Stellarium

Stellarium is a multi-platform, freely distributed and open source software project designed from the ground up to act as a complete and comprehensive planetarium application that includes dozens of features that cannot be found on similar products. It provides users with a realistic simulation of the sky, as well as of the sunrise and sunset.

Get instant access to over 600,000 stars

With Stellarium, you will get access to over 600,000 stars, a realistic Milky Way, illustrations and asterisms of the constellations, and many more features that will let newcomers breathless and help the most-experienced astronomers to discover new stars and planets.

Features at a glance

Key features include a powerful zoom, time control, a multilingual interface, fisheye projection for planetarium domes, eclipse simulation, star twinkling, shooting stars, equatorial and azimuthal grids, supernovae simulation, spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome, as well as telescope control.

In addition, the applications includes support for simulating both the solar and lunar eclipse, a sophisticated plug-in architecture that give you access to additional features and catalogues of up to 210 million stars, artificial satellites, ocular simulation and Solar System editor.

Supports all the mainstream operating system

As mentioned, Stellarium is a multi-platform application. It is written in the C and C++ programming languages and supports all the mainstream operating systems, including Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

The best open source planetarium software for GNU/Linux

All things considered, Stellarium is without any doubt the best open source planetarium software for GNU/Linux platforms. The fact of the matter is that it is actually the only one of its kind and does a very good.

It’s available for download only as a source archive

On GNU/Linux, the application is available for download only as a source archive, which means that the user must configure and compile the source code prior to installation. Because this is unacceptable for most Linux users, we strongly recommend to install Stellarium from the default software channels of you Linux distribution.

What is new in this release:

• Added dithering support
• Added filtering for pulsars
• Added option for Telrad
• Added nomenclature for Charon
• Added new time steps for AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool
• Added support Mandarin Chinese language
• Added support of hi-res screenshots (GH: #141)
• Added few small improvements for Quasars plugin
• Added tooltips for color buttons in Pulsars plugin
• Added option to hiding invisible satellites in markers mode (GH: #145)
• Added angular size for the estimated values of coma and gas tail for comet
• Added support decimal degrees for size of DSO
• Added improvements for proportional size textures for large DSO (GH: #159)
• Added atmospheric mixing and extinction handling to Toast Survey (GH: #158)
• Added Korean translation for landscape description (GH: #170)
• Added shortkeys for change light pollution (GH: #171)
• Added rise, transit and set times for celestial objects (GH: #169)
• Added info about duration of the solar day
• Added scripting function to retrieve environment variables.
• Added changeability of magnitude limit for stars through keyboard shortcuts (GH: #174)
• Added Korean ISL File and Update iss.cmake (GH: #185)
• Added allowing storing script output to absolute path
• Added equatorial radius / diameter info for Solar system bodies
• Added calculation of equatorial rotation velocity for Solar system bodies (except comets)
• Added 2 more lines to ArchaeoLines plugin
• Fixed load the HiPS sources through proxy
• Fixed creating screenshots on retina displays
• Fixed behaviour Macbook's touchpad
• Fixed result of dithering color components with exactly zero tail
• Fixed dithering for OpenGL ES2
• Fixed enabling various lines when Telrad is enabled (GH: #109)
• Fixed error in DSO catalogs filter
• Fixed bug when screenshots folder can't be changed via GUI (LP: #1764084, GH: #144)
• Fixed compile with Qt5.10 (Windows/Visual Studio 2015) (GH: #139)
• Fixed visibility of splash screen (GH: #142)
• Fixed rendering asterisms names
• Fixed editing telescope properties for Telescope Control plugin
• Fixed memory leak of Bayer pattern texture in StelPainter (GH: #154)
• Fixed HiPS server requests (GH: #156)
• Fixed infotext brightness when planets are switched off
• Fixed crash after customization of absolute/relative scales
• Fixed operational status string for satellites
• Fixed incorrect pair counts in constellationship.fab files (GH: #167)
• Fixed color issue for formatting infostring
• Fixed selection in AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Fixed fullscreen toggle on Mac OS X (GH: #193)
• Fixed User Agent string for HiPS
• Fixed the SSO isolated trails checkbox. (GH: #199)
• Fixed a rendering bug with spheric mirror distortion (LP: #1777320)
• Updated behaviour of Toast: lazily creation of the grid
• Updated help of Telescope Control plugin
• Updated HiPS behaviour: try to use caching as much as possible
• Updated user agent string for HiPS browser
• Updated nomenclature list
• Updated main GUI
• Updated GUI of plugins
• Updated Satellites plugin
• Updated GPS handling
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated catalog of pulsars
• Updated behaviour of Search Tool for craters
• Updated Quasars plugin
• Updated format for DSO's size
• [SUG] Updated year for copyright notices
• Updated Korean Star Names (GH: #173)
• Updated hyperlinks for DOIs resolver (GH: #187)
• Updated CMake rules for Windows/MSVC (GH: #183, #188)
• Updated textures
• Updated Scripting Engine: extended behaviour for includes files in scripts
• Updated the code: remove some redundant calls to increase code readability. (GH: #184)
• Updated the code: replaces foreach macro by C++11 range-based for. (GH: #195)
• Updated the code: remove gVector, use Vec3d instead. (GH: #197)
• Updated the code: C++11 auto to replace complicated hand written types. (GH: #196)
• Updated the code: disable debug logging on OpenGLES mode. (GH: #201)
• Updated the code: remove the null pointer check after new. (GH: #202)
• Updated the code: check struct size by using static_assert. (GH: #203)
• Updated the code: put dwarf galaxies and h400 tables into static array. (GH: #204)
• Updated the code: call getDecYear in getDeltaTByEspenakMeeus. (GH: #205)
• Updated the code: remove some new/delete pairs, just use variables on stack. (GH: #206)
• Updated CMake code: enable persistent usage of C++11 standard for compiling (GH: #192)

