Stellarium v0.19.2.174xx

[alexwolf]

Hello everyone!

We plan release version 0.19.3 in second half of this month and we want to get some help of testing Stellarium. Today I've published version 0.19.2.17442 and this is final beta - the next public package will be named 0.19.3RC1. I hope we did not leaving a serious bugs or regress in planetarium and we really need your help, because Stellarium is very big and couple developers cannot quickly test all features.

List of changes between version 0.19.2 and 0.19.2.17442 (a final beta):
- Added Chinese translation for skycultures (GH: #788)
- Added support superior and inferior conjunctions for inner planets in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
- Added support greatest elongations for inner planets in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
- Added compute stationary points in AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #789)
- Added new groups of objects for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
- Added magnitudes for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
- Added brightness limit for planetary nebulae (speed-up for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
- Added 2 new functions for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
- Added support of connecting line between the ephemeris markers (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool) (GH: #758, #805)
- Added support skipping of labels for visualization of data into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #758)
- Added acknowledgements entry for plugins
- Added some more references and acknowledgements for few plugins
- Added some DSO textures (GH: #798, #824)
- Added new GUI options and tooltips for AstroCalc/Ephemeris and AstroCalc/Phenomena tools
- Added parallax accuracy info for the stars (GH: #87)
- Added new planetary nomenclature
- Added selected dwarf and minot planets for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
- Added error info for distance (taken from parallax)
- Added heliocentric speed to Apex markers
- Added support of SYNC command for LX200 and NexStar protocols (Telescope Control Plugin) (GH: #667, #727)
- Added asteroid (162173) Ryugu and moon Puck (Uranus XV)
- Added filters for open/globular star clusters in DSO tab (GH: #841)
- Added categories "open star clusters" and "globular star clusters" into AstroCalc/WUT tool (GH: #841)
- Added new type of shape for markers (MarkerMgr/scripting)
- Added new option for visualization of ephemeris markers (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool)
- Added tool for smart format dates of ephemeris on the sky (AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool)
- Added new option for CCD (switching scaling FOV) in Oculars plugin (GH: #834)
- Added option to allow drawing FOV outline for ocular (Oculars plugin)
- Added an optional cardinal points to the ocular view (GH: #421)
- Added some stars to Chinese skyculture and Chinese contemporary skyculture (GH: #848)
- Added option to enable align the crosshair in equatorial coordinate system (GH: #852)
- Added option to use one color for info text (overwrite color mode) for all objects
- Added ASCOM telescope client into Telescope Control plugin (Windows only) (GH: #761, #406)
- Added 2 new config options for developers to build Stellarium package
- Added Pinyin transliteration to Chinese sky culture (GH: #867)
- Added support display of asterisms and ray helpers for Western (Rey) starlore (GH: #855)
- Added tool with keyboard shortcut for deselect the selected object (GH: #857)
- Fixed coordinates for Taldykorgan (Kazakhstan) (GH: #782)
- Fixed drawing of Off-Axis Guider (GH: #784)
- Fixed wrong rendering FOV through eyepiece when telescope is changed (GH: #211)
- Fixed parsing the designation of interstellar objects for MPC online search tool
- Fixed compute minutes in low precision case from deciman hours (GH: #792)
- Fixed double (mirrored) ephemeris lines in perspective projection (GH: #811, #813)
- Fixed exclude moons from compute of greatest elongations and stationary points on non-terrestrial locations (AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
- Fixed compute behaviour for "Sun, planets and moons" option on non-terrestrial locations (AstroCalc/Phenomena tool)
- Fixed cache problem for compute Moon's age in some cases
- Fixed crash in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool in specific cases (GH: #822)
- Fixed displaying obvious wrong distance for stars (GH: #402, #404)
- Fixed wrong rendering the screen in night mode with fractional scaling (GH: #827)
- Fixed getting revision number for non-release builds when git is not installed or using source tarball
- Fixed wrong distances of the clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (GH: #840)
- Fixed crash when star catalogs description is updated
- Fixed abbreviation of asterism Sudor Ophiuchi
- Fixed wrong zooming in Telrad (GH: #832)
- Fixed about data for Oculars plugin and updated the version of plugin
- Fixed support mirrored cardinals for ocular view
- Fixed crash when "gravity labels" is enabled (GH: #847)
- Fixed the space char problem for gravity labels
- Fixed work scripting functions saveState and restoreState (GH: #849)
- Fixed font scaling for text around CCD frame for HiDPI screens
- Fixed translation errors in Danish (GH: #865)
- Fixed saving of stars twinkle setting (GH: #862)
- Fixed crash for saving file in AstroCalc/WUT tool when category of objects is not selected
- Fixed obtaining some data for plot graphs in Exoplanets plugin
- Fixed DSO catalog (unexsist objects)
- Fixed object information text color in eyepiece view at daytime (GH: #858)
- Updated outlines for DSO (the data taken from OpenNGC catalog)
- Updated TelescopeControl plugin: Attempt to fix protocol mismatches for LX200 (GH: #818)
- Updated some DSO textures (GH: #783, #798, #815, #817, #824)
- Updated scripting engine documentation
- Updated Stellarium User Guide
- Updated options for Windows installer (GH: #819)
- Updated AstroCalc/PC tool
- Updated parallax info string: let's use milliarcseconds for parallax for whole planetarium
- Updated default bookmarks for asteroids in Solar System Editor plugin
- Updated default bookmarks for comets in Solar System Editor plugin
- Updated the initial steps for newly added minor and dwarf planets into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
- Updated rules for including OpenSSL libraries into Windows package (GH: #786)
- Updated GUI for Sky and viewing options window
- Updated attributes for HDPI support
- Updated lunar terminator visibility
- Updated ephemeris marker style: it was switched to use new type of shape to balancing the visual style
- Updated spectral data for HIP stars from SIMBAD/Gaia data
- Updated variable stars data (HIP subset from GCVS 5.1 catalog)
- Updated behaviour: hide zodiacal light when whole Solar system bodies are hidden
- Removed filter for star clusters from DSO tab (GH: #841)
- Removed "star clusters" category from AstroCalc/WUT tool (GH: #841)

