Hallo Northern Sky version 3.2.2 with new Milky Way panorama

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HNSKY test version 3.2.2 is released with the following improvements and new features:

- Milky way panorama based on an ESO full sky panorama.It is slow, so use it optionally.
- Introduced galactic coordinates.
- Added 150 Sharpless-2 objects to deepsky database 3
- Auto size filter in object menu.
- Filter function now also works for supplements
- Added the unicode planet symbols  "☿♀♁♂♃♄♅♆♇", sun "☉", moon "☾", comets "☄" to new language file english_symbolic_win10.ini  and english_symbolic_win7.ini. Win10 allows some more unicode symbol like the floppy symbol "?"
- Better protection against bad FITS files.
- Many small improvements.

Notes:

1) All non-english.ini language files are now converted to unicode encoding (UTF-8) rather then ANSI encoding. If your native speaker of one of the languages, please check if they display properly.

2) The Milky Way in a "TOAST" projection is stored in a single PNG image and kept in memory for speed. It is made from the ESO0932a full sky panorama in equirectangular projection. This panorama had some distortion up to one degree, but I managed to warp it such that it match pretty well. The specialist tool (sky_toaster) for making a TAOST projection including code will be released to public domain the next days.

If anything is not working please report.

Clear skies, Han

Webpage:
http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm

installer:
http://www.hnsky.org/hnsky_setup.exe

Modified files only:
http://www.hnsky.org/hnskyp2.zip

 

The new milky way panorama: