Stellarium 1.0

[alexwolf]

The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here!

What makes this 1.0?

• After more than 20 years of development the program is finally accurate enough for historical application.
• This is the first release based on the Qt6 framework, so the project is safe for future development. These packages are tagged with a version number like 1.22.3.
• We keep releasing Qt5-based packages for legacy or obsolete systems. This may include many Windows users who have to run ANGLE mode. These packages are tagged with a version number like 0.22.3.

What is new for users?

• A new, much better skylight model (Not for MacOS and OpenGL ES2 systems, sorry.)
• Many details around eclipses
• Updated Observation List features
• New features in AstroCalc tool
• HiDPI improvements
• Better dithering
• Able to use Windows location service (Windows)
• New skyculture: Samoan
• Updated several skycultures
• Updates in Angle Measure, Satellites, Oculars, Remote Control, Pulsars plugins
• Many more bugfixes.

A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs, and especially contributed in development!

Clear Skies!

Alexander and Georg

Full list of changes:

• Added support Qt6 environment
• Added support designations (based on B1950 coordinates) for pulsars
• Added definitions for MSVC++ 17.1 and MSVC++ 17.2 compilers
• Added report JSON generator to Observability plugin to allow for regression testing
• Added modified patch from OpenIndiana for AstroCalc tool
• Added modified patch from OpenBSD for GPS support
• Added approximated standard magnitude for Chinese Space Station
• Added a potentially missing timezone
• Added 'Go' button in Search Window Position tab (GH: #2681)
• Added wwddmmyyyy date format for Obsevability Analysis plugin
• Added hover effect for Oculars plugin buttons (GH: #2698)
• Added artwork for Babylonian (Seleucid) sky culture
• Added support for up to 500% scaling of dialog close button (GH: #2660)
• Added supporting horizontal coordinates for the CCD sensor in Oculars plugin (GH: #2672)
• Added capability to create KML map of solar eclipses in AstroCalc tool (GH: #2677)
• Added support the additional names to observing list (GH: #2525, #2553, #2232, #2309)
• Added default atmosphere model path in the Atmosphere Details dialog (GH: #2637)
• Added config viewer (GH: #2628)
• Added some documentation for ShowMySky in the User Guide (GH: #2636)
• Added list of financial contributors into About dialog (GH: #2646)
• Added contact times of global solar eclipse in AstroCalc tool (GH: #2652)
• Added default Earth atmosphere model (GH: 2634)
• Added a new Stellarium Sky Culture: Samoan (GH: #2627)
• Added column "Symbol" for major planets into AstroCalc/Positions tool (GH: #1628)
• Added a small didactic enhancement for AstroCalc/Positions/HEC tool (GH: #2549)
• Added user preference for DSO catalog selection
• Added sound output for Qt6 builds
• Added object type info into title for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Added support public version of Stellarium (GH: #2545)
• Added units of measurements to Oculars plugin (GH: #2594)
• Added original names to Siberian sky culture
• Added support the thickness of satellite orbits (GH: #2623)
• Added support for ShowMySky atmosphere model (GH: #624, #2604)
• Added align to selected object for Angle Measure plugin (GH: #2621)
• Added computation the time of equinoxes and solstices and set of actions to jump to the solstice/equinox at current, next or previous year. The default hotkeys for actions are not defined [module "Specific Time"] (GH: #1394, #2516)
• Added quadrature line (GH: #2513, #2511, #789)
• Added quadratures for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #2513, #2511, #789)
• Added handling the placement the windows outside the left border of the screen (GH: #2514)
• Added hotkey for run the computing the transits of Venus/Mercury in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Added new one tooltip for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Fixed GUI issue
• Fixed installing constellation art in Babylonian Seleucid sky culture (GH: #2704)
• Fixed use of obsolete combobox signal in Telescope Control plugin
• Fixed selection in Solar System Editor plugin for Qt6-based package
• Fixed missing segments in solar eclipse kml (GH: #2702)
• Fixed state of buttons in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed inconsistency in units
• Fixed requested GLSL version
• Fixed columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed sorting the path width and duration columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed working ShowMySky on HDPI GPU with limited graphics performance (GH: #2676)
• Fixed special hotkeys
• Fixed tooltips for some Markings (GH: #2671)
• Fixed developers list
• Fixed adding some objects (like B 287 (Barnard 287)) into Observing lists (GH: #1884, #2309, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when import/export the lists (GH: #2411, #1932, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when saving the lists (GH: #2437, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed import Bookmarks into Observing List (GH: #1944, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed object selection when use Edit button in Observing List (GH: #1941, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed movement users onto Null Island in Observing List (GH: #1933, #2486, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed wrong type of objects in Observing List (GH: #2475, #2553, #2232)
• Fixed building QXlsx as an universal binary on macOS
• Fixed updating region name when location is changed (GH: #2633)
• Fixed comparison logic in Angle Measure plugin (GH: #2630)
• Fixed NMEA connections in Qt6
• Fixed IAU star names (GH: #2531)
• Fixed saving the keyboard shortcut (GH: #2571)
• Fixed deployment ShowMySky library on macOS