Link for download: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium-data/releases/tag/beta

[scotty1]

Hi Alex

I have downloaded the latest 0.19.2 version of stellarium, i can`t add comets to the list.

I had an earlier version of stellarium that i could add comets to. I had to re-instal the latest version after my Hard drive died. I tried the plug-ins add comets route, there are no comets to add like the older version. when i click on the add MPC list of observable comets,and import orbital elements in MPC format. It then says download list of objects from the internet. I tried to do this but the bar in the bottom right of the screen is stuck at 0% and does not download anything.

Any help would be appreciated

thanks

scotty1

Edited December 7, 2019 by scotty1

[Davey-T]

Did you select individual comets or try to download all of them ?

Dave

[scotty1]

Hi Davey,

I didn`t see an option for individual comets, my old version of stellarium had a list of individual comets that could be added into the comet search option. I never had to download anything. All the tutorials on youtube on how to add comets are from several years older versions of stellarium, so i thought i would ask here.

 

thanks

scotty1

[Davey-T]

IIRC after one update there were a lot of comets added and when I tried to just download them all as I'd done  previously the readout stayed at zero so you now have to select only the ones you want to download because I think the database has every comet that ever was in it.

Dave

You should get to this screen then tick the ones you want to download

Edited December 7, 2019 by Davey-T

[scotty1]

Hi  Davey,

In my oder version of stellarium i would get the objects found/import data page.

With this version i don`t get that page. I get to this page and press the import orbital elements in MPC format,

 

And then this popup appears saying download a list of objects, but it stays at 0%. 

Also could this be because i don`t have a windows activation key for windows 10 yet? Although other apps i have seem to work.

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by scotty1

[Davey-T]

What version have you got, I'm using 0.18.1 working on Win10 64bit, works ok, don't think Windows registration would affect it.

If you have a later version you could try uninstalling it and installing 0.18.1 as that definitely works as advertised.

Trying to download the whole comet database would take a long time even if it's possible so it would probably stay on 0% for a while before anything happens.

Dave

[scotty1]

Hi Davey,

The version i have is 0.19.2 i tried uninstalling and downloaded it again with the same result, when i click on the import orbital elements the page takes 5-6 goes to change, i am on windows 10 64bit version.

 

Do you have a link the older version please?

scotty1

 

[Davey-T]

Don't know if older versions are on their site somewhere, I've got a download of 0.18.1 so if you PM me your email I'll see if I can send it to you.

Dave

[scotty1]

 

14 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Don't know if older versions are on their site somewhere, I've got a download of 0.18.1 so if you PM me your email I'll see if I can send it to you.

Dave

Thanks for your help.

Edited December 7, 2019 by scotty1

[alexwolf]

This trouble related to OpenSSL library in version 0.19.2 - 3 workarounds for it: a) using ssleay32.dll, libeay32.dll and libssl32.dll from version 0.19.1; b) download and using those DLL's from developers of OpenSSL or c) downloading and using beta version of Stellarium. 

In any way proposed beta shouldn't be affected by this issue.

[scotty1]

Hi Alexwolf,

Thanks for your reply.

I am not sure how to use those workarounds, ssleay32.dll, libeay32.dll and libssl32.dll 🤔.

I found the 0.18.1 version suggested by Davey-T, and it works ok with adding comets from the list.

I reinstalled the 0.19.2 version again (4th time) and it now works ok too 🙃, so must of been a glitch in the initial setup.

thanks for your help

scotty1

[Trinity]

Doesn't work on v 19.2.  Updated to v 20.0 and it works like a charm.