Stellarium 0.15.1

[alexwolf]

Stellarium 0.15.1 has been released today!

Version 0.15.1 introduces a few new exciting features.
- The Digital Sky Survey (DSS) can be shown (requires online connection).
- AstroCalc is now available from the main menu and gives interesting new computational insight.
- Stellarium can act as Spout sender (important for multimedia environments; Windows only).
In addition, a lot of bugs have been fixed.
- wait() and waitFor() in the Scripting Engine no longer inhibits performance of moves.
- DE430/431 DeltaT may be OK now. We still want to test a bit more, though.
- ArchaeoLines also offers two arbitrary declination lines.
- Added support of time zones dependent by location.
- Added new skyculture: Sardinian.
- Added updates and improvements in catalogs.
- Added improvements in the GUI.
- Added cross identification data for stars from Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)

A huge thanks to our community whose contributions help to make Stellarium better!

Full list of changes:
- Added code which allows to display full-sky multi-resolution remote images projected using the TOAST format
- Added new option to Oculars plugin: enabling automatic install the type of mount from the telescope settings for saving horizontal orientation of CCD frame
- Added new option stars/flag_forced_twinkle=(false|true) for planetariums to enable a twinkling of stars without atmosphere (LP: #1616007)
- Added calculations of conjunction between major planets and deep-sky objects (AstroCalc)
- Added calculations of occultations between major planets and DSO/SSO (AstroCalc)
- Added option to toggle visibility of designations of exoplanets (esp. for exoplanetary systems)
- Added support of time zones dependent by location (LP: #505096, #1492941, #1431926, #1106753, #1099547, #1092629, #898710, #510480)
- Added option in GUI to edit colours of the markings
- Added a special case for educational purpose to drawing orbits for the Solar System Observer
- Added the new config option in the sky cultures for management of boundaries of constellations
- Added support synonyms of star names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
- Added support reference data for star names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
- Added support synonyms of DSO names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
- Added support native names of DSO (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
- Added support reference data for native DSO names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
- Added support Spout under Windows (Stellarium is Spout Sender now)
- Added a few trojans and quasi-satellites in ssystem.ini file
- Added a virtual planet 'Earth Observer' for educational purposes (illustration for the Moon phases)
- Added orbit lines for some asteroids and comets
- Added config option to switch between styles of color of orbits (LP: #1586812)
- Added support of separate colors for orbits (LP: #1586812)
- Added function and shortcut for quick reversing direction of time
- Added custom objects to avoid of getting of empty space for Search Tool (SIMBAD mode) and to adding custom markers on the sky (LP: #958218, #1485349)
- Added tool to management of visibility for grids/lines in Oculars plugin
- Added the hiding of supernova remnants before their birth (LP: #1623177)
- Added markers for various poles and zenith/nadir (LP: #1629501, #1366643, #1639010)
- Added markers for equinoxes
- Added supergalactic coordinate system
- Added code for management of SkyPoints in Oculars plugin
- Added notes to the Help window
- Added commands and shortcuts for quick move to celestial poles
- Added textures for deep-sky objects
- Added Millions of light years distance to infostring for galaxies (LP: #1637809)
- Added 2 custom declination lines to ArchaeoLines plugin
- Added dialog with options to adjust of colors of markers of deep-sky objects
- Added new options to infobox
- Added calculating and displaying the Moon phases
- Added allow for proper stopping of time dragging (LP: #1640574)
- Added time scrolling
- Added Scottish Gaelic (gd) translations for landscapes and sceneries.
- Added usage the Qt 5 JSON parser instead of the hand-made one we used so far
- Added synonyms for DSO
- Added names consistency for DSO
- Added support operational statuses for few classes of artificial satellites
- Added special zoom level for Telrad to avoid undefined behaviour of zooming (LP: #1643427)
- Added new icons for Bookmarks and AstroCalc tools
- Added missing Bayer designation of 4 Aurigae (LP: #1645087)
- Added calculations of conjunctions/occultations between planets and bright stars (AstroCalc tool)
- Added 'Altitude vs Time' feature for AstroCalc tool
- Added location identification which adds canonical IAU 3-letter code to infostring and PointerCoordinates plugin
- Added elongation and phase angle to Comet and MinorPlanet infostrings
- Added cross identification data for stars from Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)
- Added AstroCalc icon (LP: #1641256)
- Added new scriptable methods to CustomObjectMgr class
- Added Sardinian sky culture
- Allow changes of milky way and zodiacal light brightness via GUI while stars switched off (LP: #1651897)
