Stellarium Changelog

What's new in Stellarium 0.19.0

Mar 25, 2019
  • 5 new sky cultures
  • Refactoring the code: many improvements and fixes
  • Added many DSO textures
  • Many improvements for Scripting Engine

New in Stellarium 0.18.1 (Jul 18, 2018)

  • 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)

New in Stellarium 0.18.0 (Mar 29, 2018)

  • Added support Hierarchical Progressive Surveys [HiPS] (Hello visualization of multiwavelength universe in the Stellarium)
  • 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
  • Added feature to store and retrieve selected HiPS
  • Added bottom bar GUI button for HiPS display
  • 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
  • Fixed very jerky (unusable) trackpad navigation on OS X (LP: #1705832)
  • 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
  • Updated textures for Solar system bodies
  • Removed outdated data

New in Stellarium 0.16.1 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • Added moons of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto
  • Added improvements for AstroCalc tool
  • DSO catalog was updated to version 3.2:
  • Added support 'The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae' (Acker+, 1992)
  • Added support 'A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants' (Green, 2014)
  • Added support 'A Catalog of Rich Clusters of Galaxies' (Abell+, 1989)
  • Added support asterisms and outlines for DSO
  • Added improvements for the GUI

New in Stellarium 0.16.0 (Jun 21, 2017)