What is new in version 0.16.1:

• Added moons of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto
• Added improvements for AstroCalc tool
• DSO catalog was updated to version 3.2:
• Added support 'The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae' (Acker+, 1992)
• Added support 'A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants' (Green, 2014)
• Added support 'A Catalog of Rich Clusters of Galaxies' (Abell+, 1989)
• Added support asterisms and outlines for DSO
• Added improvements for the GUI

What is new in version 0.16.0:

• Added support of irregular solar system objects (3D models of minor bodies) (LP: #1153171)
• Added Remote Sync plugin
• Added GPS devices support (LP: #1448673)
• Added splitting ssystem.ini data now have separate ssystem_major.ini and ssystem_minor.ini. Only the latter shall be editable for the users.
• Added a few more timezone replacements.
• Added support an asterisms for the sky cultures
• Added better identification for existing serial ports for GPS
• Added context support for constellations and asterisms names
• Added support RTS2 for Telescope Control Plugin
• Added a new option in config.ini file esp. for the planetariums (astro/
• flag_forced_meteor_activity=(false|true) to show a sporadic meteors activity without atmosphere).
• Added support of date and time formatting settings from main app to AstroCalc tool.
• Added a line for the approximate time of the meridian passing in AstroCalc tool (LP: #1652523)
• Added TLE tracking to RTS2 telescopes
• Added different star scales in the Oculars plugin, even separately for ocular and CCD views (LP: #1656940)
• Added information on magnification of the combination of eyepiece/lens/telescope in proportions of the telescope diameters.
• Added configurable options to AstroCalc tool
• Added support Catalan (Valencian) language
• Added support Kabyle language
• Added 'What's Up Tonight' tool AstroCalc subsystem (LP: #1080408)
• Added Dark Doodad Nebula to DSO catalog
• Added more data for analysis to the Exoplanets plugin.
• Added calculation of list of visible object for current location (AstroCalc)
• Added tool to remove custom markers by coordinates
• Added support double and variable stars for AstroCalc tool
• Added support translation novae names (parse nova name to extract constellation name and year of flash)
• Added lists of bright double and bright variable stars to Search Tool
• Added customized buttons for toggle ICRS/Galactic/Ecliptic grids (LP: #730689)
• Added customized buttons for toggle constellation boundaries (LP: #1249239)
• Added import/export bookmarks (LP: #1675078)
• Added confirmation before deleting landscape (LP: #1635137)
• Added guessing for name of location and use it when spaceship is landing (LP: #1220561)
• Added an 'Additional settings' block for selected object info
• Added showing a proper motions for some stars
• Added an optional indication of mount mode (LP: #1172860)
• Added option to toggle the usage the buttons background on bottom bar (LP: #1589702)
• Added config option for planet apparent magnitude configuration
• Added description to the planets magnitude algorithm
• Added contrast index for DSO
• Added AstroCalc/Graphs feature
• Added new option to configure behaviour of Satellites (Satellites/time_rate_limit = 1.0)
• Added a scripting function to retrieve property names (helpful for configuring RemoteSync).
• Added 3 additional catalogs to our DSO catalog (Arp, VV, PK)
• Added packing of DSO catalog
• Added the showing the groups of the artificial satellites
• Added Belarusian sky culture
• Adding Hawaiian Starlines sky culture
• Added list of bright stars with high proper motion to the Search Tool/Lists and AstroCalc/Positions features
• Added lunar magnitude to sky brightness computation (brightness variation during lunar eclipses!) (LP: #1471546)
• Added property handling for the labels for ArchaeoLines plugin.
• Added Ukrainian translation for Belarusian skyculture
• Added Ukrainian translation for Hawaiian Starlines skyculture
• Added context and improve English phrase (AstroCalc)
• Added missed zh_HK zh_TW zh_CN descriptions for western sky-culture (LP: #1698473)