- Fixed visual issue for AstroCalc tool
- Fixed incorrectly escaping of translated strings for some languages in Remote Control plugin (LP: #1608177)
- Fixed disappearing of star labels when the 'Navigational Stars' plugin is loaded and not activated (LP: #1608288)
- Fixed offset issue for image sensor frame in Oculars plugin (LP: #1610629)
- Fixed crash when labels and markers box in sky and Viewing Options tab is ticked (LP: #1609958)
- Fixed spherical distortion with night mode (LP: #1606969)
- Fixed behaviour of buttons on Oculars on-screen control panel (LP: #1609060)
- Fixed misalignment of Veil nebula image (LP: #1610824)
- Fixed build of planetarium without scripting support (Thanks to Alexey Dokuchaev for the bug report)
- Fixed coordinates of the open cluster Melotte 227
- Fixed typos in Kamilorai skyculture
- Fixed cmake typos for scenery3d model (Thanks to Alexey Dokuchaev for the bug report)
- Fixed crash when turning off custom GRS if GRS Details dialogue has not been opened before (LP: #1620083)
- Fixed small issue rounding for JD for DeltaT tooltip on bottom bar
- Fixed rendering orbits of artificial satellites during changing of location through spaceship feature (LP: #1622796)
- Fixed hiding the Moon during a total solar eclipse when option 'limit magnitude' for Solar system objects is enabled
- Fixed small bug for updating catalog in the Bright Novae plugin
- Fixed displaying date and time in AstroCalc Tool (LP: #1630685)
- Fixed a typographical error in coefficient for precession expressions by Vodnark et. al.
- Fixed crash on exit in the debug mode in StelTexture module (LP: #1632355)
- Fixed crash in the debug mode (LP: #1631910)
- Fixed coverity issues
- Fixed obvious typos
- Fixed issue for wrong calculation of exit pupil for binoculars in Oculars plugin (LP: #1632145)
- Fixed issue for Arabic translation (LP: #1635587)
- Fixed packaging on OS X for Qt 5.6.2+
- Fixed calculations of the value of the Moon secular acceleration when JPL DE43x ephemeris is used
- Fixed distances for objects of Caldwell catalogue
- Fixed calculations for transit phenomena (LP: #1641255)
- Fixed missing translations in Remote Control plug-in (LP: #1641296)
- Fixed displaying of localized projection name in Remote Control (LP: #1641297)
- Fixed search localized names of artificial satellites
- Fixed showing translated names of artificial satellite
- Fixed GUI Problem in Satellites plug-in (LP: #1640291)
- Fixed moon size infostring (LP: #1641755)
- Fixed AstroCalc lists transits as occulations (LP: #1641255)
- Fixed resetting of DSO Limit Magnitude by Image Sensor Frame (LP: #1641736)
- Fixed Nova Puppis 1942 coordinates
- Fixed error in light curve model of historical supernovae (LP: #1648978)
- Fixed width of search dialog for Meteor Showers plugin (LP: #1649640)
- Fixed shortcut for "Remove selection of constellations" action (LP: #1649771)
- Fixed retranslation name and type of meteor showers in Meteor Showers when language of application is changed
- Fixed wrong tooltip info (LP: #1650725)
- Fixed Mercury's magnitude formula (LP: #1650757)
- Fixed cross-id error for alpha2 Cen (LP: #1651414)
- Fixed core.moveToAltAzi(90,XX) issue (LP: #1068529)
- Fixed view centered on zenith (restart after save) issue (LP: #1620030)
- Updated DSO Catalog: Added support full of UGC catalog
- Updated DSO Catalog: Added galaxies from PGC2003 catalog (mag <=15)
- Updated DSO Catalog: Removed errors and duplicates
- Updated stars catalogues
- Updated stars names (LP: #1641455)
- Updated settings for AstroCalc
- Updated Satellites plugin
- Updated Scenery3d plugin
- Updated Stellarium User Guide
- Updated support for High DPI monitors
- Updated list of star names for Western sky culture
- Updated Search Tool (LP: #958218)
- Updated default catalogues for plugins
- Updated list of locations (2nd version of format - TZ support)
- Updated pulsars catalog & util
- Updated Scripting Engine
- Updated rules for visibility of exoplanets labels
- Updated shortcuts
- Updated info for the landscape actions (LP: #1650727)
- Updated Bengali translation of Sardinian skyculture (LP: #1650733)
- Correctly apply constellation fade duration (LP: #1612967)
- Expanded behaviour of for isolated constellations selection (only for skycultures with IAU generic boundaries) (LP: #1412595)
- Ensure stable up vector for lookZenith, lookEast etc.
- Verification the star names by the official IAU star names list
- Minor improvement in ini file writing
- Set usage Bortle index only after year 1825
- Re-implement wait() and waitFor() scripting functions to avoid large delays in main thread
- Restored broken feature (hidding markers for selected planets)
- Removed color profiles from PNG files
- Removed the flips of the CCD frame because it works incorrect and he introduced new one bug
- Removed the useless misspelled names from list of stars
- Removed the Time Zone plug-in
- Removed useless translations in ArchaeoLines plug-in

[JimT]

Thanks, downloaded

[Mark at Beaufort]

Thanks Alexander downloaded the latest version. Not sure what is happening - it loads up okay and then Windows flashes 'that a problem caused it to close'. This has happened several times.

