Astronomy Simulation for PC-UNIX
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Apr. 14, 2004 Download page updated.

• Solaris9(Sparc) package

  Courtesy Luke Th. Bullock & Atelier Nord (they were so kind as to let him keep his U5 on their network).

Oct 6, 2003 Version 3.3.1 Release 1

• Play forward/reverse and stop toolbar button
• Added many comets and minor planets
• Dutch resource (Thanks: Huge Rademaker)

May 23, 2002 Download page updated.

• Dutch version of resource file (Thanks: Huge Rademaker)

Mar. 24, 2002 Version 3.3.0 Release 1

• Projection Mode
  Some 'all-sky mode' supported
• Dragging view port
  You can drag the star chart to move view port
• Zoom up/down
  Zoom up/down button now grabs mouse up/down
• Image viewer
  External image viewer no longer needed to look images
• X Pseudo color
  Pseudo color mode X supported
• Rise/set time
  Information box shows rise/set time of the object
• Wheel mouse
  Wheel mouse supported
• Picture mark
  New menu item 'picture mark'
• Bug fix.
  Many bug fixes. (Thank you for many reports)

June. 01, 2001 FAQ page updated. (Thanks: Linux Magazine)

• Xplns complains "can't set locale" at startup, in some Japanese Linux Distribution

Feb. 26, 2001 Version 3.2.0 Release 1

Special Thanks to Francois Massonneau

• Internationalized
  In addition to English, French and Japanese resources included.
• Image display function
  You can display graphics image of solar objects, nebulae and galaxies.
• Image save function
  You can save the current window into XPM image file.
• Object description
  Configurable object description function added.
• Default site configuration
  In "Site" dialog, you can set default site.
• "What's Today" dialog extended
  "What's Today" dialog is now mode-less.
• Center (Find)
  Finding sky marks and user defined objects.
• Environment dialog extended
  You can set initial window size and locale in dialog box
• Bug fix.
  Many bug fixes. (Thank you for many reports)

Jan. 15, 2001 Download page updated.

• Slackware version updated (changed to statically linked executable)

Sept. 24, 2000 Download page updated.

• French version of resource file (Thanks: Dominique VOILLEMOT)

Sept. 23, 2000 FAQ page updated. (Thanks: Francois Massonneau)

July 30, 2000 FAQ page updated.

June 24, 2000 Version 3.1.0 Release 2.

• RPM Package (Thanks: Richard, G)
  If you install old release RPM package, it complains "user osam-a does not exist - using root".
• linux libc5 Package (Thanks: Richard, G)
  If you install old release libc5 package, it complains "install: XPlns.ad: No such file or directory".

June 10, 2000 Version 3.1.0 Released.

• Center Menu
  "Center" menu to center the specified object on the star window.
• SAO star catalog
  SAO star catalog supported (SAO data included in archive).
• Guide star catalog
  You can display GSC data if you have GSC CD-ROM.
• Customizable guide line
  Guide line is now customizable, and you can add original objects.
• Comet and minor planet
  Detailed show/hide settings, and many comet/minor planet data included.
• Outline of Sun/Moon
  Outline display mode of Sun and Moon.
• Magnified planet display
  You can look magnified planet figure.
• Customizable object colors
  You can customize colors of objects by editing resource file.
• Bug fix.
  Many bug fixes. (Thank you for bug reports)

May 9, 1999 Download page updated.

• French version of resource file (Thanks: Dominique VOILLEMOT)

Apr. 27, 1999 FAQ page updated. (Thanks: Mike Hall)

Apr. 7, 1999 FAQ page updated.(Thanks: SHIOMI, Hideki)

Apr. 3, 1999 Version 3.0.1 Released.

• Bug fix
  Changing place by "Settings" -> "Place" didn't set timezone correctly.
  (Thanks: Roeland Th. Jansen)
• Tip Help
  Tip-help for toolbar and object information dialog implemented.
• Menu item changed
  "Option" -> "toolbar" deleted, and "File" -> "environment" added.
• Menu title changed
  "File" -> "save environment" renamed to "File" -> "save settings".

Mar. 27, 1999 Version 3.0.0 Released.

• Save/Load
  You can save the current time, place, object statuses (on/off, label, etc.) and other all settings to a file.
• Save environment
  Set the current settings to be as default (start up settings).
• Toolbar
  Toolbar makes easy to manipulate frequently used functions.
• Projection modes
  In addition to "horizontal", "equatorial" and "planisphere" mode, "ecliptic", "galactic" and "solar system" mode supported.
• Grid
  Horizontal grid, equatorial grid, equator line, etc.
• Star
  Star label of magnitude, bayer name and flamsteed number.
• Nebulae and Galaxies
  Display about ten thousands of nebulae and galaxies, with messier number, NGC number, IC number and magnitude. You can select by catalog, or by magnitude.
• Sun/moon and planet dialog box
  New dialog box which controls display status of sun, moon and planets, for each name, magnitude, date and orbit for solar system mode.
• Four minor planets
  Display four minor planets, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta. You