• Added Belarusian description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698535)
• Added Bengali description for Belarusian sky culture (LP: #1698608)
• Added 'simulation speed' for tooltip of time (LP: #1698510)
• Added saving an angular separation option for phenomena
• Fixed crash when tried use of SIMBAD for offline mode (LP: #1674836)
• Fixed build scripts to update Index once more just before final run.
• Fixed COSPAR designation parser.
• Fixed wrong extinction coordinate frame of Zodiacal Light (LP: #1675699)
• Fixed a missing initialisation (avoids crash at program end)
• Fixed bug for loading default scenery on non-Englush locale in Scenery3D plugin
• Fixed typo in name of dark nebula LDN 935 (LP: #1679066)
• Fixed Scripting Engine: avoiding broken script when calling waitFor() after the point in time to wait.
• Fixed infoMap data for comets.
• Fixed issue of reloading of DSO names when filter of catalogs is updated.
• Fixed small cosmetic bug for SIMBAD status line.
• Fixed the opposition/conjunction longitude line: the line follows the ecliptic pole on date now (LP: #1687307)
• Fixed very stupid bug for Date & Time dialog.
• Fixed translation on-the-fly issue for AstroCalc tool.
• Fixed IAU constellation label for stars with high proper motion (LP: #1690615)
• Fixed crash when AstroCalc tool is active and we are on the spaceship
• Fixed several Coverity issues
• Fixed bug which disabled the bright flare-type Iridium point source drawing
• Fixed fullscreen behaviour on switching tasks (Alt+Tab) (LP: #550337)
• Fixed dynamic eye adaptation behaviour when persistent orbits are enabled
• Fixed switching horizontal/equatorial coordinates for Solar system objects (AstroCalc/Positions)
• Fixed crash when observer is flying on spaceship
• Fixed storing torchlight and coordinate display flag to config (Scenery3D) (LP: #1502245)
• Fixed placing a custom markers on HighDPI devices (LP: #1688985)
• Fixed infostring for ecliptical coordinates data (Nutation)
• Fixed strings consistency for Solar System Editor plug-in (LP: #1698783)
• Fixed string overlap with FOV and FPS labels (LP: #1698789)
• Restore searchable for telescope names (LP: #1686857)
• Updated Scenery3D plugin
• Updated Satellites plugin: refactoring the source code and speed-up rendering of satellites
• Updated rule to create a directory for screenshots (LP: #1626686)
• Updated GUI: refactoring blocks
• Updated a GUI behaviour: a map in LocationDialog resizable is now.
• Updated a GUI behaviour: enabled low resolution for High DPI devices.
• Updated a GUI: added a few GUI text improvements
• Updated InnoSetup script
• Updated and revised stars names
• Updated Historical Supernovae catalog (Added SN 2017cbv)
• Updated meteor showers catalog (Added data for year 2017)
• Updated AstroCalc tool: increased an accuracy of 'Altitude vs. Time' diagram
• Updated AstroCalc tool: speed-up calculations for some types of phenomena
• Updated AstroCalc tool: extension of features for Ephemeris Tool
• Updated AstroCalc tool: improve WUT
• Updated filters for DSO objects in AstroCalc/WUT tool
• Updated sorting rules for AstroCalc/Positions tool
• Updated filters for Solar system bodies (AstroCalc/Positions)
• Updated tab rules for Search Tool
• Updated list of locations
• Updated scripts and scripting engine
• Updated list of DSO's names
• Updated headers for AstroCalc tools
• Updated 'Go to home' feature.
• Updated Bookmarks tool.
• Updated API documentation
• Updated Exoplanets plugin: improve placing of the exoplanet systems
• Updated Oculars plugin: the limit for diameter of binoculars aperture upped to 200mm
• Updated calculation for boundaries of IAU constellations
• Updated default supernovae catalog
• Updated Belarusian translation for skycultures
• Updated cmake variable names
• Updated Ocean landscape
• Updated RemoteControl panels with new functionality
• Updated rules for TLE updated: never update TLE's for any date before Oct 4, 1957, 19:28:34GMT ;-)
• Removed script 'Analemma'
• Removed useless vertex color data from asteroid models.
• Removed Polynesian sky culture (replaced by Hawaiian starlines)

