Stellarium 1.0!

The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here!

What makes this 1.0?

• After more than 20 years of development the program is finally accurate enough for historical application.
• This is the first release based on the Qt6 framework, so the project is safe for future development. These packages are tagged with a version number like 1.22.3.
• We keep releasing Qt5-based packages for legacy or obsolete systems. This may include many Windows users who have to run ANGLE mode. These packages are tagged with a version number like 0.22.3.

What is new for users?

• A new, much better skylight model (Not for MacOS and OpenGL ES2 systems, sorry.)
• Many details around eclipses
• Updated Observation List features
• New features in AstroCalc tool
• HiDPI improvements
• Better dithering
• Able to use Windows location service (Windows)
• New skyculture: Samoan
• Updated several skycultures
• Updates in Angle Measure, Satellites, Oculars, Remote Control, Pulsars plugins
• Many more bugfixes.

A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs, and especially contributed in development!

Clear Skies!

Alexander and Georg

Full list of changes:

• Added support Qt6 environment
• Added support designations (based on B1950 coordinates) for pulsars
• Added definitions for MSVC++ 17.1 and MSVC++ 17.2 compilers
• Added report JSON generator to Observability plugin to allow for regression testing
• Added modified patch from OpenIndiana for AstroCalc tool
• Added modified patch from OpenBSD for GPS support
• Added approximated standard magnitude for Chinese Space Station
• Added a potentially missing timezone
• Added ‘Go’ button in Search Window Position tab (GH: #2681)
• Added wwddmmyyyy date format for Obsevability Analysis plugin
• Added hover effect for Oculars plugin buttons (GH: #2698)
• Added artwork for Babylonian (Seleucid) sky culture
• Added support for up to 500% scaling of dialog close button (GH: #2660)
• Added supporting horizontal coordinates for the CCD sensor in Oculars plugin (GH: #2672)
• Added capability to create KML map of solar eclipses in AstroCalc tool (GH: #2677)
• Added support the additional names to observing list (GH: #2525, #2553, #2232, #2309)
• Added default atmosphere model path in the Atmosphere Details dialog (GH: #2637)
• Added config viewer (GH: #2628)
• Added some documentation for ShowMySky in the User Guide (GH: #2636)
• Added list of financial contributors into About dialog (GH: #2646)
• Added contact times of global solar eclipse in AstroCalc tool (GH: #2652)
• Added default Earth atmosphere model (GH: 2634)
• Added a new Stellarium Sky Culture: Samoan (GH: #2627)
• Added column “Symbol” for major planets into AstroCalc/Positions tool (GH: #1628)
• Added a small didactic enhancement for AstroCalc/Positions/HEC tool (GH: #2549)
• Added user preference for DSO catalog selection
• Added sound output for Qt6 builds
• Added object type info into title for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Added support public version of Stellarium (GH: #2545)
• Added units of measurements to Oculars plugin (GH: #2594)
• Added original names to Siberian sky culture
• Added support the thickness of satellite orbits (GH: #2623)
• Added support for ShowMySky atmosphere model (GH: #624, #2604)
• Added align to selected object for Angle Measure plugin (GH: #2621)
• Added computation the time of equinoxes and solstices and set of actions to jump to the solstice/equinox at current, next or previous year. The default hotkeys for actions are not defined [module “Specific Time”] (GH: #1394, #2516)
• Added quadrature line (GH: #2513, #2511, #789)
• Added quadratures for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #2513, #2511, #789)
• Added handling the placement the windows outside the left border of the screen (GH: #2514)
• Added hotkey for run the computing the transits of Venus/Mercury in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Added new one tooltip for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Fixed GUI issue
• Fixed installing constellation art in Babylonian Seleucid sky culture (GH: #2704)
• Fixed use of obsolete combobox signal in Telescope Control plugin
• Fixed selection in Solar System Editor plugin for Qt6-based package
• Fixed missing segments in solar eclipse kml (GH: #2702)
• Fixed state of buttons in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed inconsistency in units
• Fixed requested GLSL version
• Fixed columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed sorting the path width and duration columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed working ShowMySky on HDPI GPU with limited graphics performance (GH: #2676)
• Fixed special hotkeys
• Fixed tooltips for some Markings (GH: #2671)
• Fixed developers list
• Fixed adding some objects (like B 287 (Barnard 287)) into Observing lists (GH: #1884, #2309, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when import/export the lists (GH: #2411, #1932, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when saving the lists (GH: #2437, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed import Bookmarks into Observing List (GH: #1944, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed object selection when use Edit button in Observing List (GH: #1941, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed movement users onto Null Island in Observing List (GH: #1933, #2486, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed wrong type of objects in Observing List (GH: #2475, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed building QXlsx as an universal binary on macOS
