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alex-w Alexander V. Wolf
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The installers are located in the "Assets" section at the end of these release notes!

Github Release

Release notes

The Stellarium Team has released version 23.1.

From now on, releases will have version numbers indicating a year.release scheme. For Windows, the version of the Qt framework used is visible as part of the package name. Details are in the User Guide.

PLEASE UPDATE!

This issue mitigates a potential security issue (reported as CVE-2023-28371), where scripts were allowed to write output text and screenshots to other places on users' systems apart from the Stellarium user data directory or configured screenshot directory. Running unknown scripts (which is a Bad Idea(tm) to begin with) could have exploited that by attackers (script authors) writing even command files to vulnerable places. We have not received a report where this would have caused a problem.

However, now users must explicitly allow such behaviour in the settings tab of the Script Console.

Apart from that, this release mostly aimed at fixing issues in the 1.* series, but also brought a few new features:

  • Much improved "Solar System observer" and other "Planet observers".
  • Solar dates along the ecliptic
  • Fixed issues with Observation Lists, and removed need for the extra edit dialog.
  • Updated shader code for smoother projection
  • Allow texture decimation on the fly for very weak systems like Raspberry Pi 3.
  • Solar limb darkening
  • Proper shadow edge for satellites

Behind the scenes, many more minor issues were fixed.

TELESCOPE USERS

Like in the 1.* series, it seems the TelescopeControl plugin at least on Windows works better in the Qt5-based releases. Just install this if you are affected. We are looking for telescope users with programming skills to help us fixing this issue. Reward possible!