  • Added support of irregular solar system objects (3D models of minor bodies) (LP: #1153171)
  • Added Remote Sync plugin
  • Added GPS devices support (LP: #1448673)
  • Added splitting ssystem.ini data now have separate ssystem_major.ini and ssystem_minor.ini. Only the latter shall be editable for the users.
  • Added a few more timezone replacements.
  • Added support an asterisms for the sky cultures
  • Added better identification for existing serial ports for GPS
  • Added context support for constellations and asterisms names
  • Added support RTS2 for Telescope Control Plugin
  • Added a new option in config.ini file esp. for the planetariums (astro/
  • flag_forced_meteor_activity=(false|true) to show a sporadic meteors activity without atmosphere).
  • Added support of date and time formatting settings from main app to AstroCalc tool.
  • Added a line for the approximate time of the meridian passing in AstroCalc tool (LP: #1652523)
  • Added TLE tracking to RTS2 telescopes
  • Added different star scales in the Oculars plugin, even separately for ocular and CCD views (LP: #1656940)
  • Added information on magnification of the combination of eyepiece/lens/telescope in proportions of the telescope diameters.
  • Added configurable options to AstroCalc tool
  • Added support Catalan (Valencian) language
  • Added support Kabyle language
  • Added 'What's Up Tonight' tool AstroCalc subsystem (LP: #1080408)
  • Added Dark Doodad Nebula to DSO catalog
  • Added more data for analysis to the Exoplanets plugin.
  • Added calculation of list of visible object for current location (AstroCalc)
  • Added tool to remove custom markers by coordinates
  • Added support double and variable stars for AstroCalc tool
  • Added support translation novae names (parse nova name to extract constellation name and year of flash)
  • Added lists of bright double and bright variable stars to Search Tool
  • Added customized buttons for toggle ICRS/Galactic/Ecliptic grids (LP: #730689)
  • Added customized buttons for toggle constellation boundaries (LP: #1249239)
  • Added import/export bookmarks (LP: #1675078)
  • Added confirmation before deleting landscape (LP: #1635137)
  • Added guessing for name of location and use it when spaceship is landing (LP: #1220561)
  • Added an 'Additional settings' block for selected object info
  • Added showing a proper motions for some stars
  • Added an optional indication of mount mode (LP: #1172860)
  • Added option to toggle the usage the buttons background on bottom bar (LP: #1589702)
  • Added config option for planet apparent magnitude configuration
  • Added description to the planets magnitude algorithm
  • Added contrast index for DSO
  • Added AstroCalc/Graphs feature
  • Added new option to configure behaviour of Satellites (Satellites/time_rate_limit = 1.0)
  • Added a scripting function to retrieve property names (helpful for configuring RemoteSync).
  • Added 3 additional catalogs to our DSO catalog (Arp, VV, PK)
  • Added packing of DSO catalog
  • Added the showing the groups of the artificial satellites
  • Added Belarusian sky culture
  • Adding Hawaiian Starlines sky culture
  • Added list of bright stars with high proper motion to the Search Tool/Lists and AstroCalc/Positions features
  • Added lunar magnitude to sky brightness computation (brightness variation during lunar eclipses!) (LP: #1471546)
  • Added property handling for the labels for ArchaeoLines plugin.
  • Added Ukrainian translation for Belarusian skyculture
  • Added Ukrainian translation for Hawaiian Starlines skyculture
  • Added context and improve English phrase (AstroCalc)
  • Added missed zh_HK zh_TW zh_CN descriptions for western sky-culture (LP: #1698473)
  • Added Belarusian description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698535)
  • Added Bengali description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698608)
  • Added 'simulation speed' for tooltip of time (LP: #1698510)
  • Added saving an angular separation option for phenomena
  • Fixed crash when tried use of SIMBAD for offline mode (LP: #1674836)
  • Fixed build scripts to update Index once more just before final run.
  • Fixed COSPAR designation parser.
  • Fixed wrong extinction coordinate frame of Zodiacal Light (LP: #1675699)
  • Fixed a missing initialisation (avoids crash at program end)
  • Fixed bug for loading default scenery on non-Englush locale in Scenery3D plugin
  • Fixed typo in name of dark nebula LDN 935 (LP: #1679066)
  • Fixed Scripting Engine: avoiding broken script when calling waitFor() after the point in time to wait.
  • Fixed infoMap data for comets.
  • Fixed issue of reloading of DSO names when filter of catalogs is updated.
  • Fixed small cosmetic bug for SIMBAD status line.
  • Fixed the opposition/conjunction longitude line: the line follows the ecliptic pole on date now (LP: #1687307)
  • Fixed very stupid bug for Date & Time dialog.
  • Fixed translation on-the-fly issue for AstroCalc tool.
  • Fixed IAU constellation label for stars with high proper motion (LP: #1690615)
  • Fixed crash when AstroCalc tool is active and we are on the spaceship
  • Fixed several Coverity issues
  • Fixed bug which disabled the bright flare-type Iridium point source drawing
  • Fixed fullscreen behaviour on switching tasks (Alt+Tab) (LP: #550337)
  • Fixed dynamic eye adaptation behaviour when persistent orbits are enabled
  • Fixed switching horizontal/equatorial coordinates for Solar system objects (AstroCalc/Positions)
  • Fixed crash when observer is flying on spaceship
  • Fixed storing torchlight and coordinate display flag to config (Scenery3D) (LP: #1502245)
  • Fixed placing a custom markers on HighDPI devices (LP: #1688985)
  • Fixed infostring for ecliptical coordinates data (Nutation)
  • Fixed strings consistency for Solar System Editor plug-in (LP: #1698783)
  • Fixed string overlap with FOV and FPS labels (LP: #1698789)
  • Restore searchable for telescope names (LP: #1686857)
  • Updated Scenery3D plugin
  • Updated Satellites plugin: refactoring the source code and speed-up rendering of satellites
  • Updated rule to create a directory for screenshots (LP: #1626686)
  • Updated GUI: refactoring blocks
  • Updated a GUI behaviour: a map in LocationDialog resizable is now.
  • Updated a GUI behaviour: enabled low resolution for High DPI devices.
  • Updated a GUI: added a few GUI text improvements
  • Updated InnoSetup script
  • Updated and revised stars names
  • Updated Historical Supernovae catalog (Added SN 2017cbv)
  • Updated meteor showers catalog (Added data for year 2017)
  • Updated AstroCalc tool: increased an accuracy of 'Altitude vs. Time' diagram
  • Updated AstroCalc tool: speed-up calculations for some types of phenomena
  • Updated AstroCalc tool: extension of features for Ephemeris Tool
  • Updated AstroCalc tool: improve WUT
  • Updated filters for DSO objects in AstroCalc/WUT tool
  • Updated sorting rules for AstroCalc/Positions tool
  • Updated filters for Solar system bodies (AstroCalc/Positions)
  • Updated tab rules for Search Tool
  • Updated list of locations
  • Updated scripts and scripting engine
  • Updated list of DSO's names
  • Updated headers for AstroCalc tools
  • Updated 'Go to home' feature.
  • Updated Bookmarks tool.
  • Updated API documentation
  • Updated Exoplanets plugin: improve placing of the exoplanet systems
  • Updated Oculars plugin: the limit for diameter of binoculars aperture upped to 200mm
  • Updated calculation for boundaries of IAU constellations
  • Updated default supernovae catalog
  • Updated Belarusian translation for skycultures
  • Updated cmake variable names
  • Updated Ocean landscape
  • Updated RemoteControl panels with new functionality
  • Updated rules for TLE updated: never update TLE's for any date before Oct 4, 1957, 19:28:34GMT ;-)
  • Removed script 'Analemma'
  • Removed useless vertex color data from asteroid models.
  • Removed Polynesian sky culture (replaced by Hawaiian starlines)