What is new in version 0.15.2:

• Added new algorithm for DeltaT from Stephenson, Morrison and Hohenkerk (2016)
• Added use QOpenGLWidget
• Added new option to InfoString group
• Added orbit visualization data for asteroids
• Added calculation of extincted magnitudes of satellites
• Added new type of Solar system objects: sednoids
• Added classificator of objects into Solar System Editor plugin
• Added albedo for infostring (planets and moons)
• Added some improvements and clean up of code in Search Tool
• Added use ISO 8601 to date formatting in Date and Time Dialog (LP: #1655630)
• Added "Restore direction to initial values" in Oculars plugin (LP: #1656085)
• Added the define for GL_DOUBLE again to restore compilation on ARM.
• Added calculation and show of horizontal and vertical scales of visible field of view of CCD (LP: #1656825)
• Added caching for landscapes, including preloading and some other manipulation via scripting.
• Added binning for CCD in Oculars plugin
• Added textures for DSO
• Added a mean solar day (equals to Earth's day) on the Sun for educational purposes
• Added transmitting map of object info via RemoteControl
• Added int property handling with sliders
• Added a scriptable function to retrieve landscape brightness.
• Added Spout licence.txt to Windows installer script
• Added displaying solstices points (LP: #1670046)
• Added extension of objectInfoMaps per object, most useful for scripting (LP: #1670412)
• Added tentative fix for crash without network (LP: #1667703)
• Added separate storing of view direction/FoV and other settings.
• Added Meade MA12 Astrometric Eyepiece support in Oculars plugin
• Added option to change the prediction depth of Iridium flares (Satellites plugin)
• Added tooltips for AstroCalc features
• Fixed indirect dependency to QtOpenGL by QtMultimediaWidgets (LP: #1656525)
• Fixed text encoding in installer (LP: #1652515)
• Fixed changing value of n.dot in tooltip when ephemeris type is changed (LP: #1652762)
• Fixed mistakes in DeltaT stuff
• Fixed typos in AstroCalc tool
• Fixed visual style for spinup/spindown markers
• Fixed missing cross-id of Epsilon Lyrae (LP: #1653388)
• Fixed updating a list of Solar system bodies in AstroCalc tool when new objects added or objects was removed
• Fixed calculation of period for comets on elliptial orbits
• Fixed prediction of Iridium flares (LP: #1643311)
• Fixed saving visibility flag for Bookmarks button (LP: #1654164)
• Fixed refraction for Satellites (LP: #1654331)
• Fixed wrong parallax and distance for IC 59 (LP: #1655423)
• Fixed updating a text in Help window when shortcuts are changed (LP: #1656001)
• Fixed saving flags of visibility of Milky Way and Zodiacal Light (LP: #1656067)
• Fixed memory leaks
• Fixed few reports of Clang static analyzer
• Fixed double clicks causing crashes (LP: #1656525)
• Fixed packaging QtOpenGL in Windows/macOS packages
• Fixed handling a log lines with missing newline char
• Fixed a bad-value crash in ArchaeoLines plugin
• Fixed an invalid escape sequence in RemoteControl plugin
• Fixed bug in Search Tool (LP: #1655055)
• Fixed doing a screenshots (do it via FBO solution for QOpenGLWidget)
• Fixed work a button for ArchaeoLines plugin
• Fixed calculation and rendering CCD frame in Oculars plugin
• Fixed an memory leak with the spheric mirror distorter, and removed stencil buffer from the effect FBO (we don't need it for our rendering) (LP: #1661375)
• Fixed tile-based render performance (always glClear all buffers at the start of the frame) (LP: #1661375)
• Fixed glClear alpha channel usage (glClear alpha to zero instead of one)
• Fixed Scenery3d cubemap rendering (restores rendering)
• Fixed crash, when location 'Sierra Nevada Observatory, Spain' is chosen (LP: #1662113)
• Fixed NetBSD and OpenBSD build by linking glues with Qt5::Gui.
• Fixed size for few DSO textures (NPOT textures for ancient GPUs) (LP: #1641773)
• Fixed crash, when missing a stars catalog from the middle of list (e.g. stars4 is missing and we tried zooming) (LP: #1653315)
• Fixed crash for configure color of generic DSO marker (LP: #1667787)
• Fixed date limit in AstroCalc tool (Set a minimum possible date limit for the range of dates for
• QDateTimeEdit widgets) (LP: #1660208)
• Fixed escaping of symbols for Simbad Lookup (LP: #1669088)
• Fixed DE431 mismatch (LP: #1606583)
• Fixed overbright Sun when zooming in (LP: #1421173)
• Fixed absolute magnitude calculation of the planets, their moons, and the Pluto-Charon system (LP: #1664143)
• Fixed a long-standing bug concerning centering small-fov views in equatorial mount mode (LP: #1484976)
• Fixed influencing sky luminance/eye adaptation for bright objects covered by the landscape horizon. (LP: #1138533)
• Fixed atmospheric brightening by Earth's moon when location is on other planets (LP: #1673283)
• Fixed application of DE43x DeltaT when date outside range of the selected DE43x.
• Fixed Night mode issue for binocular mode of Oculars Plugin (LP: #1673187)
• Fixed altitude computation for landscapes
• Fixed a small error in that Zodiacal light was aligned with Ecliptic J2000, not Ecliptic of date (LP: #1628765)
• Fixed crash Stellarium in debug mode on OS X with Qt 5.7+, through clear GL error state after using QPainter (LP: #1628072)
• Fixed a problem with Qt timezone handling, when some IANA timezones have been renamed compared to entries in our location database (LP: #1662132)
• Allows SkyImages in all reference frames and deprecate the old explicit core.loadSkyImageAltAz() type commands
• Updated rules for usage of custom time zones (the custom time zone may be use in all time now) (LP: #1652763)
• Updated shortcuts
• Updated rules for source package builder
• Updated URL of DSS collection
• Updated detect of OS
• Updated deployment rules for Windows installer
• Updated script for building Stellarium User Guide
• Updated GUI for set coefficients for custom equation of DeltaT
• Updated list of contributors
• Updated ArchaeoLines and Gridlines options to RemoteControl pages
• Updated Tongan sky culture
• Updated catalog of DSO
• Updated common names of DSO
• Updated star names (LP: #1664671)
• Updated Solar System Screen Saver.
• Updated Oculars plugin
• Updated Satellites plugin (Let's start looking to the Iridium on 15 seconds before flash)
• Updated plist data for macOS
• Updated textures of minor planets
• Updated default color scheme
• Removed code for automatic tuning star scales of the view through ocular/CCD (LP: #1656940)
• Code clean-up
• Prevent an unnecessary StelProperty change
• Changed the way the OpenGL format is set once again

