{"id":7613,"date":"2018-03-26T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2018-03-26T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:28:00","slug":"stellarium-0-18-0-released-with-hips-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/03\/stellarium-0-18-0-released-with-hips-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellarium 0.18.0 Released with HiPS Support (How to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6645\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Free and open-source planetarium software Stellarium 0.18.0 was released last night. The new release added support for Hierarchical Progressive Surveys (HiPS).<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/stellarium.org\/release\/2018\/03\/25\/stellarium-0.18.0.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stellarium 0.18.0<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added support Hierarchical Progressive Surveys [HiPS] (Hello visualization of multiwavelength universe in the Stellarium)<\/li>\n<li>Added patches for TeXLive<\/li>\n<li>Added Dnoces star name<\/li>\n<li>Added computation of solar eclipse magnitude and solar eclipse obscuration on Earth (special case)<\/li>\n<li>Added option to allow adding some sky background color<\/li>\n<li>Added Moon age computation<\/li>\n<li>Added \u201cWestern (O.Hlad)\u201d sky culture<\/li>\n<li>Added support common names of pulsars<\/li>\n<li>Added some DSO images<\/li>\n<li>Added calculation of synodic period<\/li>\n<li>Added AstroCalc\/Monthly Elevation tool<\/li>\n<li>Added optional Sun, Moon, Astronomical Twilight and Nautical Twilight lines for AstroCalc\/AltVsTime tool<\/li>\n<li>Added Battlesteads Observatory into locations list<\/li>\n<li>Added a special case of computations (lunar eclipse) into AstroCalc\/Phenomena tool<\/li>\n<li>Added two new signals to manage wide dates changes with various steps &#8211; by months and years<\/li>\n<li>Added tools for select color of planetary labels and trails<\/li>\n<li>Added option to suppress drawing large halo around bright stars.<\/li>\n<li>Added Tesla Roadster orbital elements<\/li>\n<li>Added config options for font size of cardinal points<\/li>\n<li>Added visualization of civil twilight line in AstroCalc\/AltVsTime tool<\/li>\n<li>Added \u2018Artificial objects\u2019 into Search\/Lists tool<\/li>\n<li>Added feature to store and retrieve selected HiPS<\/li>\n<li>Added bottom bar GUI button for HiPS display<\/li>\n<li>Updated and extended AstroCalc tool<\/li>\n<li>Added support a Hickson Compact Group collection<\/li>\n<li>Updated code and data, and fixed various bugs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Stellarium 0.18.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The developers maintain a <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~stellarium\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stellarium-releases\" target=\"_blank\">stable PPA repository<\/a> that contains the latest Stellarium packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching &#8216;terminal&#8217; from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium\/stellarium-releases<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-600x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"107\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-600x107.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-450x80.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade Stellarium from an existing release with Software Updater utility:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/upgrade-stellarium-450x317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/upgrade-stellarium-450x317.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/upgrade-stellarium-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/upgrade-stellarium.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or run following commands to install the software for the first time:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install stellarium<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the software, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove stellarium<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA via &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; utility under Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free and open-source planetarium software Stellarium 0.18.0 was released last night. The new release added support for Hierarchical Progressive Surveys (HiPS). 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