Stellarium 23.2

The Stellarium Team has released version 23.2.

The major changes of this version:

• vectorize marker of deep-sky objects
• updated support locations
• discovery circumstances for solar system objects

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

TELESCOPE USERS

Like in the 1.* series, it seems the TelescopeControl plugin at least on Windows works better in the Qt5-based releases. Just install this if you are affected. We are looking for telescope users with programming skills to help us fixing this issue. Reward possible!

Full list of changes:

• Added ecliptic obliquity to infoMap (GH: #3233)
• Added support “short-period comets” type
• Added support combined designations for numbered periodic comets
• Added optional “Solar A/a” and “Lunar A/a” info for objects (GH: #3273)
• Added support for webp format in HiPS
• Added discovery circumstances for Caldwell objects
• Added discovery circumstances for Solar System Objects (GH: #3230)
• Added support antialiasing for Oculars lines
• Added changeable font to LeftStelBar (GH: #3125)
• Added UTM/WGS84 coordinate conversions
• Added push to directional light strength in Scenery 3D plugin
• Added new category into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added missing timezone (GH: #3200)
• Added push to directional light strength into Scenery 3D plugin
• Added new rotation buttons for CCD in the Oculars plugin
• Added KY day number in Calendars plugin
• Added option “Stop clock when starting” (GH: #3140)
• Added ability to specify seconds in time selectors of AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3146)
• Fixed building Satellites plugin when Iridium flares are enabled
• Fixed 64-bit install mode for Windows (GH: #3130)
• Fixed angular size for AstroCalc/Graphs tool: Let’s use angular radii of planets without rings (GH: #3135)
• Fixed computation of perpendicular in wide line rendering
• Fixed tooltips for Penumbra and Umbra circles (GH: #3175)
• Fixed updating location even if name is the same (GH: #3171)
• Fixed fading of the new nebula markers
• Fixed Observing Lists feature: avoid duplicate stored list when creating a new list (GH: #3163)
• Fixed missing doSRGB uniform in AtmosphereShowMySky
• Fixed filters in Satellites plugin (GH: #3158)
• Fixed checking updates
• Fixed working the actions in Oculars plugin (GH: #3280)
• Fixed prism rotation (GH: #3283)
• Fixed links to Mike McCants’ website
• Fixed designations of periodic comets
• Fixed WUI of Remote Control plugin
• Fixed orbital elements of Phoebe (GH: #230)
• Fixed special handling of Earth map (GH: #3180)
• Fixed a bad connection definition (GH: #3180)
• Fixed missing include (GH: #3180)
• Fixed orbital elements of Pluto’s moons (GH: #3242)
• Fixed missing data for periodic comets
• Fixed label for button in Equation of Time plugin
• Fixed Greek (Farnese) sky culture
• Fixed positioning of sensor labels with high-DPI scaling on (GH: #3262)
• Fixed orientation of sensor rectangle in equatorial mode (GH: #3260)
• Fixed missing rotation of sensor frame (GH: #3258)
• Fixed high-DPI-scaled mouse click position test relative to Oculars panel
• Fixed computation of inner and outer radii of OAG
• Fixed shapes of ocular frames
• Fixed computation of angular resolution in Oculars plugin
• Fixed positioning of text around the sensor frame in Oculars plugin (GH: #3254)
• Fixed a little mess with loading landscapes
• Fixed metainfo for AppData scheme
• Fixed rose32 directions (GH: #3235)
• Fixed a “round cap near zenith” artifact of ShowMySky atmosphere
• Fixed checking updates
• Fixed skewed text in -t mode
• Fixed text element arrangement in buttonbar (GH: #3125)
• Fixed template string for width estimate (GH: #3125)
• Fixed a possible glitch when too few buttons are visible (GH: #3125)
• Fixed bug in AstroCalc/RTS tool
• Changed core: slight improvement of gravity labels
• Changed core: Suppress computing RTS when on transition to a new location (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Avoid computing minor bodies while on a transitioning observer (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: When autoselecting landscape and planet landscape not found, don’t default to defaultLandscape but use zero (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Load zero landscape if landscape not found (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Unselect object when it is the upcoming location’s planet (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: When clicking on the map, apply a zero landscape with color from the map (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Allow dynamic loading of colorized zero landscape everywhere (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Avoid auto-enabling atmosphere if we stay on the same planet (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Use ZeroColor landscape also only when “Autoselect Landscapes” (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: Use actual planet texture name (GH: #3180)
• Changed core: make sure AtmosphereShowMySky is initialized with correct altitude
• Changed core: deduplicate rendering of horizon line
• Changed core: render fixed-color wide lines via triangles (GH: #3187, #2836)
• Changed core: specify texture unit explicitly in StelPainter::drawText (GH: #3154)
• Changed core: a small speed-up for DSO
• Changed core: reduce number of texture loading threads for most systems (GH: #3148)
• Changed core: simplify setting OpenGL version
• Changed core: make sure we do request deprecated functions in Compatibility Profile
• Changed core: vectorize marker of galaxy (GH: #3188)
• Changed core: vectorize marker of globular cluster and the default circular marker
• Changed core: vectorize marker of open cluster with nebulosity (GH: #3172)
• Changed core: vectorize marker of open cluster (GH: #3172)
• Changed core: vectorize markers of dark nebulas (GH: #3166)
• Changed core: vectorize markers of diffuse nebulas (GH: #3166)
• Changed core: allow SOCKS proxy to be supplied via http_proxy env var (GH: #3182)
• Changed core: Make linearRGB/sRGB conversion GLSL functions reusable
• Changed core: Make rectangular FoV marking follow real projection (GH: #3290)
• Changed GUI: reduce margins of DateTime dialog’s spinbox buttons
• Changed GUI: Reduce margins of DateTime dialog’s spinbox buttons (GH: #2722, #3157)
• Changed GUI: Use separate spinup/down icons for DateTime dialog spinboxes (GH: #2722, #3157)
• Changed GUI behavior: force GUI redraw when topocentric correction is toggled (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: improve font-dependent positioning of bottom button bar (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: better distance distribution of status line elements (GH: #3125)
• Changed GUI behavior: improve positioning of texture-based text
• Changed GUI in AstroCalc/Positions tool: let’s use arcseconds for SSO
• Changed Scenery3D plugin: allow ignoring initial view settings
• Changed Scenery 3D plugin: Allow coordinate text output in bottom/center (fix for planetarium)
• Changed Satellites plugin: allow Satellite Number to be zero (GH: #3186)
• Changed AstroCalc tool: when switching to best locations, use zero landscape
• Changed documentation: improve Fedora building instructions (GH: #3192)
• Changed AppImage properties: Disable using QtWebEngine for AppImage (GH: #3143)
• Updated labels in AstroCalc
• Updated list of financial supporters
• Updated data: Revising default list of comets (GH: #3276)
• Updated list of locations
• Updated discovery circumstances for minor planets
• Updated documentation: Specify tab size explicitly in coding style document (GH: #3284)
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated CalcMySky to v0.3.1
• Updated QXlsx to v1.4.6 (GH: #3132)
• Updated translations
• Updated data: revised discovery circumstances of Messier objects
• Updated common names of DSO
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated planetary features
• Updated catalog of exoplanets
• Updated orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
• Removed: Text User Interface plugin has been disabled by default now
• Removed separate color for clusters with nebulosity (GH: #3172)