• Fixed windows deployment 
• Fixed crash when scripting is disabled (GH: #2544)
• Fixed upper limit of phase, unit of magnitude and angular size in tooltip of AstroCalc tools (GH: #2555)
• Fixed crash when using shortcut for specific time jump that related to twilight (GH: #2558)
• Fixed opens the links in browser (GH: #2554)
• Fixed exported CSV files in AstroCalc/Eclipses (GH: #2569)
• Fixed wrong timezone handling of Qt6 (GH: #2547)
• Fixed scripts after property had been renamed.
• Fixed versions of scripts
• Fixed visibility selection of DSO without proper magnitudes (GH: #2563)
• Fixed scaling right axes on graphs (GH: #2578, #2582)
• Fixed working RemoteControl GUI with Qt6 (GH: #2579)
• Fixed search in RemoteControl plugin (GH: #2568)
• Fixed translation the graphs data when language is changed for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Fixed titles for AstroCalc/Graphs tools
• Fixed autodetect build architecture on macOS (GH: #2550)
• Fixed LTO build (GH: #2590)
• Fixed map update (GH: #1302, #2592)
• Fixed Zenith scripting issue (GH: #754, #2589)
• Fixed meteor showers plugin
• Fixed name of renamed solar system file
• Fixed reading abbreviated names: allow any non-space characters as part of the constellation and asterism keys (GH: #2606)
• Fixed getting the Moon's Elongation in ecliptical longitude via scripting (GH: #2605)
• Fixed rendering the Oculars labels on HDPI monitors (GH: #2622)
• Fixed coordinates of VDB 16 (GH: #2600)
• Fixed screen blanking on Intel UHD (GH: #2166, #2472, #2484, #2619)
• Fixed updating catalogs in plugins (GH: #2534)
• Fixed missing translations
• Fixed crash in debug mode
• Fixed 'Binocular Highlights' script
• Fixed working the logger for BSD systems with Qt6 environment
• Fixed method getOperatingSystemInfo() for macOS
• Fixed outdated macros for macOS
• Fixed icon size in macOS (GH: #2543)
• Fixed Qt6 redirect policy in plugins (GH: #2534)
• Fixed misspelled of Schedar (GH: #2531)
• Fixed celestrak URL in Satellites plugin: celestrak.com moved to celestrak.org
• Fixed list of languages
• Fixed crash when "Show Earth's umbra" is enabled (GH: #2509)
• Fixed translations the some tooltips when language is changed in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed lost selection in Observing Lists tool (GH: #2694)
• Changed core: replace ordered Bayer dithering with the algorithm based on triangle-remapped blue noise (GH: #2640)
• Changed core: enable dithering by default (GH: #2644)
• Changed core: Milky Way and Zodiacal Light rebalance (GH: #2648)
• Changed core: improved Haiku OS support
• Changed core: actions for jump to the moments of rise, set and transit (include twilight) of selected objects moved into "Specific Time" module (GH: #2516)
• Changed GPS location manager: add location service managed by Windows (GPS, network location, ...) (GH: #2620)
• Changed building rules for dependencies: use system versions of dependencies (GH: #1295)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: replace object type booleans with methods. This removes the need for managing object type state and delegates it to the StelObjectMgr (GH: #2536)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: refactor Observability plugin to use signals for reacting to location state changes (GH: #2535)
• Changed RemoteControl plugin: add missing elements
• Changed Scripting module: switch to use JSEngine instead of QtScript in Qt6-based version
• Changed logger: refactored the method for obtaining the compiler info in the logger
• Changed macOS defaults: by default for Qt6 environment on macOS create an universal binary (arm64 + x86_64) package for macOS Big Sur and later
• Updated Location window: Rewrite MapLabel → MapWidget (GH: 2696)
• Updated timezone data
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of some PNGs to improve high-DPI look (GH: #2658)
• Updated GUI elements: work around too much stretching of close button icon on Qt 5.12.8 (GH: #2674)
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of spinboxes to improve the look on high-DPI monitors
• Updated splash screen: paint version on the fly on the splash screen instead of rasterizing it into pixmap (GH: #2668)
• Updated rendering the ShowMySky atmosphere model
• Updated About/Config tab
• Updated Babylonian (Mulapin) Sky Culture
• Updated Egyptian Sky Culture
• Updated Greek (Almagest) Sky Culture
• Updated Indian sky culture (GH: #2557, #2559)
• Updated atmosphere model for ShowMySky module (GH: #2643)
• Updated list of contributors list in the About dialog
• Updated default pulsars catalog
• Updated list of locations
• Updated few scripts
• Updated title for AstroCalc/Graphs/Lunar Elongation tool
• Updated nomenclature data
• Updated settings for Inno Setup on Windows
• Removed the duplicate code
• Removed unneeded headers
• Removed duplicated code in AstroCalc tools
   

[geoflewis]

Ok so I am confused - I have no idea what Qt6 environment means, or if it is even relevant to me. If I upgrade to the latest release (and is that 1.22.3, or 0.22.3), does that overwrite my existing version 0.20.3 on Windows x64 laptop and will my settings, occulars, sensors, etc., be preserved, or do I need to do anything specific to preserve them?

Sorry, it's as clear as mud to me which version I should download.

[DaveS]

I've installed Stellarium 1.22.3 on my 64 bit office computer, and all my telescope and camera settings are as they were. I think I had to tell it my location, but found it in the list where I had added it to in the previous version.

[geoflewis]

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

I've installed Stellarium 1.22.3 on my 64 bit office computer, and all my telescope and camera settings are as they were. I think I had to tell it my location, but found it in the list where I had added it to in the previous version.

Thanks Dave, are you running Windows on that machine?

[DaveS]

Yes, Win 10