v1.0

[alex-w]

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

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

Release notes

The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here!

What makes this 1.0?

• After more than 20 years of development the program is finally accurate enough for historical application.
• This is the first release based on the Qt6 framework, so the project is safe for future development. These packages are tagged with a version number like 1.22.3.
• We keep releasing Qt5-based packages for legacy or obsolete systems. This may include many Windows users who have to run ANGLE mode. These packages are tagged with a version number like 0.22.3.

What is new for users?

• A new, much better skylight model (Not for MacOS and OpenGL ES2 systems, sorry.)
• Many details around eclipses
• Updated Observation List features
• New features in AstroCalc tool
• HiDPI improvements
• Better dithering
• Able to use Windows location service (Windows)
• New skyculture: Samoan
• Updated several skycultures
• Updates in Angle Measure, Satellites, Oculars, Remote Control, Pulsars plugins
• Many more bugfixes.

A huge thanks to the people who helped us a lot by reporting bugs, and especially contributed in development!

Clear Skies!

Alexander and Georg

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

• Added support Qt6 environment
• Added support designations (based on B1950 coordinates) for pulsars
• Added definitions for MSVC++ 17.1 and MSVC++ 17.2 compilers
• Added report JSON generator to Observability plugin to allow for regression testing
• Added modified patch from OpenIndiana for AstroCalc tool
• Added modified patch from OpenBSD for GPS support
• Added approximated standard magnitude for Chinese Space Station
• Added a potentially missing timezone
• Added 'Go' button in Search Window Position tab (GH: No 'Go' button in Search Window Position tab #2681)
• Added wwddmmyyyy date format for Obsevability Analysis plugin
• Added hover effect for Oculars plugin buttons (GH: Is it intended that Oculars panel buttons have no hover effect? #2698)
• Added artwork for Babylonian (Seleucid) sky culture
• Added support for up to 500% scaling of dialog close button (GH: Add support for up to 500% scaling of dialog close button #2660)
• Added supporting horizontal coordinates for the CCD sensor in Oculars plugin (GH: Compass heading of crosshair in oculars plug-in #2672)
• Added capability to create KML map of solar eclipses in AstroCalc tool (GH: Add capability to create KML map of solar eclipses in AstroCalc #2677)
• Added support the additional names to observing list (GH: Add additional names to observing list #2525, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232, Observing list: object name isn't used sometimes #2309)
• Added default atmosphere model path in the Atmosphere Details dialog (GH: Set default atmosphere model path in the Atmosphere Details dialog #2637)
• Added config viewer (GH: Added config viewer #2628)
• Added some documentation for ShowMySky in the User Guide (GH: Add some documentation for ShowMySky in the User Guide #2636)
• Added list of financial contributors into About dialog (GH: Add financial contributors #2646)
• Added contact times of global solar eclipse in AstroCalc tool (GH: Add contact times of global solar eclipse in AstroCal #2652)
• Added default Earth atmosphere model (GH: 2634)
• Added a new Stellarium Sky Culture: Samoan (GH: Adding a new Stellarium Sky Culture: Samoan #2627)
• Added column "Symbol" for major planets into AstroCalc/Positions tool (GH: represent planets as symbols #1628)
• Added a small didactic enhancement for AstroCalc/Positions/HEC tool (GH: Enhancement for the AstroCalc/Positions tool #2549)
• Added user preference for DSO catalog selection
• Added sound output for Qt6 builds
• Added object type info into title for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Added support public version of Stellarium (GH: Added support public version of Stellarium #2545)
• Added units of measurements to Oculars plugin (GH: Please indicate units on the Ocular-> Eyepieces and Ocular->Telescopes focal length and diameter form input labels #2594)
• Added original names to Siberian sky culture
• Added support the thickness of satellite orbits (GH: Hello, can I add anti-aliasing to stellarium's satellite orbits? #2623)
• Added support for ShowMySky atmosphere model (GH: Implementing a new atmosphere model #624, Add support for ShowMySky atmosphere model #2604)
• Added align to selected object for Angle Measure plugin (GH: AngleMeasure ~> Align to selected object #2621)
• Added computation the time of equinoxes and solstices and set of actions to jump to the solstice/equinox at current, next or previous year. The default hotkeys for actions are not defined [module "Specific Time"] (GH: Quick way to jump to the next solstice/equinox #1394, [refactoring] "Specific Time" #2516)
• Added quadrature line (GH: Quadratures #2513, quadrature mark #2511, New Terminology and corrections of conjunctions for AstroCalc search funtions  #789)
• Added quadratures for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool (GH: Quadratures #2513, quadrature mark #2511, New Terminology and corrections of conjunctions for AstroCalc search funtions  #789)