New in Stellarium 0.15.2 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • Added new algorithm for DeltaT from Stephenson, Morrison and Hohenkerk (2016)
  • Added use QOpenGLWidget
  • Added new option to InfoString group
  • Added orbit visualization data for asteroids
  • Added calculation of extincted magnitudes of satellites
  • Added new type of Solar system objects: sednoids
  • Added classificator of objects into Solar System Editor plugin
  • Added albedo for infostring (planets and moons)
  • Added some improvements and clean up of code in Search Tool
  • Added use ISO 8601 to date formatting in Date and Time Dialog (LP: #1655630)
  • Added "Restore direction to initial values" in Oculars plugin (LP: #1656085)
  • Added the define for GL_DOUBLE again to restore compilation on ARM.
  • Added calculation and show of horizontal and vertical scales of visible field of view of CCD (LP: #1656825)
  • Added caching for landscapes, including preloading and some other manipulation via scripting.
  • Added binning for CCD in Oculars plugin
  • Added textures for DSO
  • Added a mean solar day (equals to Earth's day) on the Sun for educational purposes
  • Added transmitting map of object info via RemoteControl
  • Added int property handling with sliders
  • Added a scriptable function to retrieve landscape brightness.
  • Added Spout licence.txt to Windows installer script
  • Added displaying solstices points (LP: #1670046)
  • Added extension of objectInfoMaps per object, most useful for scripting (LP: #1670412)
  • Added tentative fix for crash without network (LP: #1667703)
  • Added separate storing of view direction/FoV and other settings.
  • Added Meade MA12 Astrometric Eyepiece support in Oculars plugin
  • Added option to change the prediction depth of Iridium flares (Satellites plugin)
  • Added tooltips for AstroCalc features
  • Fixed indirect dependency to QtOpenGL by QtMultimediaWidgets (LP: #1656525)
  • Fixed text encoding in installer (LP: #1652515)
  • Fixed changing value of n.dot in tooltip when ephemeris type is changed (LP: #1652762)
  • Fixed mistakes in DeltaT stuff
  • Fixed typos in AstroCalc tool
  • Fixed visual style for spinup/spindown markers
  • Fixed missing cross-id of Epsilon Lyrae (LP: #1653388)
  • Fixed updating a list of Solar system bodies in AstroCalc tool when new objects added or objects was removed
  • Fixed calculation of period for comets on elliptial orbits
  • Fixed prediction of Iridium flares (LP: #1643311)
  • Fixed saving visibility flag for Bookmarks button (LP: #1654164)
  • Fixed refraction for Satellites (LP: #1654331)
  • Fixed wrong parallax and distance for IC 59 (LP: #1655423)
  • Fixed updating a text in Help window when shortcuts are changed (LP: #1656001)
  • Fixed saving flags of visibility of Milky Way and Zodiacal Light (LP: #1656067)
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed few reports of Clang static analyzer
  • Fixed double clicks causing crashes (LP: #1656525)
  • Fixed packaging QtOpenGL in Windows/macOS packages
  • Fixed handling a log lines with missing newline char
  • Fixed a bad-value crash in ArchaeoLines plugin
  • Fixed an invalid escape sequence in RemoteControl plugin
  • Fixed bug in Search Tool (LP: #1655055)
  • Fixed doing a screenshots (do it via FBO solution for QOpenGLWidget)
  • Fixed work a button for ArchaeoLines plugin
  • Fixed calculation and rendering CCD frame in Oculars plugin
  • Fixed an memory leak with the spheric mirror distorter, and removed stencil buffer from the effect FBO (we don't need it for our rendering) (LP: #1661375)
  • Fixed tile-based render performance (always glClear all buffers at the start of the frame) (LP: #1661375)
  • Fixed glClear alpha channel usage (glClear alpha to zero instead of one)
  • Fixed Scenery3d cubemap rendering (restores rendering)
  • Fixed crash, when location 'Sierra Nevada Observatory, Spain' is chosen (LP: #1662113)
  • Fixed NetBSD and OpenBSD build by linking glues with Qt5::Gui.
  • Fixed size for few DSO textures (NPOT textures for ancient GPUs) (LP: #1641773)
  • Fixed crash, when missing a stars catalog from the middle of list (e.g. stars4 is missing and we tried zooming) (LP: #1653315)
  • Fixed crash for configure color of generic DSO marker (LP: #1667787)
  • Fixed date limit in AstroCalc tool (Set a minimum possible date limit for the range of dates for
  • QDateTimeEdit widgets) (LP: #1660208)
  • Fixed escaping of symbols for Simbad Lookup (LP: #1669088)
  • Fixed DE431 mismatch (LP: #1606583)
  • Fixed overbright Sun when zooming in (LP: #1421173)
  • Fixed absolute magnitude calculation of the planets, their moons, and the Pluto-Charon system (LP: #1664143)
  • Fixed a long-standing bug concerning centering small-fov views in equatorial mount mode (LP: #1484976)
  • Fixed influencing sky luminance/eye adaptation for bright objects covered by the landscape horizon. (LP: #1138533)
  • Fixed atmospheric brightening by Earth's moon when location is on other planets (LP: #1673283)
  • Fixed application of DE43x DeltaT when date outside range of the selected DE43x.
  • Fixed Night mode issue for binocular mode of Oculars Plugin (LP: #1673187)
  • Fixed altitude computation for landscapes
  • Fixed a small error in that Zodiacal light was aligned with Ecliptic J2000, not Ecliptic of date (LP: #1628765)
  • Fixed crash Stellarium in debug mode on OS X with Qt 5.7+, through clear GL error state after using QPainter (LP: #1628072)
  • Fixed a problem with Qt timezone handling, when some IANA timezones have been renamed compared to entries in our location database (LP: #1662132)
  • Allows SkyImages in all reference frames and deprecate the old explicit core.loadSkyImageAltAz() type commands
  • Updated rules for usage of custom time zones (the custom time zone may be use in all time now) (LP: #1652763)
  • Updated shortcuts
  • Updated rules for source package builder
  • Updated URL of DSS collection
  • Updated detect of OS
  • Updated deployment rules for Windows installer
  • Updated script for building Stellarium User Guide
  • Updated GUI for set coefficients for custom equation of DeltaT
  • Updated list of contributors
  • Updated ArchaeoLines and Gridlines options to RemoteControl pages
  • Updated Tongan sky culture
  • Updated catalog of DSO
  • Updated common names of DSO
  • Updated star names (LP: #1664671)
  • Updated Solar System Screen Saver.
  • Updated Oculars plugin
  • Updated Satellites plugin (Let's start looking to the Iridium on 15 seconds before flash)
  • Updated plist data for macOS
  • Updated textures of minor planets
  • Updated default color scheme
  • Removed code for automatic tuning star scales of the view through ocular/CCD (LP: #1656940)
  • Code clean-up
  • Prevent an unnecessary StelProperty change
  • Changed the way the OpenGL format is set once again