Stellarium 0.14 worked okay since it was released.

Shall I uninstall and start again?

[Demon Barber]

Wow,what a list of improvements,just downloaded,many thanks and a happy New Year to you.

Regards

Mike

[Ruud]

Many thanks, Alexander, for the beautiful new and improved Stellarium. Just repopulated the oculars plug in. I love how it now handles binoculars.

Hugs from Holland and a Happy new Year!

 

 

[Wyvern]

Many thanks for a super Christmas pressy!!!

Downloaded and running all hunky dory 

Best wishes to you for the festive period and for 2017

Les

[Mark at Beaufort]

4 hours ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

Thanks Alexander downloaded the latest version. Not sure what is happening - it loads up okay and then Windows flashes 'that a problem caused it to close'. This has happened several times.

Stellarium 0.14 worked okay since it was released.

Shall I uninstall and start again?

Alexander - an update

I removed the new version and reinstalled and it seems to be working okay. I had to download the additional star catalogue plus details of my scope and eyepieces but that did not take long. Just need to update the Comet data - I assume the procedure is the same as before?

[Putaendo Patrick]

Same problem as Mark at Beaufort - tried to upgrade the 64 bit version on Windows 10.

I'll try to remove it and reload - hopefully like Mark, this will solve it.

 

[dph1nm]

Windown 10 64 bit  version broken on my laptop as well. No zoom possible and eventually gives up with the not working box ... reinstall does not help.

NigelM

[Putaendo Patrick]

Yep - same as NigelM above. Seems there's a problem with the Windows 10 64 bit version.

[alexwolf]

Please attach log.txt file.

[alexwolf]

10 hours ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

Just need to update the Comet data - I assume the procedure is the same as before?

Yes, of course.

[SonnyE]

Thank You Alexander! Windows10 64 bit on two machines here.

I did things just a tad differently (maybe). When downloading Stellarium 15.1, instead of putting it into or on-top of my existing version, I gave it a folder titled Stellarium 15.1. And it did a clean and working installation. Apparently...

Then I discovered it wiped out the information in my 15.0 version. Now that kinda tee'd me off, because I have to reenter my info to replace the examples given of 15.1, kinda buggy, wouldn't you say?

Personally, I don't need candy coated choices. Just a few simple workable ones. Like 15.0 had.

And while I'm bending your ear anyway, is there a way to make the Meridian and Prime vertical lines to stay by default so I don't have to set them up every time I open Stellarium?

I might revert to 15.0 just for the simplicity of it over the latest 15.1 version. But having the 15.1 putting me back to zero has me miffed. Back to putting my particular settings and pertinent info in...

It works, but...

[Filroden]

5 minutes ago, SonnyE said:

But having the 15.1 putting me back to zero has me miffed.

Isn't that a little unfair given you chose to do a complete clean install? If you had chosen to upgrade the existing installation I'm sure it would have retained your settings.

[SonnyE]

10 minutes ago, Filroden said:

Isn't that a little unfair given you chose to do a complete clean install? If you had chosen to upgrade the existing installation I'm sure it would have retained your settings.

Not at all Ken. They should have been, and stayed as, two separate copies of Stellarium. One folder 15.0, the other 15.1.

But 15.1 over-rode the other version, apparently automatically. They should have remained as two individual programs for evaluation, without one over riding the previous version.

It is a rather minor inconvenience to me. But someone with a rather lengthy file of Oculars, Sensors, and Telescopes could have a job on their hands.

Don't read something in that isn't there. I love Stellarium as a program, and it controls my telescope slewing all around the night skies. But it should not over-ride other versions arbitrarily, unless asked to.

And if these quirks are not mentioned, then development cannot be refined. Such as the Meridian and Prime Vertical default adjustments, for example. Some settings stay, others go away when the program is shut down, then reopened another day. It would be nice to have some inconsistencies adjusted, if possible. Anyway, back to fixing...

[Dave In Vermont]

I haven't installed 15.1 yet. I'm running Windows 8.1 in a classic shell. But whever I install a program, I always presume it will require my entering all my personal-settings all from scratch. If I don't have to, I'd be surprised. But it doesn't bother me to do so. Entering such is mindless entertainment in my view.

I guess I'm fortunate to look at it the way I do? No trouble to remember how deep I want to go with the stars? What magnitude? How many deep-sky nebula go on my screen without being jammed-full? <yawn> et al.