• Fixed updating region name when location is changed (GH: #2633)
• Fixed comparison logic in Angle Measure plugin (GH: #2630)
• Fixed NMEA connections in Qt6
• Fixed IAU star names (GH: #2531)
• Fixed saving the keyboard shortcut (GH: #2571)
• Fixed deployment ShowMySky library on macOS
• Fixed windows deployment
• Fixed crash when scripting is disabled (GH: #2544)
• Fixed upper limit of phase, unit of magnitude and angular size in tooltip of AstroCalc tools (GH: #2555)
• Fixed crash when using shortcut for specific time jump that related to twilight (GH: #2558)
• Fixed opens the links in browser (GH: #2554)
• Fixed exported CSV files in AstroCalc/Eclipses (GH: #2569)
• Fixed wrong timezone handling of Qt6 (GH: #2547)
• Fixed scripts after property had been renamed.
• Fixed versions of scripts
• Fixed visibility selection of DSO without proper magnitudes (GH: #2563)
• Fixed scaling right axes on graphs (GH: #2578, #2582)
• Fixed working RemoteControl GUI with Qt6 (GH: #2579)
• Fixed search in RemoteControl plugin (GH: #2568)
• Fixed translation the graphs data when language is changed for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Fixed titles for AstroCalc/Graphs tools
• Fixed autodetect build architecture on macOS (GH: #2550)
• Fixed LTO build (GH: #2590)
• Fixed map update (GH: #1302, #2592)
• Fixed Zenith scripting issue (GH: #754, #2589)
• Fixed meteor showers plugin
• Fixed name of renamed solar system file
• Fixed reading abbreviated names: allow any non-space characters as part of the constellation and asterism keys (GH: #2606)
• Fixed getting the Moon’s Elongation in ecliptical longitude via scripting (GH: #2605)
• Fixed rendering the Oculars labels on HDPI monitors (GH: #2622)
• Fixed coordinates of VDB 16 (GH: #2600)
• Fixed screen blanking on Intel UHD (GH: #2166, #2472, #2484, #2619)
• Fixed updating catalogs in plugins (GH: #2534)
• Fixed missing translations
• Fixed crash in debug mode
• Fixed ‘Binocular Highlights’ script
• Fixed working the logger for BSD systems with Qt6 environment
• Fixed method getOperatingSystemInfo() for macOS
• Fixed outdated macros for macOS
• Fixed icon size in macOS (GH: #2543)
• Fixed Qt6 redirect policy in plugins (GH: #2534)
• Fixed misspelled of Schedar (GH: #2531)
• Fixed celestrak URL in Satellites plugin: celestrak.com moved to celestrak.org
• Fixed list of languages
• Fixed crash when “Show Earth’s umbra” is enabled (GH: #2509)
• Fixed translations the some tooltips when language is changed in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed lost selection in Observing Lists tool (GH: #2694)
• Changed core: replace ordered Bayer dithering with the algorithm based on triangle-remapped blue noise (GH: #2640)
• Changed core: enable dithering by default (GH: #2644)
• Changed core: Milky Way and Zodiacal Light rebalance (GH: #2648)
• Changed GPS location manager: add location service managed by Windows (GPS, network location, …) (GH: #2620)
• Changed building rules for dependencies: use system versions of dependencies (GH: #1295)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: replace object type booleans with methods. This removes the need for managing object type state and delegates it to the StelObjectMgr (GH: #2536)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: refactor Observability plugin to use signals for reacting to location state changes (GH: #2535)
• Changed RemoteControl plugin: add missing elements
• Changed Scripting module: switch to use JSEngine instead of QtScript in Qt6-based version
• Changed logger: refactored the method for obtaining the compiler info in the logger
• Changed core: improved Haiku OS support
• Changed macOS defaults: by default for Qt6 environment on macOS create an universal binary (arm64 + x86_64) package for macOS Big Sur and later
• Changed core: actions for jump to the moments of rise, set and transit (include twilight) of selected objects moved into “Specific Time” module (GH: #2516)
• Updated Location window: Rewrite MapLabel → MapWidget (GH: 2696)
• Updated timezone data
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of some PNGs to improve high-DPI look (GH: #2658)
• Updated GUI elements: work around too much stretching of close button icon on Qt 5.12.8 (GH: #2674)
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of spinboxes to improve the look on high-DPI monitors
• Updated splash screen: paint version on the fly on the splash screen instead of rasterizing it into pixmap (GH: #2668)
• Updated rendering the ShowMySky atmosphere model
• Updated About/Config tab
• Updated Babylonian (Mulapin) Sky Culture
• Updated Egyptian Sky Culture
• Updated Greek (Almagest) Sky Culture
• Updated Indian sky culture (GH: #2557, #2559)
• Updated atmosphere model for ShowMySky module (GH: #2643)
• Updated list of contributors list in the About dialog
• Updated default pulsars catalog
• Updated list of locations
• Updated few scripts
• Updated title for AstroCalc/Graphs/Lunar Elongation tool
• Updated nomenclature data
• Updated settings for Inno Setup on Windows
• Removed the duplicate code
• Removed unneeded headers
• Removed duplicated code in AstroCalc tools