v25.3

[alex-w]

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

Release notes

Glad to announce the release of Stellarium 25.3 for all platforms. This is our third release in 2025 with exciting features and many bug fixes.

The major changes of this version:

• Many changes in support of sky cultures
• Added new plugins: Sky Culture Maker
• Many improvements in Core and AstroCalc
• Many updates in sky cultures

Thanks to all the developers, testers, and users who made this release possible with your contributions and feedback.

What's Changed

Full list of changes:

• Added more realistic texture of the Sun (GH: Use a more realistic texture of the Sun #4517)
• Added ability to compute time when Sun and Moon at custom altitude in AstroCalc/Almanac tool (GH: astrocal almanac: include custom solar altitude of twilight finder #4467)
• Added ability to set minutes before sunrise/after sunset in AstroCalc/Almanac tool (GH: Specific time: Minutes before sunrise/after sunset #4513)
• Added ability to handling yesterday/tomorrow in AstroCalc/Almanac tool
• Added ability to increase cross size in "Markings" Menu (GH: Option to increase cross size in "Markings" Menu #4368)
• Added ability to toggle current time speed to zero and back (GH: Toggling frozen time #4497)
• Added ability to select object at rise, transit or set time in AstroCalc/RTS tool (GH: astrocal: RTS tab: click in time column jumps to that time #4472)
• Added ability to draw graph's (AstroCalc/Graphs) from keyboard (GH: astrocal: graphs: implement execution from keyboard #4471)
• Added patch for INDI from OpenIndiana
• Added new plugin: Sky Culture Maker (GH: Plugin: SkyCultureMaker #4454)
• Added the missing 7 stars in Chinese SC (GH: Correct the lines of Ox and Add the missing 7 stars. #4524)
• Added ability to show object's constellation info in InfoString
• Added Arab Lunar Mansions
• Added english name as comment to translation of sky cultures items
• Added code to extract byname and pronounce for translation of sky cultures
• Added bynames to a few modern skycultures
• Added byname tag to constellation descriptions for further label refinement
• Added communication data for some satellites
• Added groups of communications satellites
• Fixed possible dependency problem in linux
• Fixed repetition of "modern" label part
• Fixed rendering the center of umbra after adding SSO's (GH: Updating SSO's makes the center of umbra very offset #4302)
• Fixed crash (GH: Crash on loading Chinese Skyculture #4512)
• Fixed crash in AstroCalc/Graphs/Lunar Elongation in debug mode (GH: Assertion failure when clicking Lunar Elongation in AstroCalc Graphs tab #4447)
• Fixed star catalog loading on big-endian systems (GH: Fix star catalog loading on big-endian systems #4504)
• Fixed decoding packed number (GH: Minor planet numbering error #4503)
• Fixed CSS
• Fixed compilation on GCC 9
• Fixed infostring (GH: Why are (seemingly) random constellations shown in the info string? #4468)
• Fixed hardware detection in linux
• Fixed hardware detection in *BSD
• Fixed unintended rotation by 180° of sky surveys
• Fixed type conversions
• Fixed few typos in docs (GH: Fixed few typos in some files in the doc directory #4530)
• Fixed text errors in two Chinese Sky cultures (GH: Fix text errors in two Chinese Sky cultures #4528)
• Fixed issues in Chinese Song Dynasty Skyculture (GH: Fixed issues in Chinese Song Dynasty Skyculture #4525)
• Fixed Chinese SC: correct the lines of Ox (GH: Correct the lines of Ox and Add the missing 7 stars. #4524)
• Fixed missing "Added" in Chinese names ending in "(In XYZ mansion)"
• Fixed typos in Chinese SC
• Fixed gravity labels for RTL languages
• Fixed search the minor planet by name without number
• Fixed ugly display some glyphs in Qt 6.9+ (GH: Ugly displayal of solstice and equinox markers #4284)
• Fixed getting CPU frequency in macOS (Apple Silicon)
• Fixed show pixel grid of sensor crop overlay (GH: Sensor crop overlay -> Show pixel grid no longer showing correctly #4436)
• Fixed formatted output of object info (GH: Missing line break in infostring #4408)
• Fixed HIP number for Menkar in NavStars (GH: Fix HIP number for Menkar in NavStars #4402)
• Fixed LandscapeFisheye shader in GLSL 1.00 mode
• Fixed a few names and trace references
• Fixed InfoString with RTL components (GH: Fix InfoString with RTL components #4542)
