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Hello, i am new to this forum, i made my account here because i need help. So few weeks ago i ordered a USB to Serial cable to be able to Control my Telescope with my computer using stellarium. It arrived today. So i made my Star Alignment, then i plugged the cable to my Telescope and Computer, i installed the Cable driver and ASCOM Platform + ASCOM Celestron Driver. I started DriverConnect.exe and put the Celestron Driver i downloaded, and did the properties informations ( had to tick on "Advanced Setup" and "Show All COM Ports" ) and i put "COM8" on "COM Port", then i pressed "OK" and then "Connect" Result: Create Creating device Connected Connecting to device Error System.Exception: Connect to COM1 failed, no Celestron scope detected to System.Dynamic.ComRuntimeHelpers.CheckThrowException(Int32 hresult, ExcepInfo& excepInfo, UInt32 argErr, String message) to CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , ComObject , Boolean ) to ASCOM.DriverConnect.ConnectForm.btnConnect_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\ASCOM Build\Export\ASCOM.DriverConnect\ConnectForm.cs:line 268 Dispose Disposing of device ReleaseComObject Releasing COM instance ReleaseComObject Completed release. Count: 0 GC Collect Starting garbage collection GC Collect Completed garbage collection "Connect to COM1 failed, no Celestron scope detected" In Stellarium i set-up everything, the plug-in and restarted the app, then added my telescope and i says it's "connected" but i can't find my telescope. Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127SLT The Cable i bought: https://www.amazon.com/Telescope-CP2102-Adapter-Control-Console/dp/B077G37VL1/ PC Specs: Windows 10 Pro, GTX 970, 8GB Ram(DDR4), i7 6700 3.4Ghz Looking forward for your help, thanks in advance, dragorom7. -
The second bugfix release for series 0.19. Thank you very much to community for bug reports, feature requests and contributions! Full list of changes between versions 0.19.1 and 0.19.2: - Added support DMS and DD formats for parallactic angle feature - Added altitude limitation filter for AstroCalc/Graphs[AltVsTime/ME] tools - Added visual improvements for AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added new time intervals for AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool - Added computation of ephemeris for all naked-eye visible planets into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool - Added GUI for select the color of ephemeris markers into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool - Added 2 new scripts (Saturnian and uranian analemmas) - Added 'k Pup' designation to star HIP 37229 (GH: #706) - Added information about progress of loading on splash screen (GH: #719) - Added a new skylore for Stellarium: Anutan - Added support catalog "Southern Stars embedded in nebulosity" (Van den Bergh and Herbst, 1975 - VdBH) - Added support "Catalogue and distances of optically visible H II regions" (Dickel+, 1969 - DWB) - Added distances for few LDN objects - Added support removing shortcuts through config.ini file (GH: #724) - Added extraInfoString to StelObject: Allows extra info injected by plugins or scripts. - Added display of Apex/Antapex points (GH: #737) - Added "observers" for all planets with moons (GH: #736) - Added IAU constellation abbreviation to object info - Added 3 new actions - Added settings for Script Console (GH: #741) - Added Vanuatu (Netwar) skyculture (GH: #762) - Added few asterisms (GH: #753, #768) - Added new one time step into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #758) - Added few new DSO textures (GH: #756, #780) - Added support Vec3d into scripting engine - Added a Messier Marathon script (GH: #771) - Added support for short weekday display modes in bottom toolbar - Added GUI option to toggle permanent orbit drawing - Added hyperbolic comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) [2I/Borisov] into default ssystem_minor.ini file - Added a scripting function for refraction (GH: #778) - Fixed coloring text issue when formatting output is on - Fixed saving properties for external software/remote computer in Telescope Control plugin (GH: #702) - Fixed behaviour of selected ephemeris marker when sorting not for date (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool) - Fixed sorting date and time columns for AstroCalc/Ephemeris and AstroCalc/Phenomena tools - Fixed crash on destruction of static QWidget (GH: #720) - Fixed small difference of values issue for different time zones for Date and Time column in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #717) - Fixed stupid conversion bug in hmsToRad function (GH: #716) - Fixed an asymmetry w.r.t. to the ecliptic latitudes (Moon age) - Fixed Search Tool/Lists behaviour for VdBH catalog - Fixed distances for few DSO (GH: #708) - Fixed Gregorian date issue for AstroCalc (GH: #711) - Fixed support GPS on macOS (GH: #712) - Fixed coefficient for the duration of mean tropical year - Fixed issue for images in description for landscapes: set search directory (GH: #735) - Fixed tooltip behaviour for Date and Time dialog - Fixed star name to its source spelling (GH: #729) - Fixed compiling with GPSD 3.19 [API 8.0] (GH: #733) - Fixed encoding script files in Script Console (GH: #742) - Fixed drawing names of asterisms - Fixed aFOV display in Oculars plugin - Fixed visual issue in Script Console (white background) with Qt 5.13 - Fixed links for scripting docs (SUG) - Fixed screen flashing during solar eclipse (GH: #747) - Fixed core.resetOutput(); method behaviour (GH: #750) - Fixed AltGr behaviour for some languages on Windows - Fixed clipping issue for LabelMgr.labelObject (GH: #776) - Fixed weekday computation - Fixed rendering planets orbits (GH: #773) - Fixed error in shape of asterism Red-Necked Emu (GH: #769) - Fixed proper removing of default secondary shortcut (GH: #764) - Fixed cross-id error in DSO catalog - Updated appdata.xml file - Updated outdated code for names of days and months - Updated Observability plugin - Updated list of proper names of stars (IAU approved list) - Updated Moon age calculation: let's use geocentric coordinates only for compute of the Moon age - Updated AstroCalc/PC tool: simplification and colorification for graphs - Updated AstroCalc/Phenomena tool: small speed-up - Updated the default color space: StelToneReproducer now use sRGB as target RGB color space (GH: #718) - Updated GUI for Satellites plugin - Updated common names for DSO - Updated common names for stars - Updated packaging for macOS: Let's use macdeployqt for creating a MacOS bundles - Updated nomenclature support: Let's use compressed nomenclature data to reduce an installation package - Updated translations - Updated planetary nomenclature - Updated Sardinian skyculture - Updated file handling in Script Console - Updated HDPI features: enabled scaling fonts on High DPI monitors (GH: #546) - Updated default shortcuts: changed default shortcut for copying selected object information (Ctrl+C -> Ctrl+Shift+C) to allow use Ctrl+C shortcut for text edit fields for whole planetarium (GH: #748) - Updated getInfoMap method [scripting engine]: enhanced the getInfoMap method for the Sun (get eclipse data; GH: #747) - Updated Chinese (Simplified) and Russian translations for Windows installer (GH: #755, #779) - Updated Bookmarks tool - Updated default exoplanets and pulsars catalogs - Updated behaviour on Windows: disable HiDPI scaling in manifest (GH: #763) - Updated Oculars plugin: improve RA/Dec output for CCD frame - Code refactoring: type checking/casting clarifications - Removed FOV plugin (the feature was moved into core of planetarium) Homepage + links to downloading binary packages: https://stellarium.org