• Added handling the placement the windows outside the left border of the screen (GH: Configuration window is missing #2514)
• Added hotkey for run the computing the transits of Venus/Mercury in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Added new one tooltip for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Fixed GUI issue
• Fixed installing constellation art in Babylonian Seleucid sky culture (GH: Missing constellation art in Babylonian Seleucid #2704)
• Fixed use of obsolete combobox signal in Telescope Control plugin
• Fixed selection in Solar System Editor plugin for Qt6-based package
• Fixed missing segments in solar eclipse kml (GH: Fix missing segments in solar eclipse kml #2702)
• Fixed state of buttons in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed inconsistency in units
• Fixed requested GLSL version
• Fixed columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed sorting the path width and duration columns in AstroCalc/Eclipses tool
• Fixed working ShowMySky on HDPI GPU with limited graphics performance (GH: Enjoy ShowMySky on HDPI GPU with limited graphics performance. #2676)
• Fixed special hotkeys
• Fixed tooltips for some Markings (GH: Rearrengement of checkboxes #2671)
• Fixed developers list
• Fixed adding some objects (like B 287 (Barnard 287)) into Observing lists (GH: B 287 (Barnard 287) is not bookmarkable #1884, Observing list: object name isn't used sometimes #2309, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when import/export the lists (GH: Segfault in Observing Lists #2411, 0.21.2: observing lists core dump #1932, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed segfault in Observing Lists when saving the lists (GH: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) when saving observing list  #2437, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed import Bookmarks into Observing List (GH: Bookmarks can not be added/imported into Observing List #1944, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed object selection when use Edit button in Observing List (GH: Observing List: selecting list or use Edit button unselects the selected object #1941, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed movement users onto Null Island in Observing List (GH: 0.21.2: obs list sends user to Null Island #1933, Clicking object in Observing List makes my location all zeroes #2486, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed wrong type of objects in Observing List (GH: Observing list seems to think everything is a nebula #2475, Observing lists fix #2553, Observing List V2 #2232)
• Fixed building QXlsx as an universal binary on macOS
• Fixed updating region name when location is changed (GH: Region name is missing #2633)
• Fixed comparison logic in Angle Measure plugin (GH: Erratic behavior with right click in Angle Measure plugin with snap option #2630)
• Fixed NMEA connections in Qt6
• Fixed IAU star names (GH: Use IAU star name spelling as primary names in default (Western) skyculture (e.g. Schedar is misspelled) #2531)
• Fixed saving the keyboard shortcut (GH: keyboard shortcut not being saved  #2571)
• Fixed deployment ShowMySky library on macOS
• Fixed windows deployment
• Fixed crash when scripting is disabled (GH: Crash when language is changed [scripting disabled] #2544)
• Fixed upper limit of phase, unit of magnitude and angular size in tooltip of AstroCalc tools (GH: AstroCalc:Graphs - Fix upper limit of phase, unit of magnitude and angular size in tooltip #2555)
• Fixed crash when using shortcut for specific time jump that related to twilight (GH: Crash when using shortcut for specific time jump that related to twilight #2558)
• Fixed opens the links in browser (GH: Blank page in 'About' window of plugins when clicking hyperlinks #2554)
• Fixed exported CSV files in AstroCalc/Eclipses (GH: Fix exported CSV files in AstroCalc #2569)
• Fixed wrong timezone handling of Qt6 (GH: Local Mean Solar Time doesn't work in Qt6 version #2547)
• Fixed scripts after property had been renamed.
• Fixed versions of scripts
• Fixed visibility selection of DSO without proper magnitudes (GH: Some DSO are not labeled when magnitude limit is active #2563)
• Fixed scaling right axes on graphs (GH: Angular distance in AstroCalc/PC tool #2578, Phase angle vs Time in AstroCalc/Graphs tool #2582)
• Fixed working RemoteControl GUI with Qt6 (GH: DSO selection broken in RemoteControl #2579)
• Fixed search in RemoteControl plugin (GH: Remote Control search not working #2568)
• Fixed translation the graphs data when language is changed for AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Fixed titles for AstroCalc/Graphs tools
• Fixed autodetect build architecture on macOS (GH: macOS broken build due to arm64 on Intel Mac #2550)
• Fixed LTO build (GH: Fix LTO build #2590)
• Fixed map update (GH: Changing location with RemoteControl API does not change location info in the GUI #1302, Fix map update. (Fix #1302) #2592)
• Fixed Zenith scripting issue (GH: Zenith scripting issue #754, Stabilize up vector at end of scripted zenith move. #2589)
• Fixed meteor showers plugin