What is new in version 0.15.1:

• Added code which allows to display full-sky multi-resolution remote images projected using the TOAST format
• Added new option to Oculars plugin: enabling automatic install the type of mount from the telescope settings for saving horizontal orientation of CCD frame
• Added new option stars/flag_forced_twinkle=(false|true) for planetariums to enable a twinkling of stars without atmosphere (LP: #1616007)
• Added calculations of conjunction between major planets and deep-sky objects (AstroCalc)
• Added calculations of occultations between major planets and DSO/SSO (AstroCalc)
• Added option to toggle visibility of designations of exoplanets (esp. for exoplanetary systems)
• Added support of time zones dependent by location (LP: #505096, #1492941, #1431926, #1106753, #1099547, #1092629, #898710, #510480)
• Added option in GUI to edit colours of the markings
• Added a special case for educational purpose to drawing orbits for the Solar System Observer
• Added the new config option in the sky cultures for management of boundaries of constellations
• Added support synonyms of star names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
• Added support reference data for star names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
• Added support synonyms of DSO names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
• Added support native names of DSO (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
• Added support reference data for native DSO names (2nd edition of the sky cultures)
• Added support Spout under Windows (Stellarium is Spout Sender now)
• Added a few trojans and quasi-satellites in ssystem.ini file
• Added a virtual planet 'Earth Observer' for educational purposes (illustration for the Moon phases)
• Added orbit lines for some asteroids and comets
• Added config option to switch between styles of color of orbits (LP: #1586812)
• Added support of separate colors for orbits (LP: #1586812)
• Added function and shortcut for quick reversing direction of time
• Added custom objects to avoid of getting of empty space for Search Tool (SIMBAD mode) and to adding custom markers on the sky (LP: #958218, #1485349)
• Added tool to management of visibility for grids/lines in Oculars plugin
• Added the hiding of supernova remnants before their birth (LP: #1623177)
• Added markers for various poles and zenith/nadir (LP: #1629501, #1366643, #1639010)
• Added markers for equinoxes
• Added supergalactic coordinate system
• Added code for management of SkyPoints in Oculars plugin
• Added notes to the Help window
• Added commands and shortcuts for quick move to celestial poles
• Added textures for deep-sky objects
• Added Millions of light years distance to infostring for galaxies (LP: #1637809)
• Added 2 custom declination lines to ArchaeoLines plugin
• Added dialog with options to adjust of colors of markers of deep-sky objects
• Added new options to infobox
• Added calculating and displaying the Moon phases
• Added allow for proper stopping of time dragging (LP: #1640574)
• Added time scrolling
• Added Scottish Gaelic (gd) translations for landscapes and sceneries.
• Added usage the Qt 5 JSON parser instead of the hand-made one we used so far
• Added synonyms for DSO
• Added names consistency for DSO
• Added support operational statuses for few classes of artificial satellites
• Added special zoom level for Telrad to avoid undefined behaviour of zooming (LP: #1643427)
• Added new icons for Bookmarks and AstroCalc tools
• Added missing Bayer designation of 4 Aurigae (LP: #1645087)
• Added calculations of conjunctions/occultations between planets and bright stars (AstroCalc tool)
• Added 'Altitude vs Time' feature for AstroCalc tool
• Added location identification which adds canonical IAU 3-letter code to infostring and PointerCoordinates plugin