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So I'm referring to the main astro-softwares that you use during your sessions on your phone or tablet, and found that most of people use mainly those two softwares on their phones. Laptop versions of the software are different products and are not the focus of this topic. So which do you use and why? My experience: I personally have Stellarium plus, and the free version of SkySafarai, so I have an understanding of how the user-interface of both works, I have been researching the extra features in the SkySafari Pro, and have figured the following so far (please correct me if I'm wrong): * I'm aware that both let you control your GoTo telescopes * I personally find current version of Stellarium to be more user friendly and easier to navigate the sky manually , could be the configured settings though * SkySafari has more options to the search bar, e.g. "Tonight's Best" based on your location, also a menu of Messier catalog with a highlight of those currently visible at your time and location, others like best deep sky objects * SkySafari has this wonderful feature of creating an observing list, very helpful to plan your session and share and download with/from others * Stellarium Plus has a database of around 1.69 billion stars,while SkySafari 6 Pro has around 100 milion starts (don't think it's important as most of them aren't visible in amateur telescopes, I think I read somewhere that only 25 million stars are possible to observe with our telescopes, up to 15th mag, wonder if any of you have tried to push this limit) -
The first correcting release for series 0.19 has been released today. Thank you very much to community for bug reports, feature requests and contributions! Full list of changes between versions 0.19.0 and 0.19.1: - Added allow to search an inactive meteor showers in Search Tool/Lists tool - Added 'Azimuth vs. Time' graph into AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added feature to show tracks for latest several selected planets (GH: #539) - Added calculation and showing the orbital period for artificial satellites - Added revolutions per day info for artificial satellites - Added tools for jumping to the next or previous time of rising, transit or setting for selected object (GH: #484) - Added new behavoir for AstroCalc/Graphs when clicking within graph area now sets current time. - Added simplification in topocentric correction (GH: #391) - Added parallactic angle function (added it to infostring and infomap also) - Added hour angle and sidereal time to infomap - Added apply rotation when drawing Solar Corona (GH: #699) - Fixed draw corona when atmosphere is switched off - Fixed airmass in infomap - Fixed issue in script 'Mercury Triple Sunrise and Sunset' - Fixed crash of Stellarium for eyepieces with permanent crosshair - Fixed Stellarium crash when Remote Control plugin is working - Fixed computation of assume radius for minor planets. - Fixed the issue of the scrolling not working properly on Mac (GH: #393) - Fixed crash in Scripting Engine (Hide artificial satellites through StelProperties in core.clear() method to avoid crash if plugin was didn't loaded) - Fixed planetarium crash in HiPS (network manager delete problem) - Fixed position problems on the Poles (GH: #391) - Fixed scaling Telrad sign on HighDPI monitors - Fixed surface occlusion bug even with landscape turned off in scripting engine (GH: #680) - Fixed building with cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON (GH: #683) - Fixed error in constellation file format (Babylonian) - Fixed Europe/Volgograd time zone settings (GH: #686) - Fixed HiPS handling of allsky download (GH: #671) - Fixed progress bar rendering (GH: #671) - Fixed positive declinations issue in AstroCalc tool when option 'Use decimal degrees' is enabled (GH: #690) - Fixed file names inconsistency - Fixed constellation line in "Japanese Moon Stations" skyculture - Fixed file name for constellation boundaries in Stellarium User Guide - Fixed the user interface problems in Oculars plug-in (GH: #580) - Fixed getting the wrong values in objects/info method for selected object for different formats (Remote Control plugin) - Fixed refresh plots when AstroCalc dialog becomes visible again (AstroCalc/Graphs tool) - Fixed jquery vulnerability (GH: #694) - Fixed date and time dialog behaviour: Hour/Minute/Second spinners now correctly trigger signals dateChanged(), dateChangedByYear and dateChangedForMonth() when days, months or years are affected by it. - Fixed update graphs in AstroCalc/Graphs tool when days change - Updated planetary nomenclature - Updated common names of stars and DSO's - Updated cmake rules for Windows deployment - Updated DSO textures - Updated behaviour of HiPS survey if Stellarium started without network (GH: #681) - Updated GUI for ArchaeoLines plugin (GH: #689, #682) - Updated default pulsars catalog (v1.60) - Updated list of asterisms - Updated AstroCalc tools: many optimizations - Excluded Armintxe skyculture and landscape from default package Homepage + links to downloading binary packages: https://stellarium.org
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Hello! Today we published first release candidate to version 0.19.1 - please help us testing Stellarium! List of changes between version 0.19.0 and master (0.19.0.16926/0.19.1RC1): - Added allow to search an inactive meteor showers in Search Tool/Lists tool - Added 'Azimuth vs. Time' graph into AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added feature to show tracks for latest several selected planets (GH: #539) - Added calculation and showing the orbital period for artificial satellites - Added revolutions per day info for artificial satellites - Added tools for jumping to the next or previous time of rising, transit or setting for selected object (GH: #484) - Added new behavoir for AstroCalc/Graphs when clicking within graph area now sets current time. - Fixed issue in script 'Mercury Triple Sunrise and Sunset' - Fixed crash of Stellarium for eyepieces with permanent crosshair - Fixed Stellarium crash when Remote Control plugin is working - Fixed computation of assume radius for minor planets. - Fixed the issue of the scrolling not working properly on Mac (GH: #393) - Fixed crash in Scripting Engine (Hide artificial satellites through StelProperties in core.clear() method to avoid crash if plugin was didn't loaded) - Fixed planetarium crash in HiPS (network manager delete problem) - Fixed position problems on the Poles (GH: #391) - Fixed scaling Telrad sign on HighDPI monitors - Fixed surface occlusion bug even with landscape turned off in scripting engine (GH: #680) - Fixed building with cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON (GH: #683) - Fixed error in constellation file format (Babylonian) - Fixed Europe/Volgograd time zone settings (GH: #686) - Fixed HiPS handling of allsky download (GH: #671) - Fixed progress bar rendering (GH: #671) - Fixed positive declinations issue in AstroCalc tool when option 'Use decimal degrees' is enabled (GH: #690) - Fixed file names inconsistency - Fixed constellation line in "Japanese Moon Stations" skyculture - Fixed file name for constellation boundaries in Stellarium User Guide - Fixed the user interface problems in Oculars plug-in (GH: #580) - Fixed getting the wrong values in objects/info method for selected object for different formats (Remote Control plugin) - Fixed refresh plots when AstroCalc dialog becomes visible again (AstroCalc/Graphs tool) - Fixed jquery vulnerability (GH: #694) - Fixed date and time dialog behaviour: Hour/Minute/Second spinners now correctly trigger signals dateChanged(), dateChangedByYear and dateChangedForMonth() when days, months or years are affected by it. - Fixed update graphs in AstroCalc/Graphs tool when days change - Updated planetary nomenclature - Updated common names of stars and DSO's - Updated cmake rules for Windows deployment - Updated DSO textures - Updated behaviour of HiPS survey if Stellarium started without network (GH: #681) - Updated GUI for ArchaeoLines plugin (GH: #689, #682) - Updated default pulsars catalog (v1.60) - Updated list of asterisms - Excluded Armintxe skyculture and landscape from default package Download link: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium-data/releases/tag/beta