My 'auto-pilot' engaged,

Dave

[alexwolf]

11 hours ago, SonnyE said:

Then I discovered it wiped out the information in my 15.0 version. Now that kinda tee'd me off, because I have to reenter my info to replace the examples given of 15.1, kinda buggy, wouldn't you say?

What? I hope you do not check option "Remove the main configuration file" in installer?

[alexwolf]

11 hours ago, SonnyE said:

And while I'm bending your ear anyway, is there a way to make the Meridian and Prime vertical lines to stay by default so I don't have to set them up every time I open Stellarium?

I might revert to 15.0 just for the simplicity of it over the latest 15.1 version. But having the 15.1 putting me back to zero has me miffed. Back to putting my particular settings and pertinent info in...

It works, but...

I've:

1) Run Stellarium

2) Checked Meridian and Prime vertical visible (in 'Sky... window')

3) Pressed "Save as defaults" button (in 'Configuration window')

4) Restart Stellarium

5) I see Meridian and Prime vertical

Same effect possible through editing config.ini file of course

[SonnyE]

40 minutes ago, alexwolf said:

What? I hope you do not check option "Remove the main configuration file" in installer?

Not that I was aware of, Alexander. I tried to get two individual installations, the working 15.0; and the second new one 15.1 to check out.

I love Stellarium, and it takes me anywhere in the Universe. I recommend it to anyone. And it can help learn about many things, and equipment configurations for beginners.

[SonnyE]

35 minutes ago, alexwolf said:

I've:

1) Run Stellarium

2) Checked Meridian and Prime vertical visible (in 'Sky... window')

3) Pressed "Save as defaults" button (in 'Configuration window')

4) Restart Stellarium

5) I see Meridian and Prime vertical

Same effect possible through editing config.ini file of course

That worked. I have my meridian, and prime vertical locked in now. Thank You!

[alexwolf]

32 minutes ago, SonnyE said:

Not that I was aware of, Alexander. I tried to get two individual installations, the working 15.0; and the second new one 15.1 to check out.

I love Stellarium, and it takes me anywhere in the Universe. I recommend it to anyone. And it can help learn about many things, and equipment configurations for beginners.

Stellarium can run with different settings, but it requires some 'hand made' work and we propose it for advanced users only (or for specific instances)

[SonnyE]

4 hours ago, Dave In Vermont said:

I haven't installed 15.1 yet. I'm running Windows 8.1 in a classic shell. But whever I install a program, I always presume it will require my entering all my personal-settings all from scratch. If I don't have to, I'd be surprised. But it doesn't bother me to do so. Entering such is mindless entertainment in my view.

I guess I'm fortunate to look at it the way I do? No trouble to remember how deep I want to go with the stars? What magnitude? How many deep-sky nebula go on my screen without being jammed-full? <yawn> et al.

My 'auto-pilot' engaged,

Dave

Re-entering everything isn't a problem. Unless it disappears completely. Then I have to go back and get the pertinent details again from other sources (like manufacturer sites).

Certainly not a problem, but a bother that should not have been. If anything, copying the existing data would have been expected with upgrading. I was hoping for a second install that didn't interfere with my existing.

So I could look it over first. But for the new version to wipe the old was a no-no.

I run a classic shell as well. I have since Windows 3.11. I don't like caricatures or tooty-fruity on my screen. I'm not even too hot about App's. Yeah. I'm weird.

Hoping to warn others, and to enlighten Alexander about what it did. And it appears a few others have found a few bugs. No big deal, often occurs with changes.

[SonnyE]

2 minutes ago, alexwolf said:

Stellarium can run with different settings, but it requires some 'hand made' work and we propose it for advanced users only (or for specific instandes)

I had it tuned to my needs and ways. Now I will retune it. I usually do that with programs, when I can and as I grow with them.

[Dave In Vermont]

I understand what Alex is trying to point out: I just installed the 0.15.1 on top of my previous 0.15.0. When the 'Install' dialog came up, I noted it was checked-off on 3 of the 4 settings asking if you wanted to remove previous settings & data cache. If this is by 'default' I do not know. But I un-checked all of them before proceeding.

All my settings remained intact - no problems. And it's a great, new version! I'm loving all the new goodies onboard. I install/uninstall mountains of stuff here, so I don't know if these being pre-checked-off is a new thing - but just keep your eyes peeled for this when you do the deed & un-check 'em. I'm running Windoze 8.1, by the way.

Enjoy -

Dave

[Horwig]

Just installed 0.15.1 on top of my 0.15.0 windows 7 64, and so far have no problems to report. It just keeps getting better!

EDIT, just tried out the DSS view, very nice indeed, but does seem to use a lot of video card resources, not surprising I suppose, I'm using a 2560 x 1600 display.

 

Huw