New in Stellarium 0.15.1 (Dec 27, 2016)

  • 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

New in Stellarium 0.15.0 (Jul 31, 2016)

  • Added StelProperty system
  • Added new plugin for exhibitions and planetariums - Remote Control
  • Added new skycultures: Macedonian, Ojibwe, Dakota/Lakota/Nakota, Kamilaroi/Euahlayi
  • Updated code of plugins
  • Added Bookmarks tool and updated AstroCalc tool
  • Added new functions for Scripting Engine and new scripts
  • Added Miller Cylindrical Projection
  • Added updates and improvements in DSO and star catalogues (include initial support of The Washington Double Star Catalog)
  • azimuth lines (also targetting geographic locations) in ArchaeoLines plugin
  • Many fixes and improvements...

New in Stellarium 0.14.3 (Mar 20, 2016)

  • Added Bengali description for landscapes (LP: #1548627)
  • Added background transparency in Oculars plugin (LP: #1511393)
  • Fixed serial port issue on Windows version (LP: #1543813)
  • Fixed MESA mode on Windows (LP: #1509735)
  • Fixed Stellarium crashes in ocular view of Saturn/Neptune/Uranus (LP: #1495232)
  • Fixed artifacts in rendering of Mercury in the Sun (LP: #1533647)
  • Fixed loading scenes for Scenery 3D plugin (LP: #1533069)
  • Fixed movement of radiant when time is switched manually (LP: #1535950)
  • Fixed changing name of planet (LP: #1548008)

New in Stellarium 0.14.2 (Jan 8, 2016)

  • Reduce planet brightness in daylight (LP: #1503248)
  • Fixed perspective mode with offset viewport in scenery3d (LP: #1509728)
  • Fixed wrong altitudes for some locations (LP: #1530759)
  • Fixed some skyculture links
  • Fixed editing some shortcut keys (LP: #1530567)
  • Fixed drawing reticle for telescope (LP: #1526348)
  • Refactoring coloring markers of the DSO
  • Removed info about Moon phases (avoid inconsistency for strings).
  • Updated default config options
  • Updated icons for View dialog
  • Updated Stellarium DSO Catalog
  • Added list of dwarf galaxies (Search Tool)
  • Added improvements in Scenery 3D plugin

New in Stellarium 0.14.1 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Added support for side-by-side assembly technology
  • Enhancements of the Ocular plugin: add OAG support
  • Added Belarusian translation for landscapes and sky cultures
  • Added designations for few stars in Scorpius
  • Fixed constellation art brightness and zooming
  • Fixed number of satellite orbit segments resets
  • Fixed certain outplanet moons with wrong Longitudes
  • Fixed saving settings for some View panel options
  • Fixed fails to run up on Windows when invoked from a different directory
  • Fixed wrong value of ecliptic obliquity
  • Fixed segmentation fault (core dumped) while try update stars catalog
  • Tentative fix for support 4K resolution (GUI scaling)

New in Stellarium 0.14.0 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Precession now follows the IAU2006 model in the long-time version from Vondrák et al. 2011.
  • Nutation is applied (IAU2000B solution). Given that nobody has observed it without telescope and the model does not give limits of applicability, we limit its application to 1500..2500
  • Application of DeltaT has been simplified and made a bit more intuitive.
  • We now dare to add another coordinate system: Ecliptic coordinates of date.
  • We can therefore now show that planetary positions given by the commonly used solution VSOP87 is applicable to -4000..+8000 only, and its use outside this range will give somewhat artificial results. There is more to follow in future versions.
  • The other big addition is a greatly improved collection of DSO data with lots of possibilities in a new GUI tab to select for object type and/or catalog. In total, 15 catalogs are now built-in!
  • Also the Meteor Shower, Satellites, Telescope Control and 3D Sceneries plugins have been improved.
  • Landscapes can have switchable labels, so you can e.g. indicate mountain peaks.
  • In total 83 bugs and wishlist items were fixed or at least decided.
  • A platform-specific change for Windows: OpenGL binding is now dynamic. That means, there are no more separate OpenGL/ANGLE/MESA downloads, but after installation you will have separate commands in the start menu which force ANGLE or MESA modes.

