Discovery of DSO

[alex-w]

Description

Added support for the info for year of discovery and name of discoverer for Messier catalog. I am able to add similar data for objects from NGC/IC catalogs also, but these data should be as 2 extra columns for the 4th version of the main DSO catalog.

The discovery info was needed for me when I gave a lecture about the Messier catalog for a club of amateur astronomers in the local planetarium.

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• This change requires a documentation update

Checklist:

• My code follows the code style of this project.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation (header file)
• I have updated the respective chapter in the Stellarium User Guide
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

[github-actions]

Great PR! Please pay attention to the following items before merging:

Files matching src/**/*.cpp:

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[alex-w]

@gzotti OK, done! Thanks for suggestions.

[gzotti]

Sure, I like historical data!

[github-actions]

Hello @alex-w!

The enhancement or feature has been merged into source code and you may test it via building Stellarium from source code or wait the weekly development snapshot...

[github-actions]

Hello @alex-w!

The fix has been merged into source code and you may test it via building Stellarium from source code or wait the weekly development snapshot...

[github-actions]

Hello @alex-w!

Please check the fresh version (development snapshot) of Stellarium:
https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium-data/releases/tag/weekly-snapshot

[github-actions]

Hello @alex-w!

Please check the latest stable version of Stellarium:
https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/releases/latest