• Added elongation and phase angle to Comet and MinorPlanet infostrings
• Added cross identification data for stars from Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)
• Added AstroCalc icon (LP: #1641256)
• Added new scriptable methods to CustomObjectMgr class
• Added Sardinian sky culture
• Allow changes of milky way and zodiacal light brightness via GUI while stars switched off (LP: #1651897)
• Fixed visual issue for AstroCalc tool
• Fixed incorrectly escaping of translated strings for some languages in Remote Control plugin (LP: #1608177)
• Fixed disappearing of star labels when the 'Navigational Stars' plugin is loaded and not activated (LP: #1608288)
• Fixed offset issue for image sensor frame in Oculars plugin (LP: #1610629)
• Fixed crash when labels and markers box in sky and Viewing Options tab is ticked (LP: #1609958)
• Fixed spherical distortion with night mode (LP: #1606969)
• Fixed behaviour of buttons on Oculars on-screen control panel (LP: #1609060)
• Fixed misalignment of Veil nebula image (LP: #1610824)
• Fixed build of planetarium without scripting support (Thanks to Alexey Dokuchaev for the bug report)
• Fixed coordinates of the open cluster Melotte 227
• Fixed typos in Kamilorai skyculture
• Fixed cmake typos for scenery3d model (Thanks to Alexey Dokuchaev for the bug report)
• Fixed crash when turning off custom GRS if GRS Details dialogue has not been opened before (LP: #1620083)
• Fixed small issue rounding for JD for DeltaT tooltip on bottom bar
• Fixed rendering orbits of artificial satellites during changing of location through spaceship feature (LP: #1622796)
• Fixed hiding the Moon during a total solar eclipse when option 'limit magnitude' for Solar system objects is enabled
• Fixed small bug for updating catalog in the Bright Novae plugin
• Fixed displaying date and time in AstroCalc Tool (LP: #1630685)
• Fixed a typographical error in coefficient for precession expressions by Vodnark et. al.
• Fixed crash on exit in the debug mode in StelTexture module (LP: #1632355)
• Fixed crash in the debug mode (LP: #1631910)
• Fixed coverity issues
• Fixed obvious typos
• Fixed issue for wrong calculation of exit pupil for binoculars in Oculars plugin (LP: #1632145)
• Fixed issue for Arabic translation (LP: #1635587)
• Fixed packaging on OS X for Qt 5.6.2+
• Fixed calculations of the value of the Moon secular acceleration when JPL DE43x ephemeris is used
• Fixed distances for objects of Caldwell catalogue
• Fixed calculations for transit phenomena (LP: #1641255)
• Fixed missing translations in Remote Control plug-in (LP: #1641296)
• Fixed displaying of localized projection name in Remote Control (LP: #1641297)
• Fixed search localized names of artificial satellites
• Fixed showing translated names of artificial satellite
• Fixed GUI Problem in Satellites plug-in (LP: #1640291)
• Fixed moon size infostring (LP: #1641755)
• Fixed AstroCalc lists transits as occulations (LP: #1641255)
• Fixed resetting of DSO Limit Magnitude by Image Sensor Frame (LP: #1641736)
• Fixed Nova Puppis 1942 coordinates
• Fixed error in light curve model of historical supernovae (LP: #1648978)
• Fixed width of search dialog for Meteor Showers plugin (LP: #1649640)
• Fixed shortcut for "Remove selection of constellations" action (LP: #1649771)
• Fixed retranslation name and type of meteor showers in Meteor Showers when language of application is changed
• Fixed wrong tooltip info (LP: #1650725)
• Fixed Mercury's magnitude formula (LP: #1650757)
• Fixed cross-id error for alpha2 Cen (LP: #1651414)
• Fixed core.moveToAltAzi(90,XX) issue (LP: #1068529)
• Fixed view centered on zenith (restart after save) issue (LP: #1620030)
• Updated DSO Catalog: Added support full of UGC catalog
• Updated DSO Catalog: Added galaxies from PGC2003 catalog (mag

