The installers are located in the "Assets" section at the end of these release notes!

Release notes

The Stellarium Team has released version 23.4.

The major changes of this version:

• New plugin: Lens Distortion Estimator (experimental)
• New sky culture: Tibetan Lunar Mansions
• Changed GUI: ability to change the look via normalStyle.css
• Added new MESA for Windows packages
• Added support Windows/ARM64 packages
• Added support the origins of nomenclature names
• Improvements in plugins and AstroCalc tools
• Improvements for performance on macOS/ARM64

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

TELESCOPE USERS

We have identified and fixed some bugs in the TelescopeControl plugin on the Qt6-based releases.

Telescope users, please try whether this solves your problems. If not, we are looking for those of you with programming skills to help us fixing remaining issues. Reward possible!

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

• Added script "Jupiter Moons"
• Added filter, based on SATCAT Operational Status in Satellites plugin
• Added new sky culture: Tibetan Lunar Mansions (GH: #3434)
• Added support an AppImage/Qt6 packages (GH: #3529)
• Added Lens Distortion Estimator plugin
• Added more simple calendar-based time steps (esp. for RemoteControl)
• Added wrapper for too long star names (GH: #3479)
• Added a temporary workaround for overlapping indicator and text in lists
• Added an optional sorting rule for Search Tool
• Added a new category of celestial objects into AstroCalc tool
• Added tooltips for twilights in Nav. Stars plugin
• Added a text wrapper for pulsar notes
• Added a text wrapper for long origins of nomenclature names
• Added reference file for Modern (H.A. Rey) SC
• Added a text wrapper for pulsar notes
• Added a text wrapper for long origins of nomenclature names
• Added ability to make observing lists directory configurable via GUI (GH: #3165)
• Added dpiAwareness option to manifest and send physical viewport size to Spout (GH: #3462)
• Added DSO names (GH: #3460)
• Added support the origins of nomenclature names (GH: #3457)
• Added 2 new time steps for AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool
• Added Remote control command to change window size (GH: #3433)
• Added support Windows/ARM64 packages
• Fixed coordinates for exoplanets
• Fixed few missing stars
• Fixed a problem with initialisation sequence (GH: #3550)
• Fixed crash in StelTexture destructor on exit (GH: #3427, #3541)
• Fixed unexpected behaviour: avoid auto changing landscape when not wanted (GH: #3514)
• Fixed Satellites plugin: restore shadow circle at arbitrary altitude
• Fixed computation of crop factor (LDE plugin)
• Fixed slow down of time during solar eclipses (GH: #3520)
• Fixed shadow circle issue: allow line loops on Cylindrical projection (GH: #3505)
• Fixed the selection objects in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed translation of the origins for planetary nomenclature
• Fixed Windows installer for 64-bit modes (GH: #3492)
• Fixed color of ColorButton's tooltip
• Fixed RTS caching (GH: #3485)
• Fixed TUI plugin (GH: #3483)
• Fixed New Hindu Lunar calendar (GH: #3442)
• Fixed metainfo data
• Fixed recognition for MSVC++ versions
• Fixed coordinates for custom objects
• Fixed getting the list of sky cultures: don't skip remaining sky cultures after failing to read one
• Fixed error message for Zodiacal light feature
• Changed core: Use the correct screen when making a screenshot
• Changed core: Restore default inclusion of TUI plugin (GH: #3481)
• Changed core: Only let time dragging work with Ctrl modifier
• Changed core: Make sure custom markers are set only when Shift is pressed alone
• Changed GUI: Increase brightness cutoff for planets (GH: #3317)
• Changed GUI: Make a dedicated widget for color buttons
• Changed GUI: Scale the pixel sizes in the stylesheet according to GUI font size
• Changed GUI: Make default GUI font size available outside of StelApp
• Changed GUI: Remove all fixed sizes from dialog .ui files
• Changed GUI: Set button icon sizes explicitly in normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Move stackListWidget sizes to normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Move StelCloseButton style to normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Fix application of bold font property to window titles
• Changed GUI: Deduplicate title bar implementation
• Changed GUI: Turn StelCloseButton into a ToolButton
• Changed GUI: Use default style for normal state of GPS button
• Changed GUI: Style QToolButton the same way as QPushButton
• Changed GUI: Provide a proper sizeHint for AngleSpinBox
• Changed GUI: Make slider groove more scalable
• Changed GUI: Use StelMainView as the parent for all message boxes and file dialogs
• Changed code of Satellites plugin: Avoid duplicate code
• Changed code of Oculars plugin: Avoid saving and reading wrong indexes for telescopes, CCD and eyepieces
• Changed the default level for selection priority of custom markers
• Changed Windows installer: Simplify Spout sending
• Changed Windows installer: Modernize Mesa library (GH: #3414, #2803)
• Updated orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
• Updated list of planetary nomenclature
• Updated default catalog of pulsars
• Updated default catalog of satellites
• Updated default list of locations
• Updated default catalog of exoplanets
• Updated meteor showers catalog from 2024 IMO Calendar
• Updated list of financial contributors
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated translations
• Updated scripting engine: Make reloadPlanets() scriptable
• Updated communications data for satellites
• Updated DSO names (GH: #3543)
• Updated script "Messier Objects Tour"
• Updated SUG: Added information on adding orbital elements from JPL Horizon
• Updated SUG: Added example data for interplanetary spacecraft
• Updated ISO 3166 data
• Updated default value of GRS longitude
• Updated discovery circumstances for minor planets and comets
• Updated GUI tooltips
• Updated SpoutLibrary (GH: #3450)
• Updated appdata.xml file

Packages notes

Verify

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
3. Verify the binary file is valid (tarball for example) gpgv --keyring ./stellarium.gpg stellarium-23.4.tar.gz.asc stellarium-23.4.tar.gz