SUG: Foreword for 25.1 #4190
SUG: Foreword for 25.1 #4190
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Apparent magnitude of stars are dependent from distance now and users can see how changes brightness of stars with high proper motion, like Barnard's flying star. |
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I would like to call some bug reporters to try RC1/Qt6 with their ASCOM telescopes. If they see issues until release, we must revert this. |
Qt6-based package for Windows uploading now - you can write a message in bug reports for potential testers. Maybe some messages in forums, like cloudynights, can be helpful |
| and best astrometry satellite Gaia's DR3 catalog with -- still -- the Hipparcos data, | ||
| required for the brightest stars which were too bright for Gaia to measure. | ||
| Computers have become more powerful since 2006, and so this new catalog comes with new features: While previously | ||
| we just showed numerical data for parallax, now you can observe the stars' actual parallaxes as Earth moves around the Sun! |
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maybe change "Earth" to just "you"? Because you can observe parallax effect not just on Earth but on other planets/moons too
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This is just a SUG foreword for the new version 25.1 introducing the major changes. I hope I have not forgotten critical things.
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