New in Stellarium 0.13.3 (Apr 26, 2015)

  • - Added Scenery3D plugin: enable support 3D landscapes
  • - Added ArchaeoLines plugin: a tool for archaeo-/ethnoastronomical alignment studies
  • - Added new DSO catalogs: Barnard (B), 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)

New in Stellarium 0.13.2 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • This version contains over 70 closed bugs and includes some wishes and new nice features - like visualization of the zodiacal light and new sky cultures.

New in Stellarium 0.13.1 (Oct 19, 2014)

  • Added: Light layer for old_style landscapes
  • Added: Auto-detect location via network lookup.
  • Added: Seasonal rules for displaying constellations
  • Added: Coordinates can be displayed as decimal degrees (LP: #1106743)
  • Added: Support of multi-touch gestures on Windows 8 (LP: #1165754)
  • Added: FOV on bottom bar can be displayed in DMS rather than fractional degrees (LP: #1361582)
  • Added: Oculars plugins support eyepieces with permanent crosshairs (LP: #1364139)
  • Added: Pointer Coordinates Plugin can displayed not only RA/Dec (J2000.0) (LP: #1365784, #1377995)
  • Added: Angle Measure Plugin can measure positional angles to the horizon now (LP: #1208143)
  • Added: Search tool can search position not only for RA/Dec (J2000.0) (LP: #1358706)
  • Fixed: Galactic plane renamed to correct: Galactic equator (LP: #1367744)
  • Fixed: Speed issues when computing lots of comets (LP: #1350418)
  • Fixed: Spherical mirror distortion work correctly now (LP: #676260, #1338252)
  • Fixed: Location coordinates on the bottom bar displayed correctly now (LP: #1357799)
  • Fixed: Ecliptic coordinates for J2000.0 and grids diplayed correctly now (LP: #1366567, #1369166)
  • Fixed: Rule for select a celestial objects (LP: #1357917)
  • Fixed: Loading extra star catalogs (LP: #1329500, #1379241)
  • Fixed: Creates spurious directory on startup (LP: #1357758)
  • Fixed: Various GUI/rendering improvements (LP: #1380502, #1320065, #1338252, #1096050, #1376550, #1382689)
  • Fixed: "missing disk in drive " (LP: #1371183)

New in Stellarium 0.13.0 (Jul 19, 2014)

  • New modulated core.
  • Refactored shadows and introducing the normal mapping.
  • Sporadic meteors and meteors has the colors now.
  • Comet tails rendering.
  • New types of landscapes.
  • New translatable strings and new textures.
  • New plugin: Equation of Time - provides solution for Equation of Time.
  • New plugin: Field of View - provides shortcuts for quick changes field of view.
  • New plugin: Navigational Stars - marks 58 navigational stars on the sky.
  • New plugin: Pointer Coordinates - shows the coordinates of the mouse pointer.
  • New plugin: Meteor Showers - provides visualization of meteor showers.
  • New translatable strings and new textures.
  • New version of the Satellites plugin: introduces star-like satellites and bug fixes.
  • New version of the Exoplanets plugin: displaying of the potential habitable exoplanets; improvements for performance and code refactoring.
  • New version of the Angle Measure plugin: displaying of the position angle.
  • New version of the Quasars plugin: improvements for performance; added marker_color parameter.
  • New version of the Pulsars plugin: improvements for performance; display pulsars with glitches; setting color for marker for different types of the pulsars.
  • New versions of the Compass Marks, Oculars, Historical Supernovae, Observability analysis and Bright Novae plugins: bug fixing, code refactoring and improvements.

New in Stellarium 0.12.4 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • This release contains solution for one serious bug and an one new feature.

New in Stellarium 0.12.3 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • new plugin - Bright Novae;
  • added intermediate value to ZHR of shooting stars between 80 and 10000 (LP: #1208106);
  • fixed search tool (LP: #1208296, #1211198);
  • fixed behaviour for shortkeys of few plugins (LP: #1208291);
  • fixed Flamsteed designations for few Virgo stars (LP: #1222094);
  • fixed saving Milky Way brightness via GUI (LP: #1220477)

New in Stellarium 0.12.2 (Aug 4, 2013)

  • New features: variable stars, re-packed star catalogs (Hipparcos and Tycho-2), improvements for plugins, scripting engine and search tool. New version of the Satellites plug-in (0.8.1) with features:
  • automatic adding of new satellites on update from selected update sources; by default, only new naked-eye satellites are auto-added
  • automatic removal of satellites if they are no longer listed in the update sources
  • "user-defined" flag protecting satellites from update/removal
  • satellites can be added to/removed from satellite groups from the GUI
  • custom satellite groups can be defined
  • the default satellite group names and satellite descriptions are translatable
  • A huge thanks to our community whose contributions help to make Stellarium better!
  • We updated the Solar System file and shortcuts file, so if you have an existing Stellarium installation, it is possible that you need to reset the settings after you install the new version.

