Stellarium 23.2

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

Stellarium key features:

• Realistic simulation of the sky, sunrise and sunset
• Default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
• Downloadable additional catalogues for up to 210 million stars
• Catalog data for all New General Catalogue (NGC) objects
• Images of almost all Messier objects and the Milky Way
• Artistic illustrations for all 88 modern constellations
• More than a dozen different cultures with their constellations
• Solar and lunar eclipse simulation
• Photorealistic landscapes (more are available on the website)
• Scripting support with ECMAScript (a few demo scripts are included)
• Extendable with plug-ins: 8 plug-ins installed by default, including:
• artificial satellites plug-in (updated from an on-line TLE database)
• ocular simulation plug-in (shows how objects look like in a given ocular)
• Solar System editor plug-in (imports comet and asteroid data from the MPC)
• telescope control plug-in (Meade LX200 and Celestron NexStar compatible)

Stellarium 23.2 changelog:

• Added ecliptic obliquity to infoMap (GH: #3233)
• Added support “short-period comets” type
• Added support combined designations for numbered periodic comets
• Added optional “Solar A/a” and “Lunar A/a” info for objects (GH: #3273)
• Added support for webp format in HiPS
• Added discovery circumstances for Caldwell objects
• Added discovery circumstances for Solar System Objects (GH: #3230)
• Added support antialiasing for Oculars lines
• Added changeable font to LeftStelBar (GH: #3125)
• Added UTM/WGS84 coordinate conversions
• Added push to directional light strength in Scenery 3D plugin
• Added new category into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added missing timezone (GH: #3200)
• Added push to directional light strength into Scenery 3D plugin
• Added new rotation buttons for CCD in the Oculars plugin
• Added KY day number in Calendars plugin
• Added option “Stop clock when starting” (GH: #3140)
• Added ability to specify seconds in time selectors of AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3146)
• Fixed building Satellites plugin when Iridium flares are enabled
• Fixed 64-bit install mode for Windows (GH: #3130)
• Fixed angular size for AstroCalc/Graphs tool: Let’s use angular radii of planets without rings
• Fixed computation of perpendicular in wide line rendering
• Fixed tooltips for Penumbra and Umbra circles (GH: #3175)
• Fixed updating location even if name is the same (GH: #3171)
• Fixed fading of the new nebula markers
• Fixed Observing Lists feature: avoid duplicate stored list when creating a new list (GH: #3163)
• Fixed missing doSRGB uniform in AtmosphereShowMySky
• Fixed filters in Satellites plugin (GH: #3158)
• Fixed checking updates
• Fixed working the actions in Oculars plugin (GH: #3280)
• Fixed prism rotation (GH: #3283)
• Fixed links to Mike McCants’ website
• Fixed designations of periodic comets
• Fixed WUI of Remote Control plugin
• Fixed orbital elements of Phoebe (GH: #230)
• Fixed special handling of Earth map (GH: #3180)
• Fixed a bad connection definition (GH: #3180)
• Fixed missing include (GH: #3180)
• Fixed orbital elements of Pluto’s moons (GH: #3242)
• Fixed missing data for periodic comets
• Fixed label for button in Equation of Time plugin
• Fixed Greek (Farnese) sky culture [full changelog]

Download: Stellarium 23.2 (64-bit) | 377.0 MB (Open Source)
View: Stellarium Home Page | Other Operating Systems

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