Stellarium 0.17.0

[PeterK]

Hallo Sternenfreunde

wieder mal ein großes Update bei Stellarium.
Link: http://stellarium.org/release/2017/12/2 ... .17.0.html

Ich benütze gerne die portable Version unter
https://portableapps.com/news/2017-12-2 ... 0-released


Version 0.17.0 is based on Qt 5.9.3, but it can still be built from sources with Qt 5.4.

The major changes of this version:

Added support for nomenclature of planetary surface (SOCIS 2017 project)
Added improvements for AstroCalc tool
Added improvements for Oculars plugin
Added improvements for Exoplanets plugin
Added INDI support for Telescope Control plugin
Updated code and data

A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs!

Full list of changes:

Added support for nomenclature of planetary surface (SOCIS 2017 project)
Added templates for translation of planetary features nomenclature
Added support of movement to selected nomenclature item
Added new tab for AstroCalc tool: Planetary Calculator
Added Icelandic translation for a couple of skycultures
Added another OS detection logging function
Added new landscape: the Sun
Added Russian translation for new landscape
Added filters for nomenclature (Search Tool/Lists)
Added support plural forms for translation (LP: #1561457)
Added deselectConstellations() method to public area
Added new time steps for AstroCalc/Ephemerides tool
Added sane defaults to Planets
Added subclasses to the list of Solar system objects in AstroCalc/Positions tool
Added config option to allow make visible orbits for major planets only (LP: #1720722)
Added rule to allow to hide nomenclature on the celestial body of observer (LP: #1723742)
Added context support for Solar system bodies
Added angular size filter for DSO
Added shortcut for nomenclature
Added plus/minus keys for elevation change on Macs without PgUp/PgDn
Added better font scaling for HiDPI Macs
Added detection method info for exoplanets
Added visual resolution info for Oculars plugin
Added GUI options for color of exoplanet marker
Added a default for night mode
Added API command to retrieve view direction in RemoteControl plugin
Added API commands into RemoteControl plugin: allow view setting jNow, harmonize capitalisation for the parameters.
Added velocity display to Planets, MinorPlanets and Comets
Added improvements for AstroCalc/PC tool
Added orbital velocities for AstroCalc/PC tool
Added special case for long list of “also known as” names
Added INDI support for Telescope Control plugin
Added Caucasian Mountain Observatory to locations list
Added option to select temperature scale to the Exoplanets plugin
Added option to allow scaling of Ocular buttons (LP: #1507205)
Added new option to the Navigational Stars plugin
Added checkboxes for DSO catalogs (PN G, SNR G, ACO) in Remote Control plugin
Added wikilinks for names of Solar system bodies
Fixed filter for limiting by DSO mangitudes
Fixed TestStelJsonParser fails (LP: #1719076)
Fixes and additions for French descriptions
Fixed context support for constellations
Fixed sort order for ‘Peak’ in Meteor showers search (LP: #1719939)
Fixed location for stellarium.appdata.xml file
Fixed stupid bug for asterisms in Search Tool/Lists
Fixed some back-side issues of nomenclature (LP: #1721815)
Fixed crash for Custom Objects (LP: #1722527)
Fixed output data for Exoplanets plugin
Fixed potential crash for nomenclature and inconsistency of data
Fixed light speed correction issue for nomenclature items (LP: #1724517)
Fixed annoying malfunction in Oculars plugin (lost of tracking) (LP: #1724106)
Fixed the new moons’ rotation times
Fixed selecting of comets in AstroCalc/Positions tool
Fixed behaviour and style of tool for download star catalog
Fixed infostring for satellite features
Fixed centering/tracking issues for Nomenclature feature (LP: #1721818)
Fixed small Coverity issue
Fixed bug of positions for nomenclature when Solar system data is reloaded
Fixed shader for planet texture rendering (LP: #1731788)
Fixed sign for declination coordinate for Southern Iota Aquarids
Fixed behaviour of Velocity checkbox
Fixed Oculars GUI Panel behaviour: disabled event processing on the sky under GUI
Fixed ray helpers lines behaviour in Oculars plugin
Fixed crossid info of alpha2 centauri (LP: #1734396)
Fixed Oculars plugin mouse bug on retina display
Fixed wrong unit of measurement for distance
Fixed mouse cursor hidding
Fixed zero-filled initial date/time window issue (LP: #1409935)
Fixed crash of Stellarium when flag for decimal degrees usage is changed
Fixed regressions introduced by recent LabelMgr refactoring
Updated default settings of build environment for Windows and Mac OS X
Updated ICU rules for Qt 5.9+
Updated Oculars plugin (Allows accessing via RemoteControl)
Updated list of DSO outlines (port from HNSKY)
Updated list of DSO names
Updated behaviour of auto-load landscape when moving to selected planet
Updated scripts and their descriptions
Updated Bengali description of landscapes
Updated list of planetary nomenclature
Updated list of official star names
Updated default time step for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
Updated behaviour of flag for orbits to renew visibility of orbits
Updated GUI items in the View dialog
Updated list of ray helpers
Updated protocols for MPC
Updated Triangulum constellation lines
Updated the solar system screen saver script
Updated code for beta versions naming
Updated Chinese skyculture
Improved performance for AstroCalc tool
Improved performance for Nomenclature feature
Code refactoring

LG+CS

Peter