New in Stellarium 0.12.1 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • New features: Caldwell catalog for nebulae, re-packed star catalogs (Hipparcos and Tycho-2), delta-T manager, star magnitude limit control, localization for Windows installer, updates textures of galaxies and nebulae and various small GUI changes. The release has over 30 closed bugs in the core application and plugins.
  • A huge thanks to our community whose contributions help to make Stellarium better!
  • We updated the configuration file and the Solar System file, so if you have an existing Stellarium installation, it is possible that you need to reset the settings after you install the new version.

New in Stellarium 0.12.0 (Jan 31, 2013)

  • Added:
  • New plugin: Exoplanets
  • New plugin: Observability analysis
  • Get geometric altitude and azimuth for script engine (LP: #1010617)
  • Sky image loading with altitude/azimuth coordinates (LP: #1023548)
  • New hotkey for star name labels (LP: #1032989)
  • Option to activate/deactivate the Nebula Background Images button via GUI (LP: #925247)
  • Return to user set location and landscape (LP: #981507)
  • Display degrees and minutes for FOV of CCD (LP: #998761)
  • Adding all possible satellites (LP: #1006495)
  • Building a Windows x64 packages (LP: #1003041, #1027607)
  • Apply atmosphere effect only on bodies with atmosphere (LP: #971875)
  • Fixed:
  • Various Stellarium freezes and crashed (LP: #1005155, #1030913, #940638, #992267, #1033380, #951967, #1040054)
  • Various plugins issues (LP: #751381, #892027, #1006134, #1040066, #1040085)
  • Various issues for nebulae (LP: #1026021, #744517)
  • Add/subtract one sidereal year jumps wrong amount (LP: #1006208)
  • Various small issues, typos and mistakes (LP: #1022506, #1032469, #1019247, #985204)
  • Various issues in Scripting Engine (LP: #1023934, #1017148, #1017154, #730180)
  • Changed:
  • New tab in the configuration window to control the selected object information.
  • Improvement Night Vision mode
  • Extend list of default scripts

New in Stellarium 0.11.3 (May 19, 2012)

  • Added:
  • ecliptic grid (LP: #834307)
  • world observatories to the locations list (LP: #891643)
  • allow configuration of url for SIMBAD lookups (LP: #948528)
  • opportunity to freely choose the object information to display (LP: #834325)
  • Pluto texture (LP: #906766)
  • Fixed:
  • No objects under horizon (LP: #952532)
  • (MinGW-w64) CMake does not detect Win64 (LP: #951465)
  • (MinGW-w64) Compilation errors (LP: #951405, #951742)
  • Oculars FOV (LP: #971066, #962691)
  • "Galactic Plane" string does not get translated when language is switched (LP: #976515)
  • Use freedesktop specification for Unity quicklists (LP: #959893)
  • Apparent diameter of planets with rings (LP: #960904)
  • Crash [assert] when FOV is small and Quasars or Historical Supernovae plugins is enabled (LP: #961011)
  • Angle Measure plug-in reads the wrong options from the configuration file (LP: #954205)
  • Crash in debug mode on displaying constellation borders (LP: #951967)
  • Star halo "dances" for small Solar System objects (LP: #805810)
  • RTL-languages is not displayed correctly when using gravity labels (LP: #801668)
  • Orbits with close perihelions are not displayed correctly (LP: #640455)
  • Precision of angular diameter lower than intended (LP: #955635)
  • Moons' orbit lines broken by parent planet movement with time (LP: #889712)
  • Invalid user defined location cause Stellarium to crash (LP: #860220)
  • Difficulty to select zoomed in planets and moons (LP: #854374)
  • Altazimutal grid not overlapping equatorial grid when located on poles (LP: #775972)
  • Global key bindings not global (LP: #687288)
  • Screenshot write permission fail (Vista/7) (LP: #568086)
  • Wrong planet phases as seen from more outer planets (LP: #803305)
  • Zoom in/out command sticks (LP: #712112)
  • Importing SSOs causes some strange effects (LP: #969211)
  • Not updated values of dimensions of CCD while changes telescopes (LP: #998726)
  • Gravity labels rendered incorrectly (LP: #998121)
  • Keyboard shortcut for subtract one sidereal year don't works (LP: #997873)

New in Stellarium 0.11.2 (Mar 10, 2012)