• Fixed Error message in plugin SkyCultureMaker (GH: Fix: Error message in plugin SkyCultureMaker #4546)
• Fixed visual bug in Solar System Editor plugin (GH: SSE: Minor planets #4534)
• Changed core: center Zodiac and Lunar Station labels (GH: GUI: Fix handling of app font change #4510)
• Changed core: make sure a Zodiac/Lunar label is visible
• Changed core: don't break orientation lock when moving location (GH: object lock lost when moving location #4450)
• Changed core: extended time interval (GH: Extended time interval #4501)
• Changed core: allow variations in latitude extent of Lunar mansions
• Changed core: reduce labels for Zodiac and Lunar Stations to single components
• Changed core: speedup texture loading when desired frame rate is low
• Changed core: make it possible to choose between multiple planetary HiPS per planet (GH: Make it possible to choose between multiple planetary HiPS per planet #4459)
• Changed core: avoid label position reset (GH: Selecting Constellation areas in Sky Culture tab resets the defined label offset to the default computed value #4455)
• Changed core: switching to using SourceForge.net CDN as default storage of the stars catalogs (GH: Using SourceForge.net CDN for storing the stars catalogs #4460)
• Changed core: store flagConstellationPick (isolated constellation selection) (GH: In Modern sky culture, "isolated" check box is broken #4396)
• Changed core: undo false optimisation (GH: Alt-W No longer working since Stellarium 25. #4415)
• Changed core: use exact stars magnitude when there is a artificial cutoff (GH: Use exact stars magnitude when there is a artificial cutoff #4438)
• Changed GUI: apply screen font scaling to compass marks (GH: ScreenFontSize misbehaviour #4307)
• Changed GUI: follow the user selected time format in GUI (GH: use user selected time format wherever possible #4392)
• Changed GUI: fix handling of app font change (GH: GUI: Fix handling of app font change #4510)
• Changed GUI: moved few related actions into 'Scripts' group (GH: Script: not possible to exit (e.g. with Esc key) #4482)
• Changed GUI: avoid disabling checkbox in sky cultures (GH: In Modern sky culture, "isolated" check box is broken #4396)
• Changed GUI: single language box for whole program (GH: Single language box for whole program #4445)
• Changed logger: cosmetic fixes for CPU data
• Changed logger: cosmetic fixes - normalization
• Changed logger: limit list of video adaptors by availability
• Updated rules for creating an AppImage package (GH: QtWebEnginee & Online Query Plugin #4405)
• Updated installer for Windows: added hook for Qt6WebEngine (GH: Online Queries: internal web browser fails #4407)
• Updated standard DSO catalog
• Updated star catalog (level 0) (GH: Missing Alpha Herculis #4427)
• Updated icons for macOS (GH: Icon issue in macOS #4424)
• Updated the list of planetary nomenclature
• Updated default catalog of pulsars
• Updated default catalog of novae
• Updated the default list of satellites
• Updated photometry data of satellites
• Updated the default list of locations
• Updated the default catalog of exoplanets
• Updated the discovery circumstances for comets
• Updated the discovery circumstances for minor planets
• Updated script 'Messier Objects Tour'
• Updated script 'Jupiter Moons'
• Updated AstroCalc/Ephemeris GUI: Increase duration from 100 -> 1000 units of time (GH: Increase duration from 100 -> 1000 units of time #4416)
• Updated standard DSO catalog
• Updated minimal requirements for macOS
• Updated Modern SC: move star name translations to bynames (GH: Decide on Translation Policy for star names in Modern Skycultures #4382)
• Updated Babylonian (Seleucid) SC
• Updated Babylonian (MUL.APIN) SC
• Updated Chinese (Song dynasty) SC
• Updated all Arabic SC
• Updated dependency: upgrading CPM from 0.40.8 to 0.42.0
• Removed old edges from Chinese skycultures (GH: Fix mansion defining stars and remove the old "Constellation Boundaries" in the 3 Chinese skycultures #4377)
• Removed workaround for bug LP:1498616
• Removed double application of nutation in Infostring (GH: Infostring for ecliptic latitude of date does not account for nutation #4421)
• Removed duplicate point in Coma Berenices line in Modern (IAU) sky culture (GH: Remove duplicate point in Coma Berenices line in Modern (IAU) sky culture #4411)

