Release notes
The major changes of this version:
We have finally completed our work on accurate planet axes, including Lunar libration
Visualisation of Earth shadow for Lunar eclipses
Better texture for the Lunar surface
Added the latest algorithms for planet magnitudes
Enhanced Calendars plugin
Replaced "arabic" by more accurate "al-Sufi" skyculture
Planets are now scalable and Solar glare switchable for didactic applications
We have also published a scientific paper about the application of Stellarium in cultural astronomy:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.17822Change log
Full list of changes:
Added accurate planet axis orientation and rotation (GH: #502, #151):
Added lunar libration (GH: #877)
Added lines for the Invariable Plane and Projected Solar Equator (GH: #358)
Added solar altitude to planetary feature nomenclature
Added describe planetary coordinates and changes in the nomenclature display into Stellarium User Guide
Added new language: Spanish (Latin America)
Added ability to scaling of Sun and planets (GH: #1263)
Added new magnitude algorithms for planets from Mallama&Hilton 2018 (GH: #574)
Added Earth shadow circles for topocentric observer (GH: #430)
Added new 4k texture for the Moon (required re-balancing planet shader brightness)
Added lower limit for aFOV parameter of ocular in the GUI to avoid input wrong data (GH: #1487)
Added visibility of an antisolar point for other planets (GH: #1481)
Added ability to get all designations of DSO in scripts (GH: #1477)
Added ability to show hourly motion in decimal degrees (GH: #1478)
Added more cardinal points (GH: #1522, #1529)
Added ability to switching off drawing of Solar glare (GH: #1538)
Added a new sky culture based on Al-Sufi "Book of Fixed Stars" written ~ 964 AD (GH: #1548)
Added Old Hindu calendars
Added Islamic (algorithmic) and Hebrew calendar.
Added French Revolution calendar (arithmetic version)
Added Persian (arithmetic) calendar
Added button to set standard atmosphere
Added ability to translation/transliteration of Roman (latin) terms (GH: #1511)
Added ability to use UTC time when navigational stars are displayed (GH: #1416)
Added acknowledgment section into Help/About window (GH: #1568)
Added cosmetic fix for radio communication data: no need extra precision to show data in Satellites plugin
Fixed compatibility of ToneReproducer shader with GLES (GH: #1549, #1550)
Fixed retranslation of calendars (GH: #1545)
Fixed vertical position of calendar info panel
Fixed height-dependent twinkle for star-like objects (GH: #1542)
Fixed capturing a screenshots under macOS High Sierra and later (GH: #102)
Fixed documentation for API
Fixed display the extincted magnitudes for all objects
Fixed reading textures (GH: #1547)
Fixed alignment of an intercardinal direction markers (GH: #1552)
Fixed work of multisampling mode when in Spout isn't used (GH: #1537)
Fixed visualization zodiacal light at low Bortle values (GH: #1489, #1510)
Fixed the drawing a degrees on compass on HiDPI devices
Fixed search short phrases (GH: #1528)
Fixed orientation of Jupiter, Uranus and Venus (GH: #357)
Fixed inexact rotation of Moon (GH: #347)
Fixed wrong rendering of Jupiter (GH: #1261)
Fixed incorrect moon terminator (GH: #973)
Fixed a skybox.ssc script (GH: #1461)
Fixed crash when trails are enabled (GH: #1471)
Fixed crash when choosing Zero Horizon landscape (GH: #1466)
Fixed displaying labels of coordinate grids on HiDPI devices (GH: #1445)
Fixed a labeling hour angles (GH: #1457)
Fixed API docs
Fixed styles of QMessageBox and QColorDialog (GH: #1451)
Fixed WUI of Remote Control plugin
Fixed HiDPI issue for Observability plugin
Fixed the placement of cardinal marks when compass mark is enabled on the HiDPI devices
Fixed placement of the value of equation of time for HiDPI devices
Fixed crash at exit (GH: #1479)
Fixed work of Spout mode: inhibit multisampling when in Spout mode (GH: #1507)
Fixed DOI link for "Calendrical Calculations" (GH: #1562, #1566)
Fixed missing strings for translation (GH: #1562, #1566)
Fixed tooltips and placeholders (GH: #1562, #1566)
Fixed comments for translators (GH: #1562, #1566)
Fixed updating placement of calendars when visibility of calendars are changed (GH: #1567)
Fixed artifacts in the GUI when language is changed
Fixed images and typos in Stellarium User Guide
Fixed bibliography in Stellarium User Guide
Fixed the figure of Virgo constellation (GH: #1570)
Fixed stupid typos in satellites.json file
Fixed illumination during Lunar eclipse in Scenery 3D plugin (GH: #1506)
Fixed behavior "Clear" button in Script Console (GH: #1499)
Fixed lunar magnitude: try an accurate Lunar magnitude formula (GH: #1350)
Fixed lunar eclipses: redo the eclipse push effect for lunar eclipses
Fixed behavior of Bookmarks tool when pressed button "cancel" in import dialog (GH: #1497)
Fixed Mesa mode for Windows (GH: #1551)
Fixed multisampling on non-Windows systems (GH: #1553)
Fixed typos in Al-Sufi skyculture
Fixed bug for calculation the leap years: restore leap year rule in our astronomical year counting
Updated translations
Updated translations of landscapes descriptions
Updated translations of 3D sceneries descriptions
Updated translations of skycultures descriptions
Updated AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: #1520)
Updated planetary features data
Updated building instructions for Windows (GH: #1444)
Updated core: slight restructuring of Planets, Comets, MinorPlanets, SolarSystem loader
Updated core: using data from WGCCRE reports 2009, 2015 and Explanatory Supplement to the AA 2013 (with error fixed by the 1992 ed.) for rotation elements
Updated core: keeps original Stellarium planet rotation model (undocumented) where new rotation elements are unavailable
Updated core: make StelToneReproducer's xyYToRGB.glsl core function reusable (GH: #1468)
Updated code of INDI client to version 1.8.5
Updated code for building Stellarium without NLS and Scripting support
Updated GUI (GH: #1204)
Updated Satellites plugin
Updated default satellites database
Updated GUI of Navigational stars plugin
Updated default pulsars catalog
Updated description of supernovae plugin (GH: #500)
Updated description of calendars plugin in Stellarium User Guide
Removed proper name for NGC 2194 (GH: #1530)
Removed Arabic skyculture: Arabic SC was replaced by more accurate "al-Sufi" skyculture