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OK, my second guide, this took a bit more thinking about cos I haven’t used Stellarium before but I wanted a ‘single device’ option as my other stuff is IOS. I will be using this with my Canon tethered to the PC by an active usb cable so I can do pretty much everything (bar focussing) indoors when it’s too cold outside! Anyway, this how I did it. If there is a better way I am happy to update this guide. Let me know. Hopefully this is straight forward cos there isn’t a lot of info on how to do this all in one place! I’ve had this working indoors this PM so I’m really excited to try it at night now. Note that you need to be connected to the SynScan WiFi network to control your scope. 1. Download & install Stellarium (I’m using v18) – do not run at this point 2. Download & install Stellarium Scope (I’m using v2016.12.26.330) – do not run at this point 3. Download ASCOM software & install (I used ASCOM Platform63) – do not run at this point 4. Download ASCOM driver from Skywatcher & install 5. Download and install SynScan App (it will run either Alt Az or Eq mounts as needed) 6. Connect to SynScan WiFi & open SynScan app, settings, WiFi and select Access Point mode (which is what I used as it seemed most straight forward). Add naming and security as needed. Note that the unit ‘resets’ to factory settings if powered up and unaccessed for 24 hrs (I have also seen this as 1 hr but haven’t tried it). 7. OPTIONAL TEST STEP OTHERWISE GO TO STEP 8. In settings set to ‘emulator’ if you want to test first. Go back to main screen and ‘connect’ – you will need to select eq or alt az. Note: you can do this part without the WiFi adaptor as it is only testing the software. Go to step 9. 8. In settings, select UDP, go back to main screen and connect (select eq or alt az). Do a star align if you are ready and leave running. 9. Run ASCOM diagnostics, tools, telescope chooser .net – select SynScanMobile Telescope in dropdown box. You may have to select and exit properties before ‘OK’ is enabled. 10. Open Stellarium Scope. Accept the disclaimer, select mount as ASCOM.Synscanmobile.Telescope and connect. 11. Label your Telescope on this screen if you want and then select update Stellarium. Accept all the warnings. If you want to customise further look in ‘options’ for auto start of Stellarium etc. You may need to update Stellarium again via this screen if you change anything. 12. Open Stellarium. It should now be ready with your scope. If you scroll around the reticle should be on the star you last aligned. You are now good to go! Select something in Stellarium and press CNTL and 1 together. Your scope should slew to the new target. Conversely, if you select something on the SynScan App it will show in Stellarium. 13. If you did this all in test mode and have a SynScan WiFi connected you should now be able to go to step 8. You do not need to do the other steps again apart from restarting Stellarium Scope and Stellarium. I have Stellarium auto open in options so I just click on StellariumScope. Hope that helps anyone interested. I’m happy to update this as needed, or do pics if required. PS I’m running this on a Win10 Dell Laptop - I have experienced a ‘form error’ bug when looking up stars in the SynScan App but that maybe because I moved the folder to a new location so it can’t find a library or something. It’ll be interesting if anyone else gets this. This does not affect the running in Stellarium so I’ve ignored it for now and will recheck later. UPDATE: 19/04 - I raised this with SW app team. It appears there is a DB missing from the v1.9 zip (previous versions are fine), they are rectifying asap - so it wasn’t me!! ?
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Yesterday we published first release candidate to version 0.19.0. Please help us test it and report us about finded problems (in this topic or in our bug tracker). Full list of changes between version 0.18.3 and version 0.19.0RC1 (v0.18.3.16781): - Added new type of computation for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool - Added GUI options to change constellations and asterisms font size (GH: #576) - Added new source to star names and added new additional name to kappa Scorpii - Added tool to detect Intel C/C++ compiler in our Logger - Added new method into ConstellationMgr class - getConstellationsEnglishNames() to get English names of all constellations in the selected sky culture [Scripting Engine] - Added new one script 'Constellations Tour' to organize the tour around constellations of the loaded sky culture [Scripting Engine] - Added constellation boundaries for Chinese Skyculture (GH: #584) - Added more values to correctly detect MSVC version - Added few scriptable methods into HighlightMgr class to manage highlight points - Added translation support for strings within scripts - Added Chinese medieval sky culture (GH: #604) - Added Alipurduar town (West Bengal; India) to the default locations list (GH: #606) - Added extra check-point for data directory in the StelFileMgr class - Added DSO textures - Added sensor crop overlay to Ocular plugin (GH: #612) - Added tool for allow filetype selection for Screenshots (GH: #623) - Added core.getPlatformName() and core.isMediaPlaybackSupported() methods into scripting engine - Added scripting function isModuleLoaded() - Added graph "Transit altitude vs Time" into AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added small simplification to scripting through adding master switch by types for grids, lines and points on the sky [Scripting Engine] - Added showing labels for named highlights (GH: #638) - Added allow setting location of User Data Dir via environment variable. - Added scripting graphics tool [Scripting Engine] (GH: #640) - Added LMC and SMC as addition names for Magellanic Clouds - Added classifications support for sky cultures - Added support 2 southern deep sky catalogues (NGC subset; esp. for southern observers) - Added armintxe, paleolithic sky culture and landscape (GH: #628) - Added demo script for martian analemma [Scripting Engine] - Added support sols for setDate() method [Scripting Engine] - Added code, who indicate to hybrid graphics systems to prefer the discrete part by default (GH: #649) - Added support for constellation boundaries thickness (GH: #653) - Added Maya constellations (GH: #635) - Added normal maps for planets, moons and minor planets - Fixed Ependes Observatory location (GH: #581) - Fixed scaling the distance in AstroCalc - Fixed naming the stars in AstroCalc tool when non-western skyculture is enabled (GH: #577) - Fixed sorting of column Distance in Astronomical Calculations' Ephemeris tab (GH: #579) - Fixed wrong calculation the FOV of CCD in Oculars plugin - Fixed compile Stellarium without media features - Fixed behaviour of script (The old script 