Packages notes

package	note
stellarium-25.3.tar.gz	Source code of Stellarium 25.3. MD5: aa2228911a5ec37d01290c0c579f7507 SHA256: 5a229d1d0cc12d15d2a9a17fd53f52be819268a929cbaeb9077c1d8840082cda
stellarium-25.3.tar.bz2	Source code of Stellarium 25.3. MD5: f42bc9705e8cfbddee416ef597064ca2 SHA256: b98a0bf6fd4cb45cc8885f049fd44371227d399a7901de171897b33938de4158
stellarium-25.3.tar.xz	Source code of Stellarium 25.3. MD5: 387c6842ddd6c743dd570d4b2e342955 SHA256: 1cdebfa04220656a956270425e06c6c522579c07d61c3440f6b11ac3f09f6db5
stellarium-25.3.zip	Source code of Stellarium 25.3. MD5: 94ee674626c672016664ccd26bf141f4 SHA256: 9db9d794c971481d1ac3c3e416ca8dc429360058623aa3fb53ba88394c4a852b
stellarium-25.3-qt5-win64.exe	Stellarium 25.3 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 7+) based on Qt 5.12.6 (Visual Studio 2017). MD5: f77f7223e39cd6f0d65204cb139f97e7 SHA256: d2a8a91171c2011f19afbdcf02660008f34f0674ddb8d4214129b2851ac2cb0a
stellarium-25.3-qt6-win64.exe	Stellarium 25.3 for Windows (x86_64; Windows 10+) based on Qt 6.8.1 (Visual Studio 2022). MD5: c0ff36b4c336fd3020ddd9a67c454dde SHA256: 8dc272150c2ae630e6d889af3a33571050199f0a12d99a56cb073985cd7620b2
Stellarium-25.2-qt6-macOS.zip	Stellarium 25.3 for macOS (universal; macOS 12.0+) based on Qt 6.9.2 (AppleClang 17.0.0). MD5: e4c21bfd29f05c14594396b12919deb0 SHA256: 9d84b159462c77d3dea5c41010c0d002c485201c48ee8005809cbcfa260f9d52
Stellarium-25.3-qt5-x86_64.zip	Stellarium 25.3 for macOS (x86_64; macOS 10.13+) based on Qt 5.12.12 (AppleClang 13.0.0). MD5: 91b4d9e828064bf98948ad72441ce037 SHA256: f6d08ed9bc7c7272f237b78dd91eb299aac4ed9ef9c4b25a5e89f65eef2495e0
Stellarium-25.3-qt5-x86_64.AppImage	Stellarium 25.3 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.35) based on Qt 5.15.3 (GCC 11.4.0). MD5: 0956d1f2e1976920ae1dd820105ffc24 SHA256: 059470007eade281c556bc3ac7476858d299c41e0b9fd3df1272c8c13883f5c8
Stellarium-25.3-qt6-x86_64.AppImage	Stellarium 25.3 for Linux (amd64; glibc 2.35) based on Qt 6.2.4 (GCC 11.4.0). MD5: dfcc69d8f9c4f2d0daa3b47b9492ddc3 SHA256: 14cd0b89815d26267d544db717a0d12a40ba1c79eded97eb5dc8ca23f119aa94

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-25.3.tar.gz.asc stellarium-25.3.tar.gz

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This discussion was created from the release v25.3.

[taurasg1]

Hi,

1. New translatons are missing. (chinese SC)
2. Modern SC bugs not gone

Regards,

[taurasg1]

In addition,for some planets native names are shown, for some not