KStars v3.7.4 is Released

[Akarsh Simha]

Fascinating video, thank you for putting it together.

I suspect what’s happening is that it’s showing you the next day’s transit.
So showing 1:43 or such after the day’s meridian transit might be correct
in a certain light although it’s certainly not what I would’ve expected the
program to show. The fact that it shows what I’m guessing is the next day’s
transit even _before_ the moon has crossed the meridian is definitely a bug.

The second bug is the moon jumping. There are a lot of sky map computation
errors when the simulation clock is paused because the coordinates are not
refreshed properly. I suspect this is one of those, where we are confusing
J2000 and JNow positions. I have either pending or merged merge requests
that _may_ fix this issue.

Regards
Akarsh


On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 05:21 Giovanni Ceribella <giovanniceribella at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Jasem,
>
> Thank you for the good news. It is great that kstars/ekos is constantly
> being developed and that new functions are added with each release.
>
> Unfortunately, the basic planetarium UI and some of its functions are
> still suffering from bugs which don't seem to get much attention. As I
> didn't find any reference to it in the changelog of 3.7.4, I took the
> liberty of posting a short unlisted video demonstrating one of such bugs,
> that has been affecting my installation:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XImXZ6OXNCs .
>
> As a professional astronomer that regularly uses kstars for work, I would
> be grateful if you or the other developers could have a look also in these
> less groundbreaking "features" of the program.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Best regards,
> Giovanni Ceribella
>
> Il 05/12/24 07:50, Jasem Mutlaq ha scritto:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Happy to announce that KStars 3.7.4 is released for Mac, Windows, and
> Linux.
>
> Very cool features are in this release including a completely new imaging
> planner by Hy Murveit, and Simbad integration in the FITS Viewer by John
> Evans.
>
> John also added experimental contrast-based focus that works great for
> Lunar and Solar imaging.
>
> Check out all the details in the blog:
> https://knro.blogspot.com/2024/12/kstars-v374-is-released.html
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Jasem Mutlaq
>
>
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