'Constellations Tour' was renamed to the 'Western Constellations Tour' and updated) [Scripting Engine] - Fixed documents for core.clear() method [Scripting Engine] - Fixed unit tests failure on Windows and some linuxes (GH: #586, #587, #588) - Fixed the user interface problems for lenses in Oculars plug-in (GH: #580) - Fixed copyright years in CREDITS.md file - Fixed checker in the StelFileMgr class (GH: #589) - Fixed macOS User Data Directory in documentation (GH: #593) - Fixed bug report address for .desktop translations - Fixed a typo in Scenery3D plugin (GH: #600) - Fixed selecting LMST, LTST and system_default timezone names - Fixed math error in StelHips (GH: #599) - Fixed a potential memory leak in libtess (GH: #598) - Fixed error for ephemeris calculations time window (GH: #605) - Fixed description data for textures.json - Fixed missed translatable strings in StelSkyCultureMgr class - Fixed CWE-404 issues - Fixed crash when script tried delete already deleted labels (GH: #625) - Fixed zooming behaviour - Fixed time zone issue in AstroCalc/WUT tool - Changed default constellations font size - Changed HiPS behaviour: don't show tile if it is hidden by children - Changed behaviour of version checker: introduced the additional check for latest version - Changed behaviour of the BottomStelBar::updateText() method (GH: #596) - Updated Reingold and Dershowitz algorithm of DeltaT (New algorithm was taken from the Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition book) - Updated cmake rules for ICC/ICPC support (Intel C/C++ compilers) - Updated GUI in Oculars plugin - Updated Stellarium User Guide - Updated technical documentation - Updated Amalthea texture - Updated scripts (added i18n support) - Updated scripting API: added format specification for screenshots. (GH: #623) - Updated the code (thanks for PVS-Studio to the finding an issues) - Updated DSO textures - Updated textures of LMC (GH: #632) - Updated nomenclature - Updated jquery and jquery-ui in Remote Control plugin (GH: #620, #621) - Updated scripting engine: MilkyWay saturation scriptable now - Updated scripting engine: expanding the core.clear() method - Updated Satellites plugin: harmonized function name, added a property [Scripting Engine]. - Updated KoreanCM.isl file - typofixes (GH: #639) - Updated RemoteSync plugin: suppress unsuitable properties (GH: #642) - Updated AstroCalc/WUT tool: optimizations - Updated AstroCalc/Positions tool: optimizations - Updated AstroCalc/Phenomena tool: optimizations - Updated contact info for plugins - Removed a long time abandoned incomplete LogBook plugin - Remove old deprecated methods in scripting engine - Remove languages without translators and with translations lesser than 1% Binary packages: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium-data/releases/tag/beta Let's try make Stellarium better by together.
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Stellarium v0.19.0 has been released! Full list of changes: - Added new type of computation for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool - Added GUI options to change constellations and asterisms font size (GH: #576) - Added new source to star names and added new additional name to kappa Scorpii - Added tool to detect Intel C/C++ compiler in our Logger - Added new method into ConstellationMgr class - getConstellationsEnglishNames() to get English names of all constellations in the selected sky culture [Scripting Engine] - Added new one script 'Constellations Tour' to organize the tour around constellations of the loaded sky culture [Scripting Engine] - Added constellation boundaries for Chinese Skyculture (GH: #584) - Added more values to correctly detect MSVC version - Added few scriptable methods into HighlightMgr class to manage highlight points - Added translation support for strings within scripts - Added Chinese medieval sky culture (GH: #604) - Added Alipurduar town (West Bengal; India) to the default locations list (GH: #606) - Added extra check-point for data directory in the StelFileMgr class - Added DSO textures - Added sensor crop overlay to Ocular plugin (GH: #612) - Added tool for allow filetype selection for Screenshots (GH: #623) - Added core.getPlatformName() and core.isMediaPlaybackSupported() methods into scripting engine - Added scripting function isModuleLoaded() - Added graph "Transit altitude vs Time" into AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added small simplification to scripting through adding master switch by types for grids, lines and points on the sky [Scripting Engine] - Added showing labels for named highlights (GH: #638) - Added allow setting location of User Data Dir via environment variable. - Added scripting graphics tool [Scripting Engine] (GH: #640) - Added LMC and SMC as addition names for Magellanic Clouds - Added classifications support for sky cultures - Added support 2 southern deep sky catalogues (NGC subset; esp. for southern observers) - Added armintxe, paleolithic sky culture and landscape (GH: #628) - Added demo script for martian analemma [Scripting Engine] - Added support sols for setDate() method [Scripting Engine] - Added code, who indicate to hybrid graphics systems to prefer the discrete part by default (GH: #649) - Added support for constellation boundaries thickness (GH: #653) - Added Maya constellations (GH: #635) - Added 2 Babylonian skycultures (GH: #647) - Added display of used (terrestrial) timezone for observation from extraterrestrial locations - Added special case for Satellites plugin: use texture for draw the crossing of the ISS of the Moon or the Sun - Added nightly illumination plus basic description for armintxe landscape - Fixed Ependes Observatory location (GH: #581) - Fixed scaling the distance in AstroCalc - Fixed naming the stars in AstroCalc tool when non-western skyculture is enabled (GH: #577) - Fixed sorting of column Distance in Astronomical Calculations' Ephemeris tab (GH: #579) - Fixed wrong calculation the FOV of CCD in Oculars plugin - Fixed compile Stellarium without media features - Fixed behaviour of script (The old script 'Constellations Tour' was renamed to the 'Western Constellations Tour' and updated) [Scripting Engine] - Fixed documents for core.clear() method [Scripting Engine] - Fixed unit tests failure on Windows and some linuxes (GH: #586, #587, #588) - Fixed the user interface problems for lenses in Oculars plug-in (GH: #580) - Fixed copyright years in CREDITS.md file - Fixed checker in the StelFileMgr class (GH: #589) - Fixed macOS User Data Directory in documentation (GH: #593) - Fixed bug report address for .desktop translations - Fixed a typo in Scenery3D plugin (GH: #600) - Fixed selecting LMST, LTST and system_default timezone names - Fixed math error in StelHips (GH: #599) - Fixed a potential memory leak in libtess (GH: #598) - Fixed error for ephemeris calculations time window (GH: #605) - Fixed description data for textures.json - Fixed missed translatable strings in StelSkyCultureMgr class - Fixed CWE-404 issues - Fixed crash when script tried delete already deleted labels (GH: #625) - Fixed zooming behaviour - Fixed time zone issue in AstroCalc/WUT tool - Fixed DSO texture overlay issue (GH: #655) - Fixed FTBFS issue on some linux systems - Fixed bad behaviour time zones in the location panel (GH: #602) - Fixed crash when selecting certain dates in 1 AD for some time zones on Windows (GH: #594) - Fixed default limits for graph "Transit altitude vs Time" - Fixed translation the "Armintxe Cave" string (GH: #657) - Fixed airmass calculation for deep-sky objects - Changed default constellations font size - Changed HiPS behaviour: don't show tile if