Skip to content

v24.4

Latest
Latest
Compare
Choose a tag to compare
@alex-w alex-w released this 22 Dec 11:13
· 13 commits to master since this release
v24.4
This tag was signed with the committer’s verified signature.
alex-w Alexander V. Wolf
GPG key ID: 9380E47C0374E169
Learn about vigilant mode.
ab961cb
This commit was signed with the committer’s verified signature.
alex-w Alexander V. Wolf
GPG key ID: 9380E47C0374E169
Learn about vigilant mode.

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

Github Release

Release notes

The Stellarium Team has released final version in this year - 24.4.

The major changes of this version:

  • Changes in DSO rendering
  • Improvements in Core
  • Improvements in Telescope Control plugin
  • Updates in sky cultures

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

  • Added optional drop shadow behind InfoText
  • Added ability of immediate-store for (hopefully) all main program properties (GH: #3987)
  • Added designation for η Car star (GH: #633)
  • Added code for Tachelhit language
  • Added sidereal time in degrees to StelObject InfoMap
  • Added test to avoid missing colors for NebCl type
  • Added new nomenclature
  • Added alias for Asia/Choibalsan time zone (GH: #3955, #3953)
  • Added proper name for LDN43
  • Fixed kerning of curved text (GH: #4006)
  • Fixed application of text baseline shift
  • Fixed Milky Way texture (GH: #3995)
  • Fixed typos (GH: #3993, #4015)
  • Fixed mistakes in Korean SC (GH: #3994)
  • Fixed proper motion for pulsars
  • Fixed minimum target version for macOS when Qt5 is using
  • Fixed color for NebCl type
  • Fixed sizes of proportional hints for DSO
  • Fixed description of Arabic (Lunar mansions) SC (GH: #3938)
  • Fixed description of Arabic (Arabian peninsula) SC (GH: #3944)
  • Fixed typos in Arabic (Indigenous) skyculture (GH: #3939)
  • Fixed BOM char in source code
  • Fixed constellation Pleiades (HR -> HIP) in Greek (Leiden Aratea) SC (GH: #3931)
  • Fixed translating months in AstroCalc/Graphs after changing language (GH: #3907)
  • Fixed typos in Mongolian skyculture (GH: #3913)
  • Fixed typos in Indian skyculture (GH: #3908)
  • Fixed typos in Romanian skyculture (GH: #3912)
  • Fixed few security alerts for JS code (GH: #3918, #3920, #3917)
  • Fixed compiling planetarium in some systems (GH: #3905)
  • Fixed missing parts of refactoring
  • Fixed setting 2 lines in ArchaeoLines plugin (GH: #3909)
  • Fixed saving selected object information (GH: #3910)
  • Fixed coordinates in '20 Fun Naked-Eye Double Stars' script (GH: #3835)
  • Changed core: keep FOV search radius in hiDPI screen consistent from user perspective (GH: #3985)
  • Changed core: attempt to resolve HIP first (GH: #3980)
  • Changed core: Refactoring drawing nebulae markers (GH: #3968)
  • Changed core: Allow dimming of DSO hints and labels
  • Changed core: Make some landscape variables static, and properties of LandscapeMgr (GH: #3951, #3574)
  • Changed core and Solar System Editor plugin: improved size of small asteroids
  • Changed core: Rewrite spheric mirror to make it more efficient (GH: #3535, #3954)
  • Changed core: Remove a useless OpenGL call
  • Changed Telescope Control plugin: Show an even more clear hint that ASCOM is disabled in Qt6 builds
  • Changed Telescope Control plugin: INDI support is optional now
  • Changed Telescope Control plugin: switch to INDI v2.1.1 (GH: #3269)
  • Changed Satellites plugin: User can decide if newly added satellites are visible by default now (GH: #3986)
  • Changed Satellites plugin: Avoid bad orbit lines (GH: #3934)
  • Changed Satellites plug-in: small speedup
  • Changed Calendars plugin: add drop shadow for better readability
  • Updated Norse SC (GH: #3990, #3991)
  • Updated default list of locations
  • Updated default list of minor bodies
  • Updated list of planetary features
  • Updated discovery circumstances for comets and for minor planets
  • Updated photometry data for satellites
  • Updated translations
  • Updated infrastructure: Let system-installed fast_float be found (GH: #3949)
  • Updated WebUI in Remote Control plug-in (GH: #3929)
  • Updated JS libraries in Remote Control plugin-in (GH: #3923)
  • Updated default catalog of pulsars
  • Removed texture of NGC104

