Release notes

The major changes of this version:

• Direct ASCOM support for Telescope Control plugin on Windows
• Refactoring the GUI
• Many improvements in the code
• Added many DSO textures
• Improvements in DSO catalog
• Many improvements in AstroCalc tool

Packages notes

Changelog

Full list of changes:

• Added Vts plugin (GH: #880)
• Added Chinese translation for skycultures (GH: #788)
• Added support superior and inferior conjunctions for inner planets in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
• Added support greatest elongations for inner planets in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
• Added compute stationary points in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
• Added new groups of objects for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added magnitudes for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added brightness limit for planetary nebulae (speed-up for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
• Added 2 new functions for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Added support of connecting line between the ephemeris markers (GH: #758, #805)
• Added support skipping of labels for visualization of data into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #758)
• Added acknowledgements entry for plugins
• Added some more references and acknowledgements for few plugins
• Added some DSO textures (GH: #798, #824, #878)
• Added new GUI options and tooltips for AstroCalc/Ephemeris and AstroCalc/Phenomena tools
• Added parallax accuracy info for the stars (GH: #87)
• Added new planetary nomenclature
• Added selected dwarf and minot planets for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added error info for distance (taken from parallax)
• Added heliocentric speed to Apex markers
• Added support of SYNC command for LX200 and NexStar protocols (Telescope Control Plugin) (GH: #667, #727)
• Added asteroid (162173) Ryugu and moon Puck (Uranus XV)
• Added filters for open/globular star clusters in DSO tab (GH: #841)
• Added categories "open star clusters" and "globular star clusters" into AstroCalc/WUT tool (GH: #841)
• Added new type of shape for markers (MarkerMgr/scripting)
• Added new option for visualization of ephemeris markers (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool)
• Added tool for smart format dates of ephemeris on the sky (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool)
• Added new option for CCD (switching scaling FOV) in Oculars plugin (GH: #834)
• Added option to allow drawing FOV outline for ocular (Oculars plugin)
• Added an optional cardinal points to the ocular view (GH: #421)
• Added some stars to Chinese skyculture and Chinese contemporary skyculture (GH: #848)
• Added option to enable align the crosshair in equatorial coordinate system (GH: #852)
• Added option to use one color for info text (overwrite color mode) for all objects
• Added ASCOM telescope client into Telescope Control plugin (Windows only) (GH: #761, #406)
• Added 2 new config options for developers to build Stellarium package
• Added Pinyin transliteration to Chinese sky culture (GH: #867)
• Added support display of asterisms and ray helpers for Western (Rey) starlore (GH: #855)
• Added tool with keyboard shortcut for deselect the selected object (GH: #857)
• Added new tool (AstroCalc/Transits) info AstroCalc window (GH: #872)
• Added new option (duration) into AstroCalc/Graphs [Graphs] tool (GH: #874)
• Added an optional calculations for perihelion and aphelion of the planets into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #874)
• Added tool to adjustable line thickness of celestial grids and lines (GH: #828)
• Added line thickness setting into ArchaeoLines plugin
• Added new stars and exoplanets names according to IAU NameExoWorlds
• Fixed coordinates for Taldykorgan (Kazakhstan) (GH: #782)
• Fixed drawing of Off-Axis Guider (GH: #784)
• Fixed wrong rendering FOV through eyepiece when telescope is changed (GH: #211)
• Fixed parsing the designation of interstellar objects for MPC online search tool
• Fixed compute minutes in low precision case from deciman hours (GH: #792)
• Fixed double (mirrored) ephemeris lines in perspective projection (GH: #811, #813)
• Fixed exclude moons from compute of greatest elongations and stationary points on non-terrestrial locations (AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
• Fixed compute behaviour for "Sun, planets and moons" option on non-terrestrial locations (AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
• Fixed cache problem for compute Moon's age in some cases
• Fixed crash in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool in specific cases (GH: #822)
• Fixed displaying obvious wrong distance for stars (GH: #402, #404)
• Fixed wrong rendering the screen in night mode with fractional scaling (GH: #827)
• Fixed getting revision number for non-release builds when git is not installed or using source tarball
• Fixed wrong distances of the clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (GH: #840)
• Fixed crash when star catalogs description is updated
• Fixed abbreviation of asterism Sudor Ophiuchi
• Fixed wrong zooming in Telrad (GH: #832)
• Fixed about data for Oculars plugin and updated the version of plugin
• Fixed support mirrored cardinals for ocular view
• Fixed crash when "gravity labels" is enabled (GH: #847)
• Fixed the space char problem for gravity labels
• Fixed work scripting functions saveState and restoreState (GH: #849)
• Fixed font scaling for text around CCD frame for HiDPI screens
• Fixed translation errors in Danish (GH: #865)
• Fixed saving of stars twinkle setting (GH: #862)
• Fixed crash for saving file in AstroCalc/WUT tool when category of objects is not selected
• Fixed obtaining some data for plot graphs in Exoplanets plugin
• Fixed DSO catalog (unexsist objects)
• Fixed object information text color in eyepiece view at daytime (GH: #858)
• Fixed plot for culmination height jumps at daylight saving time (GH: #876)
• Fixed crash with negative JDs
• Fixed setting the minimum data step for labels in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #871)
• Fixed translation issues for Nomenclature
• Fixed translation issues for Nebulae
• Fixed translation months of activity for the meteor showers
• Fixed solar halo drawing issue (GH: #879)
• Fixed ASCOM settings translation issue (GH: #881)
• Fixed for paths render with orthographic projection (GH: #811)
• Fixed wrap-around rendering artefacts for Comet tails in Cylindrical and similar projections
• Fixed artefacts in some projections for old-style landscapes (GH: #366)
• Fixed Date and Time dialog: set focus on day spinner by default (GH: #886)
• Updated outlines for DSO (the data taken from OpenNGC catalog)
• Updated TelescopeControl plugin: Attempt to fix protocol mismatches for LX200 (GH: #818)
• Updated some DSO textures (GH: #783, #798, #815, #817, #824, #878)
• Updated scripting engine documentation
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated options for Windows installer (GH: #819)
• Updated AstroCalc/PC tool
• Updated parallax info string: let's use milliarcseconds for parallax for whole planetarium
• Updated default bookmarks for asteroids in Solar System Editor plugin
• Updated default bookmarks for comets in Solar System Editor plugin
• Updated the initial steps for newly added minor and dwarf planets into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Updated rules for including OpenSSL libraries into Windows package (GH: #786)
• Updated GUI for Sky and viewing options window
• Updated attributes for HDPI support
• Updated lunar terminator visibility
• Updated ephemeris marker style: it was switched to use new type of shape to balancing the visual style
• Updated spectral data for HIP stars from SIMBAD/Gaia data
• Updated variable stars data (HIP subset from GCVS 5.1 catalog)
• Updated behaviour: hide zodiacal light when whole Solar system bodies are hidden
• Updating StelProperty behaviour: allow suppression of a warning when a StelProperty cannot be found - should be used when requesting plugin properties!
• Updated AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool: excluding moons from list of celestial bodies (except the moons of current planet) to simplificate.
• Removed filter for star clusters from DSO tab (GH: #841)
• Removed "star clusters" category from AstroCalc/WUT tool (GH: #841)