What is new in version 0.15.0:

• Added StelProperty system
• Added new plugin for exhibitions and planetariums - Remote Control
• Added new skycultures: Macedonian, Ojibwe, Dakota/Lakota/Nakota, Kamilaroi/Euahlayi
• Updated code of plugins
• Added Bookmarks tool and updated AstroCalc tool
• Added new functions for Scripting Engine and new scripts
• Added Miller Cylindrical Projection
• Added updates and improvements in DSO and star catalogues (include initial support of The Washington Double Star Catalog)
• azimuth lines (also targetting geographic locations) in ArchaeoLines plugin
• Many fixes and improvements...

What is new in version 0.14.3:

• Added Bengali description for landscapes (LP: #1548627)
• Added background transparency in Oculars plugin (LP: #1511393)
• Fixed serial port issue on Windows version (LP: #1543813)
• Fixed MESA mode on Windows (LP: #1509735)
• Fixed Stellarium crashes in ocular view of Saturn/Neptune/Uranus (LP: #1495232)
• Fixed artifacts in rendering of Mercury in the Sun (LP: #1533647)
• Fixed loading scenes for Scenery 3D plugin (LP: #1533069)
• Fixed movement of radiant when time is switched manually (LP: #1535950)
• Fixed changing name of planet (LP: #1548008)

What is new in version 0.14.2:

• Reduce planet brightness in daylight (LP: #1503248)
• Fixed perspective mode with offset viewport in scenery3d (LP: #1509728)
• Fixed wrong altitudes for some locations (LP: #1530759)
• Fixed some skyculture links
• Fixed editing some shortcut keys (LP: #1530567)
• Fixed drawing reticle for telescope (LP: #1526348)
• Refactoring coloring markers of the DSO
• Removed info about Moon phases (avoid inconsistency for strings).
• Updated default config options
• Updated icons for View dialog
• Updated Stellarium DSO Catalog
• Added list of dwarf galaxies (Search Tool)
• Added improvements in Scenery 3D plugin

What is new in version 0.14.1:

• Added support for side-by-side assembly technology
• Enhancements of the Ocular plugin: add OAG support
• Added Belarusian translation for landscapes and sky cultures
• Added designations for few stars in Scorpius
• Fixed constellation art brightness and zooming
• Fixed number of satellite orbit segments resets
• Fixed certain outplanet moons with wrong Longitudes
• Fixed saving settings for some View panel options
• Fixed fails to run up on Windows when invoked from a different directory
• Fixed wrong value of ecliptic obliquity
• Fixed segmentation fault (core dumped) while try update stars catalog
• Tentative fix for support 4K resolution (GUI scaling)

