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Stellarium 0.21.3 Open Source New Released
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https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium...ag/v0.21.3     
v0.21.3 Latest
@Alex-w alex-w released this 13 hours ago    v0.21.3
4298885        Release notes

The Stellarium team is delighted to announce the release of Stellarium 0.21.3.

The major changes of this version:

    Better handling of minor bodies with outdated orbital elements
    "Goto next day at same altitude" functionality for selected objects
    Mark a few special points on the planets
    Three refined Arab skycultures
    Updated Mul-Apin skyculture with new artwork
    Improved OnlineQueries and Satellites plugin
    Fixed a problem with LX200 telescopes
    Many fixes in core and plugins

There has also been a large number of bug fixes and closed feature requests and enhancements (see full list of changes).

Enjoy!
What's Changed

Full list of changes:

    Added support a context in names of sky cultures
    Added improvements for compute the accuracy and performance of sunrise/sunset time in AstroCalc/WUT
    Added support HTC 2.0 theory (#1942)
    Added also search descriptions in Satellites plugin (GH: #1940)
    Added support QtWebEngine in OnlineQueries plugin (GH: #1938)
    Added reference to ArchaeoLines plugin
    Added scriptable method to set the time extent for trails
    Added figure correction for the Lunar position
    Added atmospheric pressure and temperature info into location tooltip
    Added *.md files into Windows installer (GH: #2023)
    Added orbit epoch as explicit element to the KeplerOrbit (GH: #2000, #2027)
    Added Solar and Lunar info to InfoString (GH: #1455, #2037)
    Added pragmatic solution for a Linux display problem with aberration (GH: #1945)
    Added a "default" group to selected object info (GH: #2038)
    Added context for info group names (GH: #2038)
    Added epoch entries for the Interstellar objects
    Added support to show ephemeris when Solar system bodies are hidden (GH: #2044, #2051)
    Added orbit_Epoch to comet orbital elements
    Added scripting functions for tonemapping
    Added tool to find and select an object from its standard name and object type name (GH: #1970)
    Added tool to search an object by its standard name and object type
    Added Arabic sky culture (GH: #2064)
    Added Arabian Peninsula sky culture (GH: #2064)
    Added Arabic Lunar Stations sky culture (GH: #2064)
    Added new actions for jumping to defined moments in diurnal motion of selected objects (GH: #2106)
    Added smart tooltip for AstroCalc/Graphs tool (GH: #2110)
    Added Poles and east and west points (limb/equator intersection) (GH: #2092, #2098)
    Added Central and Subsolar special points (GH: #2098)
    Added scriptable method to replace textures on-the-fly (GH: #1060, #2120)
    Added twilight data into InfoString for the Sun
    Added new filter for satellites (GH: #2124)
    Added code to automatic add the group of satellites, based on Celestrak groups (GH: #1636, #2125)
    Fixed issues in hawaiian starlines sky culture (GH: #1931)
    Fixed error in search of Atlas right hand (GH: #1934)
    Fixed computation max elevation in AstroCalc/WUT tool
    Fixed building unit tests when scripting is disabled
    Fixed direct script commands for RemoteControl (GH: #1943)
    Fixed selecting sky culture
    Fixed Sun limb size and direction in Navigational Stars plugin (GH: #2019, #2021)
    Fixed Observability plugin: restore lost lunar "previous" and "next" full moon information (GH: #2025)
    Fixed epoch support for the Pluto (GH: #2062)
    Fixed OnlineQueries plugin: additional cmake fixes over #2006 (GH: #2049)
    Fixed a regular expression for constellation references (GH: #2055)
    Fixed typo in HD designation for HIP 48715 star (GH: #2063)
    Fixed dithering for native GLES2 systems (Odroid C1)
    Fixed PNGs: prevent libpng iCCP incorrect sRGB profile warnings
    Fixed building OnlineQueries plugin for non-WebEngine mode
    Fixed typo in CMake script (GH: #2067)
    Fixed default epoch for comet orbit
    Fixed crash after importing single asteroid (pulsar, quasar, supernova, nova, exoplanetary system) when imported asteroid was selected (GH: #1970)
    Fixed crash after updating catalogs of objects (pulsars, quasars, supernovae, novae, exoplanets, solar system objects) when selected object was removed by updating tool (GH: #1970)
    Fixed formatting (GH: #2095)
    Fixed rendering of markers when using perspective or orthographic projections (GH: #2093)
    Fixed issue in implementation of LX200 protocol (GH: #818)
    Fixed typos in sky cultures (GH: #2105)
    Fixed context issue for translation of pole labels (GH: #2098)
    Fixed aberration issues for Nomenclature selection (GH: #2098)
    Fixed selection priority for far-side features of the planet (GH: #2098)
    Changed AstroCalc/Transits tool: cosmetic fix for custom markers
    Changed Satellites plugin: improve guessing GALILEO satellites
    Changed core: refactoring the support of the on-screen stars names (GH: #1951, #2005)
    Changed the core: replace QRegExp occurrences
    Changed mouse navigation behaviour (GH: #1317, #2086, #2089)
    Updated minimum requirements: Qt 5.9
    Updated instructions for building Stellarium from source code (GH: #1927)
    Updated GUI of Satellites plugin: cosmetic fixes
    Updated list of exoplanet detection methods
    Updated list of contributors
    Updated list of active developers
    Updated planetary nomenclature
    Updated list of base locations
    Updated the code of core: refactoring
    Updated translations of sky cultures
    Updated translations of 3D sceneries
    Updated translations of landscapes
    Updated translations of GUI
    Updated the description of Chinese sky culture and fixed some issues (GH: #1952)
    Updated reference in Calendars plugin
    Updated pulsars catalog
    Updated documents for Scripting Engine
    Updated Stellarium User Guide
    Updated code for select priority and cosmetic fixes (GH: #2098)
    Updated code for tooltips in AstroCalc/Graphs tools (GH: #2110)
    Updated Babylonian (mulapin) sky culture
    Removed dead code
    Removed outdated code and data
    Removed Arabic Moon Stations sky culture (GH: #2064)
stellarium-0.21.3-win32.exe 321 MB          Download: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium...-win32.exe
stellarium-0.21.3-win64.exe 329 MB          Download: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium...-win64.exe         https://stellarium.org/     
features
sky

