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Stellarium for Mac

Stellarium 24.2

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  • Latest Version

    Stellarium 24.3

  • Operating System

    macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later

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  • Author / Product

    Fabien Chereau / External Link

  • Filename

    Stellarium-24.2-qt6-macOS.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    29571975d74c4c23c86bd7cfcbe3a6b7

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Stellarium 24.2.


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What's new in this version:

Added:
- ability to show an approximate limiting magnitude of devices in Oculars plug-in
- support Twilight Factor and Relative Brightness for binoculars in Oculars plug-in
- support Adler Index for binoculars in Oculars plug-in
- support Bishop Index for binoculars in Oculars plug-in
- more actions for Exoplanets plug-in
- set of navigational stars from Nevil Maskelyne’s “The British Mariner’s Guide” published in 1764
- discovery circumstances for newly discovered comets
- partial solar eclipse opening angle
- ability to follow CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR variable
- ability to add/subtract great years via hotkeys
- support for localization for solar eclipses maps
- export of an equirectangular raster eclipse map
- missing discovery circumstances for some comets
- note for unmarked entries for Sources in Satellites plugin

Fixed:
- eclipse artifacts
- building Scenery3D plugin with Qt 6.7
- Russian translation of Belarusian SC description
- image path in German translation of Greek (Farnese) SC
- references in Romanian SC
- Galician translation of Xhosa SC description
- Italian translation of Anutan SC description
- calculation of twilight factor (or dusk index) for binoculars in Oculars plug-in
- hiding/restoring of star name display in Navigational Stars plugin
- morphological description of DSO
- output for CLI option –list-landscapes in Windows
- solar radius
- CLI output in Windows
- generator of KML
- properties for some periodic comets
- remembering the sorting rules between updates in AstroCalc/Positions tool
- failure to parse too small numbers with from_chars

Changed:
- Changed AstroCalc/Eclipses tool: check number of penumbra limits in terms of rise-set line
- Changed AstroCalc/Eclipses tool: rewrite generation of shadow limits
- Changed AstroCalc/Eclipses tool: rewrite AstroCalcDialog::getMaximumEclipseAtRiseSet
- Changed AstroCalc/Eclipses tool: rewrite AstroCalcDialog::getRiseSetLineCoordinates
- Changed core/AstroCalc: Move solar eclipse computations out from Planet.cpp
- Changed core/AstroCalc: Move some solar eclipse computations from AstroCalcDialog
- Changed core/AstroCalc: do not show earthshine during annular or high-percentage partial eclipses
- Changed core/AstroCalc: refine max eclipse at rise/set curve
- Changed core: force redraw of NomenclatureItems if needed
- Changed core: rename sky culture change signal for better consistency
- Changed core: switch off IAU moon numbers from screen labels
- Changed Satellites plug-in: compactification of GUI
- Changed Satellites plug-in: improve explanatory tooltip
- Changed Remote Control plug-in: add and fix missing functions and features
- Changed scaling limits, special for real planetariums
- Changed GUI: minor clarification
- Changed Satellites plugin: expanding photometry and RCS data for satellites
- Changed Scenery3D plugin: rename variable for debugging of the shaders
- Changed visual style: enable table borders by default in sky cultures
- Changed visual style: use single lines between table cells in sky cultures
- Updated Vanuatu (Netwar) sky culture: clarified the license with author
- Updated Anutan sky culture: fix formatting
- Updated Chinese sky culture: fix formatting
- Updated Tibetian sky culture: rename an image to match the name in the links
- Updated default catalog of exoplanets
- Updated default list of locations
- Updated default catalog of pulsars
- Updated discovery circumstances data for minor planets
- Updated discovery circumstances data for comets
- Updated photometry of satellites
- Updated planetary nomenclature
- Updated group for RPM
- Removed extraneous borders in tables in About dialogs of plugins
- Removed config option for an AppImage