supporters
• Updated data: Revising default list of comets (GH: #3276)
• Updated list of locations
• Updated discovery circumstances for minor planets
• Updated documentation: Specify tab size explicitly in coding style document (GH: #3284)
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated CalcMySky to v0.3.1
• Updated QXlsx to v1.4.6 (GH: #3132)
• Updated translations
• Updated data: revised discovery circumstances of Messier objects
• Updated common names of DSO
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated planetary features
• Updated catalog of exoplanets
• Updated orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
• Removed: Text User Interface plugin has been disabled by default now
• Removed separate color for clusters with nebulosity (GH: #3172)

Packages notes

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GPG signature

1. Import Stellarium's GPG key curl -O https://stellarium.org/files/stellarium.gpg
2. List Stellarium's GPG key gpg --with-fingerprint --show-keys --keyid-format long stellarium.gpg id: rsa4096/BF38D4D02A328DFF 2012-04-07 fingerprint: 7915 1C2E 6351 E727 8DA1 A730 BF38 D4D0 2A32 8DFF
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