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

  • Added missing include (GH: #2933)
  • Added ability to store a local file of objects as bookmark (GH: #2935)
  • Added missing file in Babylonian (Seleucid) SC
  • Added ability to show the alternative shortcuts in Help dialog (GH: #2944)
  • Added B-V color indices for planets and the Sun
  • Added B-V indices for few moons
  • Added ability to change the font size and color of the landscape labels from the GUI (GH: #2941)
  • Added ability to visualize heliocentric ecliptic distances for bright comets in AstroCalc/Positions/HEC tool
  • Added an option to use supersampling for shadows on the Moon
  • Added implementation of the limb darkening for the Sun (GH: #3017)
  • Added Methuselah star
  • Added support 32-wind compass rose (GH: #3036)
  • Added decorative textures for the observer used in the location panel
  • Added accurate ecliptic calendar marks (GH: #3057)
  • Added ability to settings fps in the GUI (GH: #3073)
  • Added a workaround for poor NPOT mipmap implementations
  • Added "Now" button into AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3012)
  • Added discovery info for Messier objects (GH: #3084)
  • Added phase name and age to Moon's infoMap (GH: #3088)
  • Added a check for screenshot file format
  • Added proper name for Arp 239
  • Added proper name for PGC 1436754 from SIMBAD
  • Added support MIT license for sky cultures
  • Added GUI to manually entering FOV (GH: #3093, #3013)
  • Added ability to toggle ignore date test for orbital data in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3099)
  • Added explicit text message for "satellite below horizon" (GH: #3098)
  • Added a confirmation warning to overwrite an existing list on import in Observing lists
  • Added support for masses of the major planets
  • Added masses for major planets
  • Fixed umbra circles in Satellites plugin (GH: #2510)
  • Fixed plotting markers of ephemerides (GH: #2951)
  • Fixed the performance penalty: enabled compression of high frequency events (GH: #2778)
  • Fixed off-by-one error in planetary rings mesh generator (GH: #2775)
  • Fixed compilation on Qt configured for OpenGL ES2 (GH: #2970)
  • Fixed bookmarks for minor planets in Solar System Editor plugin (GH: #2958)
  • Fixed the wrong transformation of the Moon's color texture values
  • Fixed solar eclipse rendering of the Moon in a better way
  • Fixed default distance of "observer" to the parent (GH: #2911)
  • Fixed handling of lighting factor when rendering lunar eclipse
  • Fixed AstroCalc/RTS tool (GH: #3028)
  • Fixed another missing timezone
  • Fixed location changes via Search panel and "Goto" Action
  • Fixed return to default location (with default landscape)
  • Fixed other place where location name is printed in bottom bar
  • Fixed pixelized panel icons in screenshots (GH: #2899)
  • Fixed a possible security issue
  • Fixed DSO filters (GH: #3048)
  • Fixed screenshot size
  • Fixed a potential security issue when storing screenshots
  • Fixed scaling of screen geometry when setting window position (GH: #3102)
  • Fixed limits for altitudes in Satellites plugin
  • Fixed working the filter in shortcut dialog for Qt5-based builds (GH: #2939)
  • Fixed storing DSO with designations in Observing lists (GH: #2802)
  • Fixed the type/objtype bug in Observing lists
  • Fixed creation of default empty list at start in Observing lists
  • Fixed behaviour for 'Reload the sky culture' feature
  • Fixed a crash when observer is on the spaceship (GH: #3115)
  • Changed GUI of Satellites plugin: disable a bad implementation of fixed shadow altitude (GH: #3100)
  • Changed GUI: better button labels
  • Changed core: set line and file numbers in shader prefixes
  • Changed core: make ring shadows smoother
  • Changed core: improve quality of planetary ring edges
  • Changed core: make sure that textures being loaded don't exceed OpenGL size limits (GH: #2991)
  • Changed core: avoid blowing out highlights on the lunar surface
  • Changed core: use a ratio of FoV and sphere scale when calculating brightness coefficient for the Moon
  • Changed core: allow more threads for texture loading
  • Changed core: do computations for the planets in linear color, convert to sRGB in the end
  • Changed core: move Lambert BRDF from vertex shader to fragment shader
  • Changed core: make terminator of planets with atmosphere not so sharp
  • Changed core: allow texture decimation (GH: #3009)
  • Changed core: simplify checking whether planet being drawn in Planet::draw3dModel is the Sun or the Moon
  • Changed core: simplify checking whether current location is Earth in Planet::draw3dModel
  • Changed core: draw solar corona before the sphere, regardless of halo settings
  • Changed core: make rot_obliquity=0 for all observers
  • Changed core: do the computation of lunar eclipse colors in nonlinear color (GH: #3035)
  • Changed core: enable mip mapping for old-style-landscape textures)
  • Changed core: switch old-style landscape to fragment-shader-based direction computation (GH: #3045)
  • Changed core: allow "goto" action to observers
  • Changed core: inhibit drawing of a few grids/markers when on Observer pseudo-planet
  • Changed core: inhibit location name if observing from Observer pseudo-planet
  • Changed core: inhibit landscape and atmosphere drawing when on an "observer" pseudo-planet
  • Changed core: make it possible to restrict texture size of GUI panel button pixmaps
  • Changed core: softened inner edge of earth penumbra slightly
  • Changed core: avoid creation of default user dir if CLI override given (GH: #3079)
  • Changed core: deprecated a redundant command line option)
  • Changed core: force redraw of dynamic resolution atmosphere on window resize
  • Changed core: use config settings screen_* in physical (unscaled) pixels (GH: #3077)
  • Changed core: render ShowMySky atmosphere calculating view direction per fragment
  • Changed core: tweak screen intersect callback (GH: #3059)
  • Changed core: disable culling for ZodiacalLight and MilkyWay
  • Changed core: ensure screenshot format initialisation sets supported format
  • Changed Satellites plugin: refactoring the code (simplification)
  • Changed Satellites plugin: reduced the minimal entered altitude for apogee/perigee filters (GH: #3004)
  • Changed Satellites plugin: switched to use WGS-84 data in whole Satellites plugin
  • Changed scripting engine: avoid empty filenames for screenshots (GH #3111)
  • Changed scripting engine: also make writing to absolute paths a GUI option (GH #3111)
  • Changed scripting engine: require user consent to let scripts store screenshots to paths given in the script (GH #3111)
  • Changed encoding format in Korean.isl (GH: #2992)
  • Updated GUI: losslessly recompress PNGs to save space (GH: #3087)
  • Updated orbital elements for minor bodies of Solar system
  • Updated default list of locations
  • Updated default catalog of satellites
  • Updated default catalog of exoplanets
  • Updated default catalog of pulsars
  • Updated qxlsx dependencies (GH: #2979)
  • Updated XML data: use generic-icon in mime file (GH: #3011)
  • Updated list of languages
  • Updated default bookmarks for Solar System Editor plugin
  • Updated translations of sceneries
  • Updated translations of landscapes
  • Updated translations of sky cultures
  • Removed the clamping kludge from the Oren-Nayar function
  • Removed NGC 5976A designation (GH: #2967)
  • Removed checking architectures in Windows installer (GH: #2962)