it is hidden by children - Changed behaviour of version checker: introduced the additional check for latest version - Changed behaviour of the BottomStelBar::updateText() method (GH: #596) - Updated Reingold and Dershowitz algorithm of DeltaT (New algorithm was taken from the Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition book) - Updated cmake rules for ICC/ICPC support (Intel C/C++ compilers) - Updated GUI in Oculars plugin - Updated Stellarium User Guide - Updated technical documentation - Updated Amalthea texture - Updated scripts (added i18n support) - Updated scripting API: added format specification for screenshots. (GH: #623) - Updated the code (thanks for PVS-Studio to the finding an issues) - Updated DSO textures - Updated textures of LMC (GH: #632) - Updated nomenclature - Updated jquery and jquery-ui in Remote Control plugin (GH: #620, #621) - Updated scripting engine: MilkyWay saturation scriptable now - Updated scripting engine: expanding the core.clear() method - Updated Satellites plugin: harmonized function name, added a property [Scripting Engine]. - Updated KoreanCM.isl file - typofixes (GH: #639) - Updated RemoteSync plugin: suppress unsuitable properties (GH: #642) - Updated AstroCalc/WUT tool: optimizations - Updated AstroCalc/Positions tool: optimizations - Updated AstroCalc/Phenomena tool: optimizations - Updated contact info for plugins - Updated Sterngarten model description - Updated behaviour of the options on Starlore tab - Updated list of extraterrestrial locations - Updated time zones behaviour: make custom time zone use a full property of StelCore - Updated time zones behaviour: preserve custom timezone setting - Updated LocationDialog behaviour: Return to default location resets location list. - Removed a long time abandoned incomplete LogBook plugin - Remove old deprecated methods in scripting engine - Remove languages without translators and with translations lesser than 1% Download new desktop edition you may here: https://stellarium.org Thank you very much to community for bug reports, feature requests and contributions!
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Hi, I'm totally New to this hobby and i'm having trouble understanding something in stellarium. I have ordered (not recieved) a Sky-Watcher Explorer 150PDS, which has a 25mm eyepiece 50degrees FOV as a default. I also have a Nikon D810. I wanted to get an idea of what my field of view would be with the 25mm eyepiece (30x on 750mm focal length), and also what it would be With my Nikon D810 mounted shooting prime Focus - no eyepieces. What surprised me was that it wasnt much difference between the frame and size of the object i get with 30x magnification (25mm eyepiece), and what i get with the Nikon D810 mounted. I dont get this. What magnification do i get With my DSLR mounted with no eyepiece?
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Stellarium 0.13.3 is a stable version that introduces some new features and closes 33 bug and wishlist reports. A lot of work has been done on adding few new DSO catalogs: Barnard ( , Van den Bergh (VdB), Sharpless (Sh 2), H-α emission regions in the Southern Milky Way (RCW), Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae (LBN), Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae (LDN), Collinder (Cr) and Melotte (Mel). In addition, two new plugins are available. One of them introduces an exclusive and very nice feature - 3D landscapes. A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs! We updated the configuration file and the Solar System file, so if you have an existing Stellarium installation, we strongly recommend to reset the settings after you install the new version (in the Installer). Full list of changes: - Added Scenery3D plugin: enable support 3D landscapes - Added ArchaeoLines plugin: a tool for archaeo-/ethnoastronomical alignment studies - Added new DSO catalogs: Barnard ( , Van den Bergh (VdB), Sharpless (Sh 2), H-α emission regions in the Southern Milky Way (RCW), Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae (LBN), Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae (LDN), Collinder (Cr) and Melotte (Mel) - Added tiny visual improvements for info about comets and minor planets - Added Hungarian translation for Aztec skyculture - Added Russian translation for Western: H.A. Rey skyculture - Added support of meteors for Windows/MSVC packages - Added patch for multiscreen setups - Added tui/tui_font_color option for change color of text user interface (LP: #1421998) - Added new version of GCVS - Added implementation of polinomial approximation of time period 1620-2013 for DeltaT by M. Khalid, Mariam Sultana and Faheem Zaidi (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/480964 - Added new line on the celestial sphere - opposition/conjunction longitude (LP: #1377606) - Added texture for Ceres (LP: #1271380) - Extended list of proper names for deep-sky objects - Fixed position of Great Red Spot (LP: #490019) - Fixed bug in planet shadow shasder (LP: #1405353) - Fixed flickering Moon problem (LP: #1411958) - Fixed jittering moons (LP: #1416824) - Fixed visibility objects on distance over 50 AU. (LP: #1413381) - Updated the Spherical projection to be HiDPI aware. (LP: #1385367) - Restore unit testing for refraction and extinction. Fixed issue in unit test for DeltaT and fixed small issue for DeltaT. - Fixed issue in core.setObserverLocation (to a new Planet travels always 1 second) (LP: #1414463) - Fixed issue for cursor, who points to a wrong position after orbit update (LP: #1414824) - Fixed ignore the Enter key for online search dialog within Solar System Editor plugin (LP: #1414814) - Fixed package issue for Windows XP (LP: #1414233) - Fixed crash when trying to select a satellite with invalid orbit (LP: #1307357) - Check of updates has been removed (LP: #1414451) - Fixed issues in Search Tool (LP: #1416830) - Fixed code to update ConfigurationDialog size (LP: #995107) - Behavior of JD/MJD has been refactored for Date and Time Dialog (LP: #1417619) - Avoid delaying for the telescope control slew commands over TCP (LP: #1418375) - Avoid crash when clicking 'Lookup locations on network' checkbox in Locations window (Debian: #779046) - Updated bookmarks for Solar System editor plug-in (LP: #1425626) - Allowing display the scope marker below the landscape (LP: #1426441) - Allow fading of the landscapes without atmosphere (LP: #1420741) - Allow change thickness of lines of the constellations (LP: #1028432)
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Stellarium 0.18.1 has been released today! Full list of changes: - Added dithering support - Added filtering for pulsars - Added option for Telrad - Added nomenclature for Charon - Added new time steps for AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool - Added support Mandarin Chinese language - Added support of hi-res screenshots (GH: #141) - Added few small improvements for Quasars plugin - Added tooltips for color buttons in Pulsars plugin - Added option to hiding invisible satellites in markers mode (GH: #145) - Added angular size for the estimated values of coma and gas tail for comet - Added support decimal degrees for size of DSO - Added improvements for proportional size textures for large DSO (GH: #159) - Added atmospheric mixing and extinction handling to Toast Survey (GH: #158) - Added Korean translation for landscape description (GH: #170) - Added shortkeys for change light pollution (GH: #171) - Added rise, transit and set times for celestial objects (GH: #169) - Added info about duration of the solar day - Added scripting function to retrieve environment variables. - Added