Packages notes

package note
stellarium-24.4.tar.gz Source code of Stellarium 24.4.
MD5: eabf3b7357a40073245f29faa5ee5c83
SHA256: 433bb8a0380313e6d9e4caf62395b724f4d74262c8aae426a0fe1a5e61a29cbb
stellarium-24.4.tar.bz2 Source code of Stellarium 24.4.
MD5: cc976adc3d31831a0c2e4fa11ceb585f
SHA256: 103359554d41cf195d8200ea74de83515eb2f595260587783d3135ed9acf1d2c
stellarium-24.4.tar.xz Source code of Stellarium 24.4.
MD5: dc317cfd181e79043de2c38d6104908e
SHA256: 84386ad6261bbad7851a56febe673ec73adc7a3b49156b33af6c534e85ac8f8d
stellarium-24.4.zip Source code of Stellarium 24.4.
MD5: 7c7ddfd42a75a8216f37562c8a73f68a
SHA256: 7c3211a341449cadd4fe592f0ab3e0f03db06b2f86e5aa210b47cc396ce4f3c7
stellarium-24.4-qt5-win32.exe Stellarium 24.4 for Windows (x86_32; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017).
MD5: be04387af333b42db8fb2c3ce81e68f8
SHA256: 71b620f40b330af0444791181684942df7b8bd51c73b72a32b3e2c3d0109a127
stellarium-24.4-qt5-win64.exe Stellarium 24.4 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017).
MD5: 7a94fcaa6f4c466965128a51d67d421f
SHA256: e662ce010c6fb18bf7138f7209a0b0fb0f4127be30d0c053842942639975dcdd
stellarium-24.4-qt6-win64.exe Stellarium 24.4 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (Visual Studio 2019).
MD5: dabcb566eed1a97304d727737841ddb8
SHA256: c52a7a2da4e0639457d1c4a2010d4bdbf47594710fac179fdfa69718d83bc36b
stellarium-24.4-qt6-arm64.exe Stellarium 24.4 for Windows (ARM64; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (Visual Studio 2022).
MD5: 28250785a9f64e578042c997d6c2ad38
SHA256: 8219feea683696b2fe36ea02c68581cc02d4e5aa8b5a1593676b05888a0f5a87
Stellarium-24.4-qt6-macOS.zip Stellarium 24.4 for macOS (universal; macOS 11.0+) based on Qt 6.5.3 (AppleClang 16.0.0).
MD5: ed1e9ec3b3ff376ce2812530c2af42f2
SHA256: e3a8c9ac2c7e52b4eb971b84941e801affaa69f156b844f806c42dbd9f08f63c
Stellarium-24.4-qt5-x86_64.zip Stellarium 24.4 for macOS (x86_64; macOS 10.13+) based on Qt 5.12.12 (AppleClang 13.0.0).
MD5: da227cf4d3bb0168fbf519693876a431
SHA256: 2474235caf179cdc0d1fe0b70b6da39a13c16aaf24faf9740ced2ea3c3543ad7
Stellarium-24.4-qt5-x86_64.AppImage Stellarium 24.4 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.31) based on Qt 5.12.8 (GCC 9.4.0).
MD5: bb6f74d11b3eee3f7c738ab4d8be4310
SHA256: d87bad1be41495c743b253267a79b1873f357b75589f2e976ee158f4f3cdf3a0
Stellarium-24.4-qt6-x86_64.AppImage Stellarium 24.4 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.35) based on Qt 6.2.4 (GCC 11.4.0).
MD5: 8ba2aa3e7425d395c8de9bfa4057be37
SHA256: 79a5bd45375cc952587aa44ac44efcd37303684cff6d488b8f4b59a6257eefb6

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-24.4.tar.gz.asc stellarium-24.4.tar.gz
Assets 28
Loading