    default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
    extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars
    default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects
    extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects
    asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
    constellations for 40+ different cultures
    images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
    realistic Milky Way
    very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
    the planets and their satellites
    all-sky surveys (DSS, HiPS)

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

    several coordinate grids
    precession circles
    star twinkling
    shooting stars
    tails of comets
    eclipse simulation
    supernovae and novae simulation
    exoplanet locations
    3D sceneries
    skinnable landscapes with spheric panorama projection

customizability

    plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope control and more
    ability to add new solar system objects from online resources...
    add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

system requirements
minimal

    Linux/Unix; Windows 7 and above; Mac OS X 10.12.0 and above
    3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.3 or OpenGL ES 2.0
    512 MiB RAM
    500 MiB on disk
    Keyboard
    Mouse, Touchpad or similar pointing device

recommended

    Linux/Unix; Windows 7 and above; Mac OS X 10.12.0 and above
    3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 3.3 and above
    1 GiB RAM or more
    1.5 GiB on disk
    Keyboard
    Mouse, Touchpad or similar pointing device       Digital Signature ( SignPath Foundation) Stellarium 0.21.3  Open Source  Is  100% Malware FREE & Clean Of Any Of These Malware Threats - No Backdoors, Virus, Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Worms, Ransomware, Keyloggers, Rootkits, PUPs, Scanned With Malwarebytes Premium 4.5.0 &  Hitman Pro 3.8.26 build 322 & ZEMANA ANTIMALWARE (Free) 3.2.28
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