changeability of magnitude limit for stars through keyboard shortcuts (GH: #174) - Added Korean ISL File and Update iss.cmake (GH: #185) - Added allowing storing script output to absolute path - Added equatorial radius / diameter info for Solar system bodies - Added calculation of equatorial rotation velocity for Solar system bodies (except comets) - Added 2 more lines to ArchaeoLines plugin - Fixed load the HiPS sources through proxy - Fixed creating screenshots on retina displays - Fixed behaviour Macbook's touchpad - Fixed result of dithering color components with exactly zero tail - Fixed dithering for OpenGL ES2 - Fixed enabling various lines when Telrad is enabled (GH: #109) - Fixed error in DSO catalogs filter - Fixed bug when screenshots folder can't be changed via GUI (LP: #1764084, GH: #144) - Fixed compile with Qt5.10 (Windows/Visual Studio 2015) (GH: #139) - Fixed visibility of splash screen (GH: #142) - Fixed rendering asterisms names - Fixed editing telescope properties for Telescope Control plugin - Fixed memory leak of Bayer pattern texture in StelPainter (GH: #154) - Fixed HiPS server requests (GH: #156) - Fixed infotext brightness when planets are switched off - Fixed crash after customization of absolute/relative scales - Fixed operational status string for satellites - Fixed incorrect pair counts in constellationship.fab files (GH: #167) - Fixed color issue for formatting infostring - Fixed selection in AstroCalc/Positions tool - Fixed fullscreen toggle on Mac OS X (GH: #193) - Fixed User Agent string for HiPS - Fixed the SSO isolated trails checkbox. (GH: #199) - Fixed a rendering bug with spheric mirror distortion (LP: #1777320) - Updated behaviour of Toast: lazily creation of the grid - Updated help of Telescope Control plugin - Updated HiPS behaviour: try to use caching as much as possible - Updated user agent string for HiPS browser - Updated nomenclature list - Updated main GUI - Updated GUI of plugins - Updated Satellites plugin - Updated GPS handling - Updated list of contributors - Updated catalog of pulsars - Updated behaviour of Search Tool for craters - Updated Quasars plugin - Updated format for DSO's size - [SUG] Updated year for copyright notices - Updated Korean Star Names (GH: #173) - Updated hyperlinks for DOIs resolver (GH: #187) - Updated CMake rules for Windows/MSVC (GH: #183, #188) - Updated textures - Updated Scripting Engine: extended behaviour for includes files in scripts - Updated the code: remove some redundant calls to increase code readability. (GH: #184) - Updated the code: replaces foreach macro by C++11 range-based for. (GH: #195) - Updated the code: remove gVector, use Vec3d instead. (GH: #197) - Updated the code: C++11 auto to replace complicated hand written types. (GH: #196) - Updated the code: disable debug logging on OpenGLES mode. (GH: #201) - Updated the code: remove the null pointer check after new. (GH: #202) - Updated the code: check struct size by using static_assert. (GH: #203) - Updated the code: put dwarf galaxies and h400 tables into static array. (GH: #204) - Updated the code: call getDecYear in getDeltaTByEspenakMeeus. (GH: #205) - Updated the code: remove some new/delete pairs, just use variables on stack. (GH: #206) - Updated CMake code: enable persistent usage of C++11 standard for compiling (GH: #192) Download new desktop edition you may here: http://stellarium.org And bonus for fans: first beta release of StellariumWeb - https://stellarium-web.org/
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This is an open project "Ubuntu Astronomy" for amateurs. Free Live DVD distributive designed for astronomy amateurs. This DVD contains different astronomical programs, for example: planetariums, image processing, astro-hardware control, INDI drivers, etc. Based on Ubuntu 16.04. You can download *.iso from its page https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntu-astronomy-16-04/
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Dear Stellarium users, in last binary snapshot (v0.90.0.8774 - https://launchpad.net/stellarium/trunk/0.90.0) we introduced finally support of time zones dependent by locations. We really want test this feature - please help us. Thank you!
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Hi SGL, I am wondering if there is a way to rotate the display in Stellarium by 90 degrees anti-clockwise. That way I can match my camera view with Stellarium (see attachment image). At the moment I have to take a print screen and rotate it in another program, which is a bit of a faff when trying to locate a dim fuzzy. I know about the flip horizontal/vertical buttons in Stellarium but no combination of them produces a 90 rotation. Maybe this is a silly question but if i rotate my camera 90 degrees clockwise, will I get matching views? I guess this depends on which way the camera flips the image after taking the shot. Many thanks, Dan.
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Hi, After using Stellarium on my tablet for helping me find stuff with binoculars. I was wondering on the PC version is it possible to see the FOV through a certain telescope? Have been using something similar https://astronomy.tools/ but was wondering if it’s possible in stellarium . I know there is a telescope tab but not sure how it works, I was wondering if there are any other programs like this that you recommend . Any help will be appreciated PS Sorry if I e posted this in the wrong section.
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Hello, I am trying to control my Heq5 pro via SynScan (ver 3.10) with Stellarium (on MS Win10, 64 bit). I got the proper cable and adapter to connect to the usb port (via an adaptor for the RS-232). In Stellarium I follow the instructions to add a telescope / configure / add new telescope but when I get at the level of the device settings (see image), the field to select the port is blank and cannot be edited. I know I am using port : Port_#0001.Hub_#0004 (from checking the device manager) on my laptop. I tried installing Ascom but I still can't find the port there neither. I tried using a different port #3 but same issue. Anyone knows a work around the issue? Thank you \\ -
Hi All, Recently in my effort to image Pluto, I used Stellarium to locate its position and compare the star fields with my image. I finally succeeded but my effort was made more difficult by a star that was visible in Stellarium near HIP 94372, but absent in my image Pluto Image post. On checking further I concluded that the error was in the NOMAD catalog used by Stellarium. If this is indeed the case does anyone know how this error can be reported and corrected? Best
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Hi All, With some difficulty using Stellarium to compare star fields, I believe that Pluto is the spot marked in my image below. It is a single 20'' exposure taken using a Canon 700D DSLR at ISO 800 and my CPC 1100. I stretched, tweaked the curve and used the noise reduction feature in GIMP. I am hoping to take another image today to see if that spot has moved in relation to the other stars. My problem was that I had difficulty comparing the star fields in my image and that from Stellarium (screen shot below). The ocular view and the sensor frame view of Stellarium were useful but I discovered that my difficulty in matching the stars arose because the bright star next to HIP 94372 does not exist in my image. I thought of digging into star catalogues before posting but thought I may get an answer from the forum more quickly. My bet is that it may be an error in the catalogue Stellarium uses. Look forward to hearing all your thoughts.