Packages notes

package note
stellarium-23.1.tar.gz Stellarium 23.1 for UNIX/Linux (source code).
MD5: 7dde5f42e434fff6aa622cd239385709
SHA256: c0d519ef44e78c0609b576c068e1ef2ad09e635d4ff73de7d41bb8c7323bad27
stellarium-23.1.tar.bz2 Stellarium 23.1 for UNIX/Linux (source code).
MD5: 613f226b511b876d0bf45a64a28ccb6e
SHA256: 8d8190abd4ee83d94f7c8f2fdb4d41d98090acd0eb401318f73867368c4adedd
stellarium-23.1.tar.xz Stellarium 23.1 for UNIX/Linux (source code).
MD5: ef30b1518ee11e2d6aec364e4533ee22
SHA256: f8e305f41c8e8c21c90b803189e5ef34e5c5f516ab714f35a50a76e536a8fe17
stellarium-23.1-qt5-win32.exe Stellarium 23.1 for Windows (32-bit; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017 Community) with media support.
MD5: f6edfc098c5fbe4fa33f4bfcfb06ab33
SHA256: 49d41ea0606e544fb4063edd11af0d82c68f77c41111116c69e2293d1be9d0bb
stellarium-23.1-qt5-win64.exe Stellarium 23.1 for Windows (64-bit; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017 Community) with media support.
MD5: a41fc9e226814ef88d19768968619905
SHA256: 3eddece0d30e3a6a7a1ff8d34802936ef97e62ecba625fd9339260731cce4c7f
stellarium-23.1-qt6-win64.exe Stellarium 23.1 for Windows (64-bit; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.4.2 (Visual Studio 2019 Community) with media support.
MD5: 9ce10062b84ec0539e36572eee6e6120
SHA256: 24f17311aacd464ce6cc600f873f870d73dd5b68c4e5b84573e69b80a57278d9
Stellarium-23.1-qt6-macOS.zip Stellarium 23.1 for macOS (universal; macOS 11.0+) based on Qt 6.4.3 (AppleClang 14.0.0) with media support.
MD5: 63c8d371fc1b39f22a22af0d3a943b6f
SHA256: 57336cf19e0e811fe1d0fcf361fa71aef8fa73bffd6c4e37f052b21a129a8ecf
Stellarium-23.1-qt5-arm64.zip Stellarium 23.1 for macOS (arm64; macOS 10.14+) based on Qt 5.15.8 (AppleClang 14.0.0) with media support.
MD5: cdcf21224d65493ea2704a6890fe6672
SHA256: f8303085ca0c2e53f32dd1b7c97ca1cddca679ce4d22b87953a5b0a888b70658
Stellarium-23.1-qt5-x86_64.zip Stellarium 23.1 for macOS (x86_64; macOS 10.14+) based on Qt 5.12.12 (AppleClang 11.0.0) with media support.
MD5: da19bd992e245d192f6e9d058461a476
SHA256: 42f0281db0d1dc5f120fcdac9929724bf92b14349f70c35d088feeb68552fad6
Stellarium-23.1-qt5-x86_64.AppImage Stellarium 23.1 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.31) based on Qt 5.12.8 (GCC 9.4.0) with media support.
MD5: 8cbd9032c7c10b9e5cc49e517273bcc1
SHA256: 8f59f09c8b156f9384d814995d039b734aa9613beedee845dc74849194c23222

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-23.1.tar.gz.asc stellarium-23.1.tar.gz
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