2.1
2023-08-11
- Added program translations: French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
- Fixed phone model roll direction ( phone was rolling to the wrong side )
2.0
2023-06-14
* Fixed near plane/far plane clipping, so nearby planets are not clipped
* moved Camera and Time editors out of the way ( to the top )
1.9
2023-04-29
- constellation drawings on the sky background ( 31 constellations ) - set option in Visibility config
1.8
2023-04-11
* Fixed error in ecliptic obliquity ( introduced in v1.7 )
* Almanac module with various calculation engines: Planets VSOP2013, VSOP87. Star catalogs: Navigation and Hipparcos 150. Moon ELP2000.
* A selection of bright stars added as white 3d spheres. These are positioned on the surface of the celestial sphere ( at 200 AU )
* Click a 3D object to see object data (coordinates).
* Animated solar system diagram ( in the Almanac module )
1.7
2023-04-07
* PlanetFun Almanac module with various calculation engines: Planets VSOP2013, VSOP87. Star catalogs: Navigation and Hipparcos 150. Moon ELP2000.
* A selection of bright stars added as white 3d spheres. These are positioned on the surface of the celestial sphere ( at 200 AU )
* Click a 3D object to see object data ( coordinates and calculations ).
* Animated solar system diagram ( in the Almanac module )
1.4
2020-11-07
- Moon realistic positions ( based on Astronomical Algorithms )
- Toolbar for camera manipulation
1.3
2020-10-28
- Added two 3D objects: lighthouse and phone. These are positioned at user position using geographical coordinates (GPS)
- 3d phone attitude in the scene is controlled by phone sensors. Select phone as camera target to see the sky pointed by the phone ( augmented reality )
1.2
2020-10-03
* Fixed Polaris position
* Config dialog was split in 3 smaller dialogs ( time, camera and visibility )
this improves interactive configuration.
* Changed axis from ecliptic to celestial reference.
* Textures moved to external files to simplify source code publication on github.
1.1
2020-09-26
* Sky star background now shows star names
* constellation lines and names
* 42455 stars of the Hipparcos Input Catalogue
* heliocentric axis ( RA and Decl )