Stellarium 0.16.0
Written for Stellarium by Alexander Wolf on 2017-06-21
Stellarium 0.16.0 is a stable version (based on Qt5.6 but it can still be built from sources with Qt5.4) that introduces some new features and closes 38 bug and wishlist reports.
New features include
- RemoteSync plugin, which allows running several connected instances of Stellarium.
- Non-spherical models for solar system objects like asteroids and small moons.
- Solar system config file is now split into two parts.
- AstroCalc feature extension: What's Up Tonight, graphs, ...
- DSO: Addition of catalogs of peculiar galaxies
- New Skycultures: Belarusian, Hawaiian Star Lines
- Telescope plugin: support for the RTS2 telescope system.
- Location can now be read from a GPS device.
A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs!
Full list of changes:
- Added support of irregular solar system objects (3D models of minor bodies) (LP: #1153171)
- Added Remote Sync plugin
- Added GPS devices support (LP: #1448673)
- Added splitting ssystem.ini data - now have separate ssystem_major.ini and ssystem_minor.ini. Only the latter shall be editable for the users.
- Added a few more timezone replacements.
- Added support an asterisms for the sky cultures
- Added better identification for existing serial ports for GPS
- Added context support for constellations and asterisms names
- Added support RTS2 for Telescope Control Plugin
- Added a new option in config.ini file esp. for the planetariums (astro/
flag_forced_
- Added support of date and time formatting settings from main app to AstroCalc tool.
- Added a line for the approximate time of the meridian passing in AstroCalc tool (LP: #1652523)
- Added TLE tracking to RTS2 telescopes
- Added different star scales in the Oculars plugin, even separately for ocular and CCD views (LP: #1656940)
- Added information on magnification of the combination of eyepiece/
- Added configurable options to AstroCalc tool
- Added support Catalan (Valencian) language
- Added support Kabyle language
- Added 'What's Up Tonight' tool - AstroCalc subsystem (LP: #1080408)
- Added Dark Doodad Nebula to DSO catalog
- Added more data for analysis to the Exoplanets plugin.
- Added calculation of list of visible object for current location (AstroCalc)
- Added tool to remove custom markers by coordinates
- Added support double and variable stars for AstroCalc tool
- Added support translation novae names (parse nova name to extract constellation name and year of flash)
- Added lists of bright double and bright variable stars to Search Tool
- Added customized buttons for toggle ICRS/Galactic/
- Added customized buttons for toggle constellation boundaries (LP: #1249239)
- Added import/export bookmarks (LP: #1675078)
- Added confirmation before deleting landscape (LP: #1635137)
- Added guessing for name of location and use it when spaceship is landing (LP: #1220561)
- Added an 'Additional settings' block for selected object info
- Added showing a proper motions for some stars
- Added an optional indication of mount mode (LP: #1172860)
- Added option to toggle the usage the buttons background on bottom bar (LP: #1589702)
- Added config option for planet apparent magnitude configuration
- Added description to the planets magnitude algorithm
- Added contrast index for DSO
- Added AstroCalc/Graphs feature
- Added new option to configure behaviour of Satellites (Satellites/
- Added a scripting function to retrieve property names (helpful for configuring RemoteSync).
- Added 3 additional catalogs to our DSO catalog (Arp, VV, PK)
- Added packing of DSO catalog
- Added the showing the groups of the artificial satellites
- Added Belarusian sky culture
- Adding Hawaiian Starlines sky culture
- Added list of bright stars with high proper motion to the Search Tool/Lists and AstroCalc/Positions features
- Added lunar magnitude to sky brightness computation (brightness variation during lunar eclipses!) (LP: #1471546)
- Added property handling for the labels for ArchaeoLines plugin.
- Added Ukrainian translation for Belarusian skyculture
- Added Ukrainian translation for Hawaiian Starlines skyculture
- Added context and improve English phrase (AstroCalc)
- Added missed zh_HK zh_TW zh_CN descriptions for western sky-culture (LP: #1698473)
- Added Belarusian description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698535)
- Added Bengali description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698608)
- Added 'simulation speed' for tooltip of time (LP: #1698510)
- Added saving an angular separation option for phenomena
- Fixed crash when tried use of SIMBAD for offline mode (LP: #1674836)
- Fixed build scripts to update Index once more just before final run.