  • One of the main directions of this version is localization:
  • most of the text used by the default plug-ins is now translatable
  • landscape names are now translatable
  • country names are now translatable
  • scripts names and descriptions are now translatable
  • Oculars plug-in:
  • added an optional control panel displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen as an alternative
  • to the pop-up menu that was used to control it in the previous version;
  • overhaul of the pop-up menu, the underlined letters in it can be used as keyboard shortcuts;
  • added the ability to rearrange the items in the lists of oculars, telescopes and sensors;
  • fixed the inappropriate flipping of the binoculars view;
  • Satellites plug-in:
  • fixed title bar of the Satellites config window not being resized with the rest of the window
  • (LP: #900575)
  • catalog numbers are now used to identify satellites, preventing bugs with duplicate satellites
  • and satellites renamed in the source lists
  • catalog number and international designator are now displayed for each satellite
  • a simple windows to add satellites has been added (LP: #898476)
  • Added:
  • Ctrl+C binding to copy selected object info text to clipboard.
  • to the Windows installer options to remove files left over from the previous installation.
  • windows no longer can be dragged to unreachable positions.
  • the "Save settings" button now saves the current main window position, too.
  • the language list is now sorted by language name, not language code.
  • the "Reload style" action has been removed, as the underlying feature no longer works. If you
  • decide to design a new visual style for Stellarium, please contact us to give you a version where
  • it works.
  • distance in km (if the distance is below 0.1 AU) to the information displayed about Solar System
  • objects. (LP: #894472)
  • the StelGui::getSkyGui() method to allow plug-in developers to create their own toolbars and
  • other GUI elements.
  • an option to show the galactic coordinates grid and the galactic plane.
  • several trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs): Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, Haumea.
  • the Quasars plug-in.
  • the Pulsars plug-in.
  • more detailed information is now added to the log file for Mac OS X.
  • (experimental) modelling of atmospheric extinction for point objects.
  • changed the position of the text in the Text User Interface plug-in. (LP: #911594)
  • a checkbox allowing the SIMBAD on-line search to be enabled/disabled.
  • Fixed:
  • startup script crash (LP: #689657)
  • plugin names localization in the Configuration window (LP: #807402)
  • resizing of the tabs in Configuration and View windows on language change (LP: #821386)
  • sky lines' labels not translated on language change (LP: #811659)
  • "Get catalog" button not translated on language change (LP: #890608)
  • last star catalog not being offered for download (LP: #538291, LP: #890789)
  • proxy configuration without username/password
  • Telescope Control plug-in: mishandling of IP connections in the telescope configuration window
  • (LP: #843837)
  • Pluto's moon Hydra preventing the constellation from being selected in Search and scripts
  • (LP: #894780)
  • scripting code still being included despite ENABLE_SCRIPTING set to 0 (LP: #811505)
  • constellations lines and names not displayed (LP: #945146)
  • newly created location cannot be set as default (LP: #889931)

New in Stellarium 0.11.2 RC1 (Feb 25, 2012)

  • The main theme of this version seems to be localization:
  • most of the text used by the default plug-ins is now translateable
  • landscape names are now translatable
  • country names are now translatable
  • scripts names and descriptions are now translatable
  • Oculars plug-in:
  • added an optional control panel displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen as an alternative to the pop-up menu that was used to control it in the previous version;
  • overhaul of the pop-up menu, the underlined letters in it can be used as keyboard shortcuts;
  • added the ability to rearrange the items in the lists of oculars, telescopes and sensors;
  • fixed the inappropriate flipping of the binoculars view;
  • Satellites plug-in:
  • fixed title bar of the Satellites config window not being resized with the rest of the window (LP: #900575)
  • catalog numbers are now used to identify satellites, preventing bugs with duplicate satellites and satellites renamed in the source lists
  • catalog number and international designator are now displayed for each satellite
  • a simple windows to add satellites has been added (LP: #898476)
  • Added Ctrl+C binding to copy selected object info text to clipboard.
  • Added to the Windows installer options to remove files left over from the previous installation.
  • Windows no longer can be dragged to unreachable positions.
  • The "Save settings" button now saves the current main window position, too.
  • The language list is now sorted by language name, not language code.
  • The "Reload style" action has been removed, as the underlying feature no longer works. If you decide to design a new visual style for Stellarium, please contact us to give you a version where it works.
  • Added distance in km (if the distance is below 0.1 AU) to the information displayed about Solar System objects. (LP: #894472)
  • Added the StelGui::getSkyGui() method to allow plug-in developers to create their own toolbars and other GUI elements.
  • Added an option to show the galactic coordinates grid and the galactic plane.
  • Added several trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs): Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, Haumea.
  • Added the Quasars plug-in.
  • Added the Pulsars plug-in.
  • More detailed information is now added to the log file for Mac OS X.
  • Added (experimental) modelling of atmospheric extinction for point objects.
  • Changed the position of the text in the Text User Interface plug-in. (LP: #911594)
  • Added a checkbox allowing the SIMBAD on-line search to be enabled/disabled.
  • Fixed:
  • plugin names localization in the Configuration window (LP: #807402)
  • resizing of the tabs in Configuration and View windows on language change (LP: #821386)
  • sky lines' labels not translated on language change (LP: #811659)
  • "Get catalog" button not translated on language change (LP: #890608)
  • last star catalog not being offered for download (LP: #538291, LP: #890789)
  • proxy configuration without username/password
  • Telescope Control plug-in: mishandling of IP connections in the telescope configuration window (LP: #843837)
  • Pluto's moon Hydra preventing the constellation from being selected in Search and scripts (LP: #894780)
  • scripting code still being included despite ENABLE_SCRIPTING set to 0 (LP: #811505)

New in Stellarium 0.11.1 (Nov 4, 2011)

  • This is an important bug fix release closing more than 20 bugs in the main application and in the plugins. It also brings small GUI usability improvements. A huge thanks to all community bug reporters who helped us a lot finding bugs!