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Stellarium 0.18.3 has been released today! Full list of changes: - Added names of potential interesting asteroids according to Wikipedia - Added change saturation of Milky Way when eyepiece simulation is enabled - Added precisions to saturation shader (GH: #261) - Added Northern Andes skyculture (GH: #267) - Added Western (Sky & Telescope) skyculture (GH: #562) - Added tool for checking updates of planetarium - Added the support of kinetic scrolling for lists and long texts for all operating systems (disabled by default) - Added support angular size filter for AstroCalc/WUT tool (if applicable) - Added satellite color & description handling (GH: #350, #380) - Added new graph into AstroCalc/Graphs tool - Added airmass info to infostring and infomap (GH: #157) - Added workaround for a spherical mirror mode bug (GH: #252) - Added angular separation filter for double stars in AstroCalc/WUT tool - Added highlights support (see Bookmarks tool; GH: #272) - Added Chinese translation for landscape description (GH: #493) - Added tooltip for 'Prism/CCD distance (mm)' option - Added a SphericalCap to close off Spherical Landscapes - Added Chinese translation for skycultures (GH: #503) - Added tool for reaload the DSO background images (shortcut: Ctrl+I) - Added tool for reloading the current sky culture (shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+I) - Added pack of DSO textures - Added timezone loading for landscapes - Added Nereid texture - Added new method core.selectConstellationByName() to avoid possible wrong selection when few objects has same name (enforcement selection of constellation; GH: #490) - Added alphabetical sorting the list of surveys (GH: #506) - Added Chinese Contemporary Skyculture (GH: #508) - Added 2 new tweakable buttons for asterisms - Added 4 new tweakable buttons for GUI - Added Interstellar Object type and elements of 1I/Oumuamua - Added new nomenclature for Mercury - Added Chinese translation for skycultures (GH: #540) - Added display of the antisolar point (GH: #536) - Added a good default list of instruments into Oculars plugin (GH: #409) - Added kinetic scrolling to switch on the fly (GH: #519) - Added option to select font and size (GH: #424) - Added workaround for grouped onscreen Information of selected object issue (GH: #523) - Added a tour of the Solar System planets - Added phase angle info for the artificial satellites - Added new MIME type for Stellarium scripts (for UNIX/Linux systems) - Added wrapper for Stellarium's website - Added support XLSX files (GH: #555) - Added visual style for headers of columns in XLSX files - Added option to sort results in AstroCalc/WUT tool (GH: #521, #560) - Added visual style for headers of columns in XLSX files - Added support double clicks on the sky (selecting + centering objects) - Added scripting function to allow targetting Galactic coordinates - Fixed small issue with untranslatable items of drop-down list of HiPS surveys - Fixed saving telescope settings on Mac OS X (GH: #254) - Fixed the terms in columns in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool - Fixed switching of locale for dates on graphs in AstroCalc tool when language is changed - Fixed bug when downloading extra stars catalogues (GH: #260) - Fixed saving value of option "Scale image circle" in Oculars plugin (GH: #264) - Fixed resetting results when clear button is pressed in Satellites plugin (GH: #265) - Fixed annoying warning in Search Tool - Fixed missing config option for rise, set and transit times in GUI - Fixed possible crash in AstroCalc/PC tool - Fixed adding unnamed stars into bookmarks - Fixed fragment shader for planets - Fixed uninitialized vars in HelpDialog (Coverity issue) - Fixed documentation for for StelObject::getInfoMap() - Fixed spheric mirror support on retina displays (GH: #390) - Fixed link to the Stellarium User Guide - Fixed link to Hawaiian Star Compass Landscape in Hawaiian Starlines (GH: #384) - Fixed the performance for AstroCalc tool (GH: #379) - Fixed lunar eclipse visualization (GH: #274) - Fixed bookmarking for the unnamed stars - Fixed Chinese sky culture (GH: #489) - Fixed a bug for Chinese skyulture. (GH: #504) - Fixed storing the view direction/FoV separately from other settings (GH: #309) - Fixed typo in stellarium.desktop (GH: #507) - Fixed typo in property setting (Cardinal direction color) - Fixed storing of mount mode (conflict in Oculars plugin; GH: #505) - Fixed the orientation of M58 texture (GH: #514) - Fixed PNG warnings - Fixed bad airmass infostring (GH: #525). - Fixed button state - Fixed the text overlap issue in Observability plugin (GH: #517) - Fixed the placement issue of the cross in Pointer Coordinates (GH: #516) - Fixed border handling for a DeltaT formula - Fixed build with --as-needed (GH: #545) - Fixed updating Satellites at startup (GH: #542) - Fixed separation value for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool for oppositions - Fixed opening XLSX files in the modern Microsoft Office - Fixed black screen shot in night mode (GH: #534) - Fixed TeX style for scripts (GH: #570) - Updated GUI of AstroCalc tool (AstroCalc/AltVsTime, AstroCalc/ME and AstroCalc/Graphs tools has been merged into AstroCalc/Graphs) - Updated GUI of AstroCalc tool (visual style has been updated) - Updated GUI behaviour: let's hide angular limits for AstroCalc/WUT when the limits are not applicable - Updated GUI behaviour: split GUI font size from screen font size - Updated GUI behaviour: move color buttons to the left of labels - Updated visual style of diagram in Exoplanets plugin - Updated code of Satellites plugin - Updated names of DSO - Updated textures of DSO - Updated textures of moons - Updated nomenclature - Updated documents - Updated Oculars plugin: immediate update of display when changing instrument details in GUI. - Updated Oculars plugin: separate font scaling for the Oculars GUI panel. - Updated Oculars plugin: storing of current instrument (telescope/ocular/CCD/lens) indices - Updated RemoteControl plugin: change return types in JSON object info from string-only to native. - Updated getInfoString code: separate getMagnitudeInfoString to avoid code repetition. - Updated tooltips and labels for AstroCalc/WUT tool - Updated default select priority for custom objects and markers (GH: #501) - Updated behaviour: the select priority of custom objects and markers now configurable and scriptable - Updated behaviour: improved timezone handling, allows scriptable setting (GH: #497) - Updated default catalog of exoplanets - Updated default catalog of pulsars - Updated ArchaeoLines plugin (code refactoring) - Updated color setting (code refactoring) - Updated behaviour of lists in the AstroCalc/Graphs/Graphs tool (GH: #520) - Updated tool for create the exoplanets catalog - Updated script 'Constellations tour' and added small patch to avoid possible crash, when sky culture is changed (GH: #572) - Obsolete code in core has been removed - Removed outdated link (GH: #526) - Removed doubled parenting code in GUI classes Download new desktop edition you may here: https://stellarium.org
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Good evening, it is normal that on the constellation of the scorpion there is a form of square on Antares, Oph and Jabbah? it's like there's a cut and paste, Thank you