• Fixed name of renamed solar system file
• Fixed reading abbreviated names: allow any non-space characters as part of the constellation and asterism keys (GH: Can't parse constellation_names.eng.fab file #2606)
• Fixed getting the Moon's Elongation in ecliptical longitude via scripting (GH: In the Scripting API, Moon's Elongation in ecliptical longitude does not work (returns "undefined") #2605)
• Fixed rendering the Oculars labels on HDPI monitors (GH: Oculars ~> format label on HDPI monitors #2622)
• Fixed coordinates of VDB 16 (GH: Bad VDB 16 coordinates #2600)
• Fixed screen blanking on Intel UHD (GH: Display goes blank frequently in v0.21.3 #2166, Borderless fullscreen windowed mode #2472, Screen goes black for a brief moment then image reappears, flickering #2484, Avoid screen blanking on Intel UHD (#2166 #2472 #2484) #2619)
• Fixed updating catalogs in plugins (GH: Possible bug surrounding the catalog of Exoplanets #2534)
• Fixed missing translations
• Fixed crash in debug mode
• Fixed 'Binocular Highlights' script
• Fixed working the logger for BSD systems with Qt6 environment
• Fixed method getOperatingSystemInfo() for macOS
• Fixed outdated macros for macOS
• Fixed icon size in macOS (GH: Application icon size in MacOS to be similar to other icons size #2543)
• Fixed Qt6 redirect policy in plugins (GH: Possible bug surrounding the catalog of Exoplanets #2534)
• Fixed misspelled of Schedar (GH: Use IAU star name spelling as primary names in default (Western) skyculture (e.g. Schedar is misspelled) #2531)
• Fixed celestrak URL in Satellites plugin: celestrak.com moved to celestrak.org
• Fixed list of languages
• Fixed crash when "Show Earth's umbra" is enabled (GH: Enabling "Show Earth's umbra" crashes stellarium 0.22.2 #2509)
• Fixed translations the some tooltips when language is changed in AstroCalc tools
• Fixed lost selection in Observing Lists tool (GH: Fix/observing lists gz #2694)
• Changed core: replace ordered Bayer dithering with the algorithm based on triangle-remapped blue noise (GH: Replace ordered Bayer dithering with the algorithm based on triangle-remapped blue noise #2640)
• Changed core: enable dithering by default (GH: Enable dithering by default #2644)
• Changed core: Milky Way and Zodiacal Light rebalance (GH: Milky Way and Zodiacal Light rebalance #2648)
• Changed core: improved Haiku OS support
• Changed core: actions for jump to the moments of rise, set and transit (include twilight) of selected objects moved into "Specific Time" module (GH: [refactoring] "Specific Time" #2516)
• Changed GPS location manager: add location service managed by Windows (GPS, network location, ...) (GH: GPS location managed by Windows #2620)
• Changed building rules for dependencies: use system versions of dependencies (GH: Use system versions of dependencies #1295)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: replace object type booleans with methods. This removes the need for managing object type state and delegates it to the StelObjectMgr (GH: Replace object type booleans with methods. This removes the need for … #2536)
• Changed Observability Analysis plugin: refactor Observability plugin to use signals for reacting to location state changes (GH: Refactor Observability plugin to use signals for reacting to location state changes #2535)
• Changed RemoteControl plugin: add missing elements
• Changed Scripting module: switch to use JSEngine instead of QtScript in Qt6-based version
• Changed logger: refactored the method for obtaining the compiler info in the logger
• Changed macOS defaults: by default for Qt6 environment on macOS create an universal binary (arm64 + x86_64) package for macOS Big Sur and later
• Updated Location window: Rewrite MapLabel → MapWidget (GH: 2696)
• Updated timezone data
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of some PNGs to improve high-DPI look (GH: Increase resolution of some PNGs to improve high-DPI look #2658)
• Updated GUI elements: work around too much stretching of close button icon on Qt 5.12.8 (GH: Work around too much stretching of close button icon on Qt 5.12.8 #2674)
• Updated GUI elements: increase resolution of spinboxes to improve the look on high-DPI monitors
• Updated splash screen: paint version on the fly on the splash screen instead of rasterizing it into pixmap (GH: Paint version on the fly on the splash screen instead of rasterizing it into a pixmap #2668)
• Updated rendering the ShowMySky atmosphere model
• Updated About/Config tab
• Updated Babylonian (Mulapin) Sky Culture
• Updated Egyptian Sky Culture
• Updated Greek (Almagest) Sky Culture
• Updated Indian sky culture (GH: Add yamunA/ eridanus #2557, Add comment justifying constellation art. #2559)
• Updated atmosphere model for ShowMySky module (GH: Update CI and default atmosphere model to CalcMySky-v0.0.6 #2643)
• Updated list of contributors list in the About dialog
• Updated default pulsars catalog
• Updated list of locations
• Updated few scripts
• Updated title for AstroCalc/Graphs/Lunar Elongation tool
• Updated nomenclature data
• Updated settings for Inno Setup on Windows
• Removed the duplicate code
• Removed unneeded headers
• Removed duplicated code in AstroCalc tools

