Release notes:

Released 2017-09-22

Version 0.16.1 is based on Qt 5.6.2, but it can still be built from sources with Qt 5.4. This version is bugfix release with some important features:

• Added moons of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto
• Added improvements for AstroCalc tool
• DSO catalog was updated to version 3.2: -- Added support 'The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae' (Acker+, 1992) -- Added support 'A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants' (Green, 2014) -- Added support 'A Catalog of Rich Clusters of Galaxies' (Abell+, 1989)
• Added support asterisms and outlines for DSO
• Added improvements for the GUI

Changelog:

List of changes between version 0.16.0 and 0.16.1:

• Added two notations for unit of measurement of surface brightness
• Added improvement for hide/unhide lines and grids in Oculars plugin
• Added few moons of Saturn (Phoebe, Janus, Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Pan) with classic elliptical orbits
• Added few moons of Uranus (Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Ophelia) with classic elliptical orbits
• Added 2 moons of Pluto (Kerberos and Styx) with classic elliptical orbits
• Added code to avoid conflicts for names of asteroids and moons
• Added support of IAU moon numbers
• Added angular size into AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Added option to allow users to choose output formatting of coordinates of objects
• Added optional debug info for HDPI devices
• Added optional calculations of resolution limits for Oculars plugin
• Added new data from IAU Catalog of Star Names (LP: #1705111)
• Added support download zip archives with TLE data to Satellites plugin
• Added link to the Mike McCants' classified TLE data into the default list of TLE sources
• Added link to AMSAT TLE data into the default list of TLE sources
• Added support 'The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae' (Acker+, 1992) [DSO catalog version 3.2]
• Added support 'A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants' (Green, 2014) [DSO catalog version 3.2]
• Added support 'A Catalog of Rich Clusters of Galaxies' (Abell+, 1989) [DSO catalog version 3.2]
• Added export the predictions of Iridium flares (LP: #1707390)
• Added meta information about version and edition into file of Stellarium DSO Catalog to avoid potential crash of Stellarium in the future (validation the version of catalog before loading)
• Added support of extra physical data for asteroids
• Added support of outlines for DSO
• Added new time step: saros
• Added new time step: 7 sidereal days
• Added more checks to the network connections
• Added support of comments for constellations_boundaries.dat file (LP: #1711433)
• Added support for small asterisms with lines by the equatorial coordinates
• Added support for ray helpers
• Added new feature (crossed lines and output string near mouse cursor) to the Pointer Coordinates plugin
• Added missing cross-id data
• Added support an images within description of landscapes
• Added support Visual Studio 2017 in StelLogger
• Added tool to save list of objects in AstroCalc/WUT tool
• Added tool to save celestial positions of objects in AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Added temporary solution for bug 1498616 (LP: #1498616)
• Fixed wrong rendering Neptune and Uranus (LP: #1699648)
• Fixed Vector3 compilation error in unit tests (LP: #1700095)
• Fixed a conflict around landscape autoselection (LP: #1700199)
• Fixed HMS formatting
• Fixed generating ISS script
• Fixed tooltips for AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Fixed dark nebulae parameters for AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Fixed tool for saving options
• Fixed crash when we on the spaceship
• Fixed Solar system class to avoid conflicts and undefined behaviour
• Fixed orientation angle and its data rendering (LP: #1704561)
• Fixed wrong shadows on Jupiter's moons (Added special case for Jupiter's moons when they are in the shadow of Jupiter for compute magnitudes from Expl. Suppl. 2013 item) (LP: #1704421)
• Fixed work AstroCalc/AltVsTime tool for artificial satellites (a bit slow solution though)
• Fixed search by lists of DSO
• Fixed translation switch issue for AstroCalc/Graphs tool (LP: #1705341)
• Fixed trackpad behaviour on macOS though workaround
• Fixed couple stupid bugs in InnoSetup script
• Fixed morphology for SNR
• Fixed issue in parsing of date format in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Fixed link for fileStructure.html file in README (LP: #1709523)
• Fixed the calculation for drawing a reticle on a HiDPI display (Oculars plugin)
• Fixed default option of units of measure for surface brighness to avoid possible artifacts on the macOS (LP: #1699643)
• Fixed crash when comments is added into constellations_boundaries.dat file (LP: #1711229)
• Fixed behaviour of 'Center on selected object' button (LP: #1712101)
• Fixed impossibility to select a planet after Astronomical Calculations is activated (LP: #1712652)
• Fixed crash with unknown star in asterism
• Fixed cross-ids of 42 bright double stars (LP: #1655493)
• Fixed magnitude computation for Jupiter's satellites
• Fixed crash of Stellarium when answer of freegeoip.net has wrong format (for example this host blocked by firewall or DNS server with HTML answer) (LP: #1706187)
• Fixed translations issue in Script Console
• Fixed illumination in Scenery3D plugin: Take eclipseFactor into account
• Fixed potential crash in DSO outlines
• Fixed various issues in ray helpers, asterisms and constellations support
• Updated InfoString feature
• Updated sky brightness during solar eclipse (really, there are only few stars visible.)
• Updated Maori sky culture
• Updated list of names of deep-sky objects
• Updated list of asterisms
• Updated selection behaviour in Oculars plugin (avoid selection of objects outside ocular circle in eyepiece mode)
• Updated behaviour of methods getEnglishName() and getNameI18n() for minor bodies
• Updated behaviour of planetarium for support a new format of asteroid names
• Updated behaviour of filters for DSO catalogs
• Updated Solar System Editor plugin (support new format of asteroid names)
• Updated RTS2 telecope driver in Telescope Control plugin.
• Updated API docs
• Updated limit of magnitude for Oculars plugin (Improvements)
• Updated AstroCalc/WUT tool
• Updated AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool
• Updated rules for storing default settings
• Updated rules for computation visibility of DSO hints
• Updated plugins
• Updated default values for material fade-in/fade-out times
• Updated stellarium.appdata.xml file
• Updated tab rules in the GUI
• Reduce warnings to one when loading OBJ with non-default w texture/vertex coordinates