- Fixed COSPAR designation parser.
- Fixed wrong extinction coordinate frame of Zodiacal Light (LP: #1675699)
- Fixed a missing initialisation (avoids crash at program end)
- Fixed bug for loading default scenery on non-Englush locale in Scenery3D plugin
- Fixed typo in name of dark nebula LDN 935 (LP: #1679066)
- Fixed Scripting Engine: avoiding broken script when calling waitFor() after the point in time to wait.
- Fixed infoMap data for comets.
- Fixed issue of reloading of DSO names when filter of catalogs is updated.
- Fixed small cosmetic bug for SIMBAD status line.
- Fixed the opposition/
- Fixed very stupid bug for Date & Time dialog.
- Fixed translation on-the-fly issue for AstroCalc tool.
- Fixed IAU constellation label for stars with high proper motion (LP: #1690615)
- Fixed crash when AstroCalc tool is active and we are on the spaceship
- Fixed several Coverity issues
- Fixed bug which disabled the bright flare-type Iridium point source drawing
- Fixed fullscreen behaviour on switching tasks (Alt+Tab) (LP: #550337)
- Fixed dynamic eye adaptation behaviour when persistent orbits are enabled
- Fixed switching horizontal/
- Fixed crash when observer is flying on spaceship
- Fixed storing torchlight and coordinate display flag to config (Scenery3D) (LP: #1502245)
- Fixed placing a custom markers on HighDPI devices (LP: #1688985)
- Fixed infostring for ecliptical coordinates data (Nutation)
- Fixed strings consistency for Solar System Editor plug-in (LP: #1698783)
- Fixed string overlap with FOV and FPS labels (LP: #1698789)
- Restore searchable for telescope names (LP: #1686857)
- Updated Scenery3D plugin
- Updated Satellites plugin: refactoring the source code and speed-up rendering of satellites
- Updated rule to create a directory for screenshots (LP: #1626686)
- Updated GUI: refactoring blocks
- Updated a GUI behaviour: a map in LocationDialog resizable is now.
- Updated a GUI behaviour: enabled low resolution for High DPI devices.
- Updated a GUI: added a few GUI text improvements
- Updated InnoSetup script
- Updated and revised stars names
- Updated Historical Supernovae catalog (Added SN 2017cbv)
- Updated meteor showers catalog (Added data for year 2017)
- Updated AstroCalc tool: increased an accuracy of 'Altitude vs. Time' diagram
- Updated AstroCalc tool: speed-up calculations for some types of phenomena
- Updated AstroCalc tool: extension of features for Ephemeris Tool
- Updated AstroCalc tool: improve WUT
- Updated filters for DSO objects in AstroCalc/WUT tool
- Updated sorting rules for AstroCalc/Positions tool
- Updated filters for Solar system bodies (AstroCalc/
- Updated tab rules for Search Tool
- Updated list of locations
- Updated scripts and scripting engine
- Updated list of DSO's names
- Updated headers for AstroCalc tools
- Updated 'Go to home' feature.
- Updated Bookmarks tool.
- Updated API documentation
- Updated Exoplanets plugin: improve placing of the exoplanet systems
- Updated Oculars plugin: the limit for diameter of binoculars aperture upped to 200mm
- Updated calculation for boundaries of IAU constellations
- Updated default supernovae catalog
- Updated Belarusian translation for skycultures
- Updated cmake variable names
- Updated Ocean landscape
- Updated RemoteControl panels with new functionality
- Updated rules for TLE updated: never update TLE's for any date before Oct 4, 1957, 19:28:34GMT ;-)
- Removed script 'Analemma'
- Removed useless vertex color data from asteroid models.
- Removed Polynesian sky culture (replaced by Hawaiian starlines)