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Hello all Can I ask what is the current thinking and methods on the following things. There seems to be some really old YouTube videos of how to control your mount and control your camera but I would like to hear what is the latest wisdom on the following: Eq6 Mount Control? Stellarium? Eqmod? Handset? Bluetooth? Canon camera exposure control. Aptool? Intervalometer? Laptop? iOS app??? Is that even possibile? I have a Eq6 pro but I would love to know what the most current way of doing these things are. It's mainly for imaging. Bring me me up to date please! Thanks Gerry -
Hello, So I thought I would share some screen shots of my XP SP3 Virtual Machine that I have setup for Astro Imaging. The nice thing about putting all the software into a Virtual Machine is that I can move it about between different laptops. VMware also allows you to remotely connect and disconnect USB sockets, which is hand when you want to restart a usb camera. Lastly I can put the VM to sleep and start it up so as to keep everything as is. Some screen shots of the different aspects of the VM with a custom red theme. EQMOD, Astro Tortilla, PHD2 EQMOD, Stellarium (Stellarium Scope to control EQMOD) EQMOD, APT (Focus aid and other tools) Hope you take some inspiration
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Hi, I'm deperately looking for a telescopes.json file created by the Stellarium TelescopeControl plugin (and maybe a points.json as well ... don't know what that is for, though). The file(s) is/are normally located in $HOME/.stellarium/modules/TelescopeControl/ (Linux, I think it's a similar directory in Windows or MacOS). The files could be created in Windows and then copied to my Linux folder, but I don't have a native Windows machine and issues with the emulated one as well. Background: Stellarium won't let me add my telescope, as the configuration dialog won't disappear when pressing the OK button (see here for details: https://sourceforge.net/p/stellarium/discussion/278769/thread/fae0bc91/). According to the mentioned forum post this situation can be resolved by copying the telescopes.json (and maybe points.json) into the telescope plugin folder. I've searched the internet over and over, but cannot find copies of that files. Would be great if someone could share them with me. I'm aware that I will have to edit the files to fit my setup, but without knowing what the fies look like, I don't know where to start. Also, if anyone has had the same issue with the "Add telescope" dialog not closing in Stellarium, please share your solution, if different from what I'm aiming for. Thanks in advance, Peter
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Hi folks, Just downloaded Stellarium ver 0.18.1 and tried the "Surveys" under "Sky and Viewing Options" : Problem is nothing happens when I tick any randomly chosen option. Can someone please advice ? Ragnar
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Dear users of planetarium and possible translators! We plan to release version 0.18.0 near spring equinox day and all strings for translation are freeze now. You may download version 0.90.0.15855 (also known as 0.18.0RC1) to testing current status of features and translations. If you can assist with translation to any of the 119 languages which Stellarium supports, please go to Transifex website and help us out: https://www.transifex.com/stellarium/stellarium/dashboard/ Full list of changes between versions 0.17.0 and 0.18.0RC1 are: - Added support HEALPix surveys (Hello visualization of multiwavelength universe in the Stellarium - over 300 surveys available right now!) - Added patches for TeXLive - Added Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional) translations for InnoSetup - Added Dnoces star name - Added check relative paths for AppImage (or something similar) packages - Added hook for creating an AppImage application - Added optional building 3rd-party INDILib when Telescope Control plugin is disabled - Added manual commands for NSEW movements in Telescope Control plugin [INDI-only] - Added computation of solar eclipse magnitude and solar eclipse obscuration on Earth (special case) - Added option to allow adding some sky background color (GH: #71) - Added Moon age computation (GH: #73) - Added "Western (O.Hlad)" sky culture - Added support common names of pulsars - Added some DSO images - Added calculation of synodic period - Added AstroCalc/Monthly Elevation tool - Added optional Sun, Moon, Astronomical Twilight and Nautical Twilight lines for AstroCalc/AltVsTime tool - Added Battlesteads Observatory into locations list - Added a special case of computations (lunar eclipse) into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool - Added two new signals to manage wide dates changes with various steps - by months and years - Added new option to the AstroCalc/AltVsTime and AstroCalc/ME tools - Added support a Hickson Compact Group collection - Added tools for select color of planetary labels and trails - Added option to suppress drawing large halo around bright stars. (GH: #105) - Added Tesla Roadster orbital elements - Added config options for font size of cardinal points - Added visualization of civil twilight line in AstroCalc/AltVsTime tool - Added 'Artificial objects' into Search/Lists tool - Fixed spheric mirror effect inputs with retina display - Fixed visualization issue for ephemeris markers due refraction (GH: #51) - Fixed building Stellarium on *BSD systems (GH: #52) - Fixed texture name - Fixed behaviour of DateTimeDialog (LP: #1409935) - Fixed behaviour of Compass Marks plugin - Fixed issue for creating a multiple Screenshot directories (GH: #60) - Fixed cmake for OSX - Fixed data race condition by mutex in Telescope Control plugin - Fixed few C99 warnings - Fixed rules for MSVC linker - Fixed Phoebe's absolute magnitude - Fixed some DSO positions (data is obtained from NED database) (GH: #64) - Fixed FSF address - Fixed missed license info for the new code - Fixed version of DSO catalog - Fixed inconsistency of calculations in AstroCalc/AltVsTime tool - Fixed crash due missing file MSVCR120.dll (GH: #101) - Fixed backward orbiting of Uranus moons (GH: #107) - Fixed search Hydra constellation (show IAU numbers for moons) (LP: #1752784) - Fixed crash when opening Configuration window (beta 0.90.0.15828) (GH: #111) - Fixed crash when landscape invalid - Fixed translation action in HipsMgr - Fixed name of action for TOAST DSS - Updated Russian and German translations for InnoSetup - Updated list of cardinals names - Updated target rules for OSX - Updated AppStream info - Updated default catalog of pulsars - Updated Indian Vedic skyculture - Updated list of nomenclature on the Titan - Updated zlib to version 1.2.11 - Updated toggling of atmosphere, Milky Way and Zodiacal Light - Updated Telescope Control plugin - Updated AstroCalc/AltVsTime tool - Updated focus rules for Search Tool - Updated stellarium.appdata.xml file - Updated behaviour of AstroCalc/ME and AstroCalc/PC tools - Updated the behaviour of Satellites plugin: the plugin will be disabled when date is changed for a month or year to avoiding stupid computation - Updated select priority rules for DSO - Updated help info in the plugins - Updated info in Help window - Updated metainfo - Removed outdated data You may download prepared binary packages on our official website - http://www.stellarium.org (see Beta link on top bar )
