XEphem Changelog
What's new in XEphem 3.7.7
Aug 11, 2015- Bugs fixed:
- Improved earth satellite range rate
- Fixed some typos in help file
- Updated magnetic declination model for 2015-2020
- Update Makefile for OS X.10 Yosemite to look for X11 in /opt/X11
- Magnetic declination tooltip was reversed
- Update Minor Planet Center donwloading script, mpcorb2edb.pl
- INDI was not sending all Switches as required by specification.
- Change astorb2edbl.pl to use curl and try both with and without EPSV.
- New features:
- Include new simpleINDI demo program.
- Add support for UCAC4
New in XEphem 3.7.6 (Jan 22, 2013)
- New features:
- Show transit azimuth
- Plots now show coordinates under cursor.
- Improved Earth night lights file, nearth.gif.
- Update Jupiter Great Red Spot default longitude.
- Show satellite element age in Index.
- Add Curiosity landing coordinates to mars_db
- Separate Sky View horizon clipping option
- SOHO is back
- New daytime earth image with improved geography shading
- SkyView -> Favorites offers same controls as map right-click
- Telescope GoTo honors horizon map
- Bugs fixed:
- Improve Earth sunline in cyl graphic projection near equinox.
- Improve error handling downloading asteroid data.
- Improve accuracy of Earth satellite transits.
- Significantly improve speed of Earth satellite rise and set predictions.
- Significantly improve accuracy of Earth satellite transit predictions.
- Eliminate Earth satellite Objects table values flashing.
- Improve accuracy of Earth satellite ground footprint.
- Saving Favorites after downloading new elements now saves new values.
- Improved earth satellite height and solver stability.
- Improve INDI menu interactions for type ISwitchVectorProperty
- Sky view horizon clipping incorrectly in rare cases.
- Better isolation of applicable Sky View options in individual planet rendering.
- In Moon view: subearth, subsolar and anti-subsolar options moved from Grid to {Pen}Umbra.
- Show sun in moonview during solar eclipse
- Better handling of proxies and large files in web downloads
- Favorites menu updates when db that is also a favorite changes.
- Fixed crash if Earth view showing Favorite that is updated from file or download
New in XEphem 3.7.6 RC 4 (Apr 13, 2012)
- Bugs fixed:
- Show sun in moonview during solar eclipse
- Better handling of proxies and large files in web downloads