New in Stellarium 0.11.0 (Jul 3, 2011)

  • This release takes into account the refraction of the atmosphere in the visualization of the sky.
  • The search tool was redesigned.
  • The oculars plugin was rewritten and expanded.
  • A new plugin was added for historical supernovae.
  • Lots of bugs were fixed.

New in Stellarium 0.10.6 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • New feature for installing landscapes from ZIP archives.
  • New plugin: Solar System editor.
  • New plugin: Time Zone manual override.
  • Oculars plugin: customizable keyboard shortcuts.
  • Satellites plugin: added new orbit prediction engine with orbits.
  • Satellites plugin: can now update TLEs from a local file.
  • Telescope control plugin: added manual equinox / epoch override.

New in Stellarium 0.10.3 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • sky:
  • default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
  • extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars
  • asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
  • constellations for twelve different cultures
  • images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
  • realistic Milky Way
  • very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
  • the planets and their satellites
  • interface:
  • a powerful zoom
  • time control
  • multilingual interface
  • fisheye projection for planetarium domes
  • spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome
  • all new graphical interface and extensive keyboard control
  • telescope control
  • visualisation:
  • equatorial and azimuthal grids
  • star twinkling
  • shooting stars
  • eclipse simulation
  • skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection
  • customisability:
  • plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescrope configuration and more
  • add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

New in Stellarium 0.10.2 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Based on Qt 4.5.
  • Display constellations lines using nicely distorted arcs.
  • Fixed GUI problems when creating a new location.
  • Fixed the grid lines wrap around at the discontinuities in cylindrical and Mercator projection.
  • Hide the planet computation problems after year 80608.
  • Use the Qt raster engine by default.
  • This fixes mac rendering bugs and speeds up greatly the GUI rendering.
  • Improved management of intersection of viewports with large FOV and projections with singularities.
  • Added Hammer-Aitoff projection allowing full sky overview.
  • Fixed various bugs.

New in Stellarium 0.10.1 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • Added reset all config options button.
  • Added code for uncompressing gzip files (borrowed from from libkde) Allowed for gzip compressed JSON files.
  • Fixed flip buttons bug.
  • Fixed min FPS feature.
  • Implemented screenshots inverted colors feature + associated GUI.
  • Re-coded grid display from scratch.
  • It is now much faster and much more robust.
  • Refactored large part of the Navigator and Projector classes.
  • Added a StelPainter class allowing many optimizations and simpler API.
  • Re-added telescope control key bindings.
  • Improved the doxygen developers documentation.
  • Added Simbad lookup to the search window.
  • Fixed ecliptic line rendering.
  • Fixed grid rendering bugs.
  • Added ZIP archive support with code copied from KDE SVN.
  • Fixed sun's magnitude bug.
  • Added automatic star catalog downloader to GUI.
  • Star catalog settings are now defined in a config file.
  • Converted system-dependent star catalog memory mapping code to QFile::map().
  • Added log file for debugging output.
  • Prepends system specs, such as memory and CPU information.
  • Imported KdeWin32 code for POSIX emulation on Windows.
  • Fixed build with Qt 4.5.
  • Fixed full screen problems at init.
  • Optimized VecXX contructors (no more default values).
  • Added translations for Albanian and Bosnian.
  • Fixed many bugs.

New in Stellarium 0.10.0 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • Global switch to Qt.
  • Don't support SDL main application anymore.
  • The whole StelApp class is managed by a QGraphicsScene, inside a QGraphicsView.
  • Removed deprecated sources from the core of stellarium (old GUI, TUI and scripting).
  • Continued API cleaning and simplifications.
  • Performed large refactorings to use portable Qt API (migrated from std::string and std::wstring to QString).
  • Re-organized the source files into sub-directories.
  • Migrated config file parsing to a QSettings based implementation.
  • Exposed some methods as slots so that they can be scripted in the future.
  • Created the new Qt-based GUI button bars (QGraphicsItems).
  • Recoded from scratch the new QWidget based GUI rendered in the QGraphicsView using style sheets.
  • Moved stars/planets halo rendering into SkyDrawer.
  • Implemented dynamic eye adaptation for bright objects.
  • Optimized atmosphere computation and others, speed can be increased up to a factor of 2.
  • Implemented light pollution following the Bortle scale index.
  • Improved and optimized stars rendering (updated colors, sizes and added large halo for very bright ones, use GL lists for drawing stars by bunch) Made testing python wrappers using SIP (unused) Created a new SkyTile class supporting lazy dynamic multi-resolution images loading and display.
  • Image trees can be stored as JSON files.
  • Startup is much faster.
  • Migrated the previous nebula textures to the new format.
  • Added a LocationManager for managing observing locations and cleaned the code of observer.
  • Changed key bindings, use F1..
  • F6 for opening dialogs.
  • Tab completion on the search dialog.
  • Added descriptions for the sky cultures and improved the ones for landscapes.
  • Added a new mars landscape.
  • Fixed many bugs.