changes:
-Support UCAC catalog version 3
-Sky view shows PA in live report
-Favorites may now be edited in-place
-Earth view displays great circle distance and bearing
-Change Earth view cylindrical projection from cos to linear
-Earth Object table reports range rate for solar system objects
-Eyepiece rotation depends on Alt/Az or RA/Dec placement context
pkgsrc change: don't hardwire dependency on libXp but rely on
the framework (the Motif implemtation's bl3 file and the
MOTIFLIB environment variable) to pull it in if necessary
changes:
-surround Earth satellite name with parentheses if eclipsed
-move "Keep marker centered' to Sky View Telescope menu
-bugfixes
-INDI enhancements
approved by gdt
Bug fixes, plus:
Changes from 3.7 to 3.7.1
Released November 19, 2005
New Features:
* Add tool to align two or more FITS images and create motion movies.
* Add Control-m keyboard shortcut to add any view to the Movie loop.
* Upgrade to higher resolution Earth image.
* Put user annotations in a scrolled list to accommodate lengthy collections.
* Add Moonrise and Moonset to collection of Step size controls.
* Image gallery lookups now search against all names of data base objects.
Changes from 3.6.4 to 3.7
Released August 1, 2005
New Features:
* Data
o Includes Hubble GSC 2.2.0.1 catalog, 450 million stars complete to M18.5.
o New and updated catalogs: Messier, IC, NGC, COVBS, SKY2000, HYPERLEDA, Supernova, WDSC, Open clusters, Henry-Draper, Pleiades and asteroids.
o YBS replaced with Sky 2000 to magnitude 6.5.
o Can now display Gallery image directly from Data Index.
* Earth View
o Display satellite orbits in space.
o Zoom in to see better geography, or out to see high orbits.
o Quick-set button to set equator rotation.
o Display of surface footprint is now optional.
o Expanded range mouse panning allows continuous rotation.
* Sky View
o Save and restore sets of eyepiece definitions.
o Save and restore sets of eyepiece Sky positions.
o Constellation figure definitions now stored in editable files.
o WCS solver invoked automatically if header has seed but no solution.
o Shortcut button to set display aspect ratio to match image.
o FITS file blinking via new Movie frame function.
* User Annotation
o Anchor locations are now based on the view's world coordinates.
o Sets of annotations may be saved and loaded from files.
* Other
o Collect any number of View, NAAG or Plot frames into a movie, save as set of PNG files.
o Many tweaks for improved INDI support, including display FITS BLOBs.
major changes:
-additional data format support
-GUI fixes and enhancements
-image analysis, fits
-cross-platform compatibility
-improved telescope control