What is new in version 0.14.0:

• Precession now follows the IAU2006 model in the long-time version from Vondrak et al. 2011.
• Nutation is applied (IAU2000B solution). Given that nobody has observed it without telescope and the model does not give limits of applicability, we limit its application to 1500..2500
• Application of DeltaT has been simplified and made a bit more intuitive.
• We now dare to add another coordinate system: Ecliptic coordinates of date.
• We can therefore now show that planetary positions given by the commonly used solution VSOP87 is applicable to -4000..+8000 only, and its use outside this range will give somewhat artificial results. There is more to follow in future versions.
• The other big addition is a greatly improved collection of DSO data with lots of possibilities in a new GUI tab to select for object type and/or catalog. In total, 15 catalogs are now built-in!
• Also the Meteor Shower, Satellites, Telescope Control and 3D Sceneries plugins have been improved.
• Landscapes can have switchable labels, so you can e.g. indicate mountain peaks.
• In total 83 bugs and wishlist items were fixed or at least decided.
• A platform-specific change for Windows: OpenGL binding is now dynamic. That means, there are no more separate OpenGL/ANGLE/MESA downloads, but after installation you will have separate commands in the start menu which force ANGLE or MESA modes.

What is new in version 0.13.3:

• - Added Scenery3D plugin: enable support 3D landscapes
• - Added ArchaeoLines plugin: a tool for archaeo-/ethnoastronomical alignment studies
• - Added new DSO catalogs: Barnard (B), Van den Bergh (VdB), Sharpless (Sh 2), H-α emission regions in the Southern Milky Way (RCW), Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae (LBN), Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae (LDN), Collinder (Cr) and Melotte (Mel)
• - Added tiny visual improvements for info about comets and minor planets
• - Added Hungarian translation for Aztec skyculture
• - Added Russian translation for Western: H.A. Rey skyculture
• - Added support of meteors for Windows/MSVC packages
• - Added patch for multiscreen setups
• - Added tui/tui_font_color option for change color of text user interface (LP: #1421998)
• - Added new version of GCVS
• - Added implementation of polinomial approximation of time period 1620-2013 for DeltaT by M. Khalid, Mariam Sultana and Faheem Zaidi (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/480964
• - Added new line on the celestial sphere - opposition/conjunction longitude (LP: #1377606)
• - Added texture for Ceres (LP: #1271380)
• - Extended list of proper names for deep-sky objects
• - Fixed position of Great Red Spot (LP: #490019)
• - Fixed bug in planet shadow shasder (LP: #1405353)
• - Fixed flickering Moon problem (LP: #1411958)
• - Fixed jittering moons (LP: #1416824)
• - Fixed visibility objects on distance over 50 AU. (LP: #1413381)
• - Updated the Spherical projection to be HiDPI aware. (LP: #1385367)
• - Restore unit testing for refraction and extinction. Fixed issue in unit test for DeltaT and fixed small issue for DeltaT.
• - Fixed issue in core.setObserverLocation (to a new Planet travels always 1 second) (LP: #1414463)
• - Fixed issue for cursor, who points to a wrong position after orbit update (LP: #1414824)
• - Fixed ignore the Enter key for online search dialog within Solar System Editor plugin (LP: #1414814)
• - Fixed package issue for Windows XP (LP: #1414233)
• - Fixed crash when trying to select a satellite with invalid orbit (LP: #1307357)
• - Check of updates has been removed (LP: #1414451)
• - Fixed issues in Search Tool (LP: #1416830)
• - Fixed code to update ConfigurationDialog size (LP: #995107)
• - Behavior of JD/MJD has been refactored for Date and Time Dialog (LP: #1417619)
• - Avoid delaying for the telescope control slew commands over TCP (LP: #1418375)
• - Avoid crash when clicking 'Lookup locations on network' checkbox in Locations window (Debian: #779046)
• - Updated bookmarks for Solar System editor plug-in (LP: #1425626)
• - Allowing display the scope marker below the landscape (LP: #1426441)
• - Allow fading of the landscapes without atmosphere (LP: #1420741)
• - Allow change thickness of lines of the constellations (LP: #1028432)

What is new in version 0.13.2:

• This version contains over 70 closed bugs and includes some wishes and new nice features - like visualization of the zodiacal light and new sky cultures.