Packages notes

package	note
stellarium-1.0.tar.gz	Stellarium 1.0 for UNIX/Linux (source code). MD5: cb52c9e6726a802033c8b02c0774e344 SHA1: bd520948268b90a37dabbf5ee4048c598fcbbf50 SHA256: 5a1912c1c1eb04b22128c6fc98935e87f9faa3844796285b01418139b5d5f33f
stellarium-0.22.3-win32.exe	Stellarium 1.0 (v0.22.3) for Windows (32-bit; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017 Community) with media support. MD5: b8428389d27a71bce8590155cbadead8 SHA1: 000f6eb69d1d113a325c65a5939a0f3368da538f SHA256: 23568ac56d63d0d72aa6bfc5bb89eb407b3ebb1b8e451781e37ade78422a470f
stellarium-0.22.3-win64.exe	Stellarium 1.0 (v0.22.3) for Windows (64-bit; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017 Community) with media support. MD5: f26cb41c6fac7eb3b9672f17f268a60e SHA1: b5601cfbce089a1ef4d1ced85690f68a000a42c7 SHA256: 1e14810e7d4eb90e60b842cadb32cb26a9e67ced75aa987bddb2c3bb280b3084
stellarium-1.22.3-win64.exe	Stellarium 1.0 (v1.22.3) for Windows (64-bit; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.3.1 (Visual Studio 2019 Community) with media support. MD5: 9e0b8f0b4a6971fb182c228807e25713 SHA1: c9cd8c75d0c03e49ede61b94ed5f2240a6ed4b82 SHA256: f26a6a0b046877180ae0826e8095652d76d27ae369c5d0372ed001346034d459
Stellarium-1.0-x86_64.zip	Stellarium 1.0 (v0.22.3) for macOS (x86_64; Mac OS X 10.15+) based on Qt 5.12.12 (AppleClang 11.0.0) with media support. MD5: 7063415096fb9887863de6813cc21055 SHA1: 6a17e75a257360e830ead12825184cbf93655bab SHA256: 92649cdc75b2135a62faaf85f4b1617c8c8c850f160c8191f627cd32e1147ec2
Stellarium-1.0-macOS.zip	Stellarium 1.0 (v1.22.3) for macOS (universal; Mac OS X 11.0+) based on Qt 6.3.2 (AppleClang 14.0.0) with media support. MD5: f5d45d36e0b04c57375af391d1cd3f01 SHA1: 2240d3735c06b7501048c189354599ca3526c998 SHA256: 59c7ca0541322194085fcb6290d9a7637154b290b2c2ca4d504cc1bd3e2aeb72
Stellarium-1.0-x86_64.AppImage	Stellarium 1.0 (v0.22.3) for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.31) based on Qt 5.12.8 (GCC 9.4.0) with media support. MD5: 2ea45fa1f70c35ff97725616a90fe3e5 SHA1: 17d33e7cc40238faf428205f7f4696b26014f7bc SHA256: 46379ab41b591296e0bb15e28de3822ab24bc1c9a24466d3bba4de83ed2f5b16

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This discussion was created from the release v1.0.

[DarthGandalf]

Congrats!

Question about version number: is it 1.0 or 1.22.3/0.22.3? How the next version will be tagged in git? Which version number are distros supposed to use when packaging Stellarium?

[alex-w]

Congrats!

Thanks!

Question about version number: is it 1.0 or 1.22.3/0.22.3?

1.0 is public version and 1.22.3/0.22.3 are inner versions for Qt6/Qt5-based packages. Linux packages should be named by public version of Stellarium.

How the next version will be tagged in git?

v1.1

Which version number are distros supposed to use when packaging Stellarium?

v1.0 for linux

[gzotti]

Please read above and/or the foreword in the User Guide for explanation/motivation. 1.0={0.22.3, 1.22.3}.

[DarthGandalf]

@gzotti I did :) The question was how to package this, which the foreword doesn't say. But @alex-w answered it, thanks

[norbinz]

Wow 1.0!
I see stellarium-0.22.3-win64.exe described in Package Notes, but I don't see its download link under Assets.

[gzotti]

For organisational reasons it will come only tomorrow.

[Fellypao]

Congratulations to the Stellarium team!
I was looking forward to the 1.0 release because the project already seemed very mature for a long time :)

[radozd]

Control is broken on MacBook Pro 15" 2015 / Monterey / integrated gpu

It's a bit off screen
Impossible to change eyepieces/barlows/scopes.
Non-latin letters looks garbled.

More:
MacBook runs much hotter than previously (ver 0.22)

Thanks anyway

[alex-w]

It works for me as expected (macOS 12.6). Please fill bug report and attach the log from Stellarium