On June 24, the popular free cross-platform planetarium released version 26.2. Stellarium — the second one this year.
The project is written in C++ using the Qt framework (versions 5 and 6 are supported) and is distributed under the GNU GPL 2.0 license.
Main improvements:
- new names of stars according to the IAU classification assigned since November 2025 have been added;
- added names of stars according to the IAU classification, designated only by Gaia numbers;
- Added script command for equation of time;
- added territory.geojson data for astronomical cultures;
- Added Yuan Dynasty (China) astronomical culture;
- Added a request to allow access to the storage Android;
- Added workaround for broken GLSL sin and asin Intel functions;
- Added a new lightweight atmosphere model;
- Added multi-level search for plugins and data;
- The ability to translate the designations of the axes of celestial coordinate systems has been added;
- Added a utility for obtaining new orbital data elements from the JPL catalog for ssystem_major and updated orbital elements of satellites;
- added visualization of star trails (screenshot #3);
- Added the "Common Names" tab to the "SkyCultureMaker" plugin;
- Added missing documentation for scripts;
- Added a filter to display only enabled reviews;
- added new plugin "Airplanes";
- Added support for map scaling in the Location dialog box;
- The Byzantine calendar has been added to the Calendars plugin;
- file added AndroidManifest.xml and icon;
- Added support for building the main executable file for Android;
- Added support for high resolution mode in GLES3;
- Added a hook for the AstroCalc/Almanac tool to ensure that values are updated when the date changes;
- Added context names for 3 constellations to avoid conflicts with the names of minor planets;
- Added automatic data update after switching the decimal degrees flag in the AstroCalc/Positions tool;
- Added support for CelesTrak CSV files instead of TLE in the Satellites plugin;
- Added additional name to constellation information and adjusted format for SC editor in Sky Culture Maker plugin;
- Added new time steps for the AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool;
- Added support for periodic cycles inex и tritos;
- Added gamepad support for the Remote Control plugin;
- Added the ability to assign SSO to multiple eras;
- Added missing package for Qt6-based AppImage;
- improved visualization of ephemeris;
- Added waitForKeypress() function to support presentations using Bluetooth remote control;
- A host of other improvements, bug fixes, and data updates (available in the first edition of the news item).
Source: linux.org.ru
