Hallo Sternenfreunde,
nach langer Zeit wieder mal ein Update bei Cartes du Ciel:
Version 4.0
New functions:
. Set the tool bar button arangement, size and text in Setup / Toolbar editor. Increase default button size.

The tool bar editor allow you to edit the button bar layout. The function is available from the menu Setup / Tool bar editor.

New performance options from menu File/Reset chart and options…

New tool box function you can activate with the keys F1 to F8.

Scripting functions and custom tool box capabilities.

New representation for the Milky Way. This can be activated from the menu Setup / Display / Lines by unchecking “Milky Way - Line mode”.

Updated Solar system information window with more functionallity

Plot images for the main planetary satellites

More color and label options

Update the artificial satellites TLE files automatically.

Option to add a crosshair to the chart center.

Option to add the meridian line with any projection.

Show comet and asteroid hourly motion in the detail window.

Update download URL for asteroids and comets

New observing list Tour function

Add cursor or telescope position to observing list

Add Tcp/Ip connection to the LX200 telescope interface.

Use INDIstarter to manage the INDI server.

New INDI control panel.
Catalog:

OpenNGC replace NGC2000, it is now include with the base version

Use official IAU star name

The following catalog change require to install the new version with 4.0 in the file name from the catalog download section.

New version of GCVS and WDS catalog

New version of PGC/LEDA with 5 million galaxies

Add index to search planetary nebula by name

Add Sh2 and Barnard catalog

Update the pictures using better coordinates from OpenNGC
Corrections:

Performance improvement with image display

Artificial satellites TLE files can use .txt extension.

Move some menu from File to View and Chart.

Now the program scale the window correctly on high resolution screen. You can set the old behavior in Setup/General.

No more store the program data location in the configuration file. If you need a non-standard location use the new command line option ”–datadir=”.
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Übrigend gibt es auch bei SkytechX (ein ziemlich ähnliches Programm wie CdC) ein Update = Version 1.05
Link:
http://skytechx.eu/?page=news
LG+CS
Peter