v23.4

[alex-w]

The installers are located in the "Assets" section at the end of these release notes!

Release notes

The Stellarium Team has released version 23.4.

The major changes of this version:

• New plugin: Lens Distortion Estimator (experimental)
• New sky culture: Tibetan Lunar Mansions
• Changed GUI: ability to change the look via normalStyle.css
• Added new MESA for Windows packages
• Added support Windows/ARM64 packages
• Added support the origins of nomenclature names
• Improvements in plugins and AstroCalc tools
• Improvements for performance on macOS/ARM64

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

TELESCOPE USERS

We have identified and fixed some bugs in the TelescopeControl plugin on the Qt6-based releases.

Telescope users, please try whether this solves your problems. If not, we are looking for those of you with programming skills to help
us fixing remaining issues. Reward possible!

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

• Added script "Jupiter Moons"
• Added filter, based on SATCAT Operational Status in Satellites plugin
• Added new sky culture: Tibetan Lunar Mansions (GH: New Skyculture: Tibetan Lunar Mansions #3434)
• Added support an AppImage/Qt6 packages (GH: Add support an AppImage/Qt6 packages #3529)
• Added Lens Distortion Estimator plugin
• Added more simple calendar-based time steps (esp. for RemoteControl)
• Added wrapper for too long star names (GH: Too long star names unreadable #3479)
• Added a temporary workaround for overlapping indicator and text in lists
• Added an optional sorting rule for Search Tool
• Added a new category of celestial objects into AstroCalc tool
• Added tooltips for twilights in Nav. Stars plugin
• Added a text wrapper for pulsar notes
• Added a text wrapper for long origins of nomenclature names
• Added reference file for Modern (H.A. Rey) SC
• Added a text wrapper for pulsar notes
• Added a text wrapper for long origins of nomenclature names
• Added ability to make observing lists directory configurable via GUI (GH: Observing list export/import path #3165)
• Added dpiAwareness option to manifest and send physical viewport size to Spout (GH: Add dpiAwareness option to manifest and send physicial viewport size to Spout #3462)
• Added DSO names (GH: Add DSO names #3460)
• Added support the origins of nomenclature names (GH: Add support the origins of names #3457)
• Added 2 new time steps for AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool
• Added Remote control command to change window size (GH: Remote control command to change window size #3433)
• Added support Windows/ARM64 packages
• Fixed coordinates for exoplanets
• Fixed few missing stars
• Fixed a problem with initialisation sequence (GH: Crash on startup (clean installation) #3550)
• Fixed crash in StelTexture destructor on exit (GH: 23.3: crash upon exit #3427, Fix crash in StelTexture destructor on exit #3541)
• Fixed unexpected behaviour: avoid auto changing landscape when not wanted (GH: GPS aquisition affecting landscape. #3514)
• Fixed Satellites plugin: restore shadow circle at arbitrary altitude
• Fixed computation of crop factor (LDE plugin)
• Fixed slow down of time during solar eclipses (GH: Lunar Eclipse Magnitude, Eclipse lists, and Bug fixes #3520)
• Fixed shadow circle issue: allow line loops on Cylindrical projection (GH: Allow line loops on Cylindrical projection. #3505)
• Fixed the selection objects in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed translation of the origins for planetary nomenclature
• Fixed Windows installer for 64-bit modes (GH: It shouldn't be possible to run installer of the 64-bit version on 32-bit Windows without notice #3492)
• Fixed color of ColorButton's tooltip
• Fixed RTS caching (GH: RTS times broken? #3485)
• Fixed TUI plugin (GH: TUI fixes #3483)
• Fixed New Hindu Lunar calendar (GH: Calendars plugin: Crash when New Hindu Lunar Calendar enabled #3442)
• Fixed metainfo data
• Fixed recognition for MSVC++ versions
• Fixed coordinates for custom objects
• Fixed getting the list of sky cultures: don't skip remaining sky cultures after failing to read one
• Fixed error message for Zodiacal light feature
• Changed core: Use the correct screen when making a screenshot
• Changed core: Restore default inclusion of TUI plugin (GH: 23.3: Text User Interface missing #3481)
• Changed core: Only let time dragging work with Ctrl modifier
• Changed core: Make sure custom markers are set only when Shift is pressed alone
• Changed GUI: Increase brightness cutoff for planets (GH: Checkboxes to hide specific categories of Solar System objects #3317)
• Changed GUI: Make a dedicated widget for color buttons
• Changed GUI: Scale the pixel sizes in the stylesheet according to GUI font size
• Changed GUI: Make default GUI font size available outside of StelApp
• Changed GUI: Remove all fixed sizes from dialog .ui files
• Changed GUI: Set button icon sizes explicitly in normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Move stackListWidget sizes to normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Move StelCloseButton style to normalStyle.css
• Changed GUI: Fix application of bold font property to window titles
• Changed GUI: Deduplicate title bar implementation
• Changed GUI: Turn StelCloseButton into a ToolButton
• Changed GUI: Use default style for normal state of GPS button
• Changed GUI: Style QToolButton the same way as QPushButton
• Changed GUI: Provide a proper sizeHint for AngleSpinBox
• Changed GUI: Make slider groove more scalable
• Changed GUI: Use StelMainView as the parent for all message boxes and file dialogs
• Changed code of Satellites plugin: Avoid duplicate code
• Changed code of Oculars plugin: Avoid saving and reading wrong indexes for telescopes, CCD and eyepieces
• Changed the default level for selection priority of custom markers
• Changed Windows installer: Simplify Spout sending
• Changed Windows installer: Modernize Mesa library (GH: Modernize Mesa library #3414, stellarium-1.1.1-qt6-win64.exe show only blank / black screen #2803)
• Updated orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
• Updated list of planetary nomenclature
• Updated default catalog of pulsars
• Updated default catalog of satellites
• Updated default list of locations
• Updated default catalog of exoplanets
• Updated meteor showers catalog from 2024 IMO Calendar
• Updated list of financial contributors
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated translations
• Updated scripting engine: Make reloadPlanets() scriptable
• Updated communications data for satellites
• Updated DSO names (GH: Update names.dat #3543)
• Updated script "Messier Objects Tour"
• Updated SUG: Added information on adding orbital elements from JPL Horizon
• Updated SUG: Added example data for interplanetary spacecraft
• Updated ISO 3166 data
• Updated default value of GRS longitude
• Updated discovery circumstances for minor planets and comets
• Updated GUI tooltips
• Updated SpoutLibrary (GH: Update SpoutLibrary #3450)
• Updated appdata.xml file

Packages notes

package	note
stellarium-23.4.tar.gz	Stellarium 23.4 for UNIX/Linux (source code). MD5: 6107d1e352216b1e20d3cf3d45cea277 SHA256: db4db9f205cc13fb68e3f3c4c895754d16868e4d25a14da44db6d0d809e39943
stellarium-23.4.tar.bz2	Stellarium 23.4 for UNIX/Linux (source code). MD5: bdeeedcc854e36c713c18316d5833f84 SHA256: 67bc50a043448471eef049aaa007289aa3fbe9ba51d4c262155d2a5c8e3bc642
stellarium-23.4.tar.xz	Stellarium 23.4 for UNIX/Linux (source code). MD5: c44271c128de0f2830ce465574e28ce8 SHA256: 024f8f0a5df02b6dfc30ca98fa735c9a457078594d98eef29f2d736130e0594a
stellarium-23.4.zip	Stellarium 23.4 for UNIX/Linux (source code). MD5: 4d6989ae19adf1f304828b936c2e715c SHA256: c18d790180fdc62a5fdd39d840d24acd39588dff64be8de3a5e22024bb2b61f6
stellarium-23.4-qt5-win32.exe	Stellarium 23.4 for Windows (x86_32; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017). MD5: da48db21fff4e384d4accfa8e406f6fe SHA256: 59c88820028c36106852d4d5ee223fb8e27855a2b5dad97440423d7084fc8341
stellarium-23.4-qt5-win64.exe	Stellarium 23.4 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017). MD5: 2f37ee4e786ae8d47d1f15032db43d03 SHA256: 0124c3b18f52e1847607d6a659b743c1f6279a98e9d14f6f7bb1ae4f5dab3458
stellarium-23.4-qt6-win64.exe	Stellarium 23.4 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (Visual Studio 2019). MD5: dcddda4ef590c0e502cba71377e878c9 SHA256: d89bb44594c3470da9df0aed2f2ede730a6fd5650e56bbabe2bf544e3f598697
stellarium-23.4-qt6-arm64.exe	Stellarium 23.4 for Windows (ARM64; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (Visual Studio 2022). MD5: dcddda4ef590c0e502cba71377e878c9 SHA256: d89bb44594c3470da9df0aed2f2ede730a6fd5650e56bbabe2bf544e3f598697
Stellarium-23.4-qt6-macOS.zip	Stellarium 23.4 for macOS (universal; macOS 11.0+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (AppleClang 15.0.0). MD5: 92265095a2e5c59b516117883c94a72b SHA256: a5e16e146305167d09ad5507e9d8cb4459f5ad2d712482dc4e0be97259f1298c
Stellarium-23.4-qt5-x86_64.AppImage	Stellarium 23.4 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.31) based on Qt 5.12.8 (GCC 9.4.0). MD5: b503d00095ebff1ae63ea8eb6c1c6acb SHA256: 97e16722e38724847bac28c6634d96e9951892692f975c36aa25dae538263932
Stellarium-23.4-qt6-x86_64.AppImage	Stellarium 23.4 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.35) based on Qt 6.2.4 (GCC 11.4.0). MD5: 195977e4b12670afe444968a023f5a04 SHA256: 804419f809c17aa2574caf685da758e6cb87491372efa34301c1b89fdee8a21b

Verify

GPG signature

1. Import Stellarium's GPG key
   curl -O https://stellarium.org/files/stellarium.gpg
2. List Stellarium's GPG key
   gpg --with-fingerprint --show-keys --keyid-format long stellarium.gpg
   id: rsa4096/BF38D4D02A328DFF 2012-04-07
   fingerprint: 7915 1C2E 6351 E727 8DA1 A730 BF38 D4D0 2A32 8DFF
3. Verify the binary file is valid (tarball for example)
   gpgv --keyring ./stellarium.gpg stellarium-23.4.tar.gz.asc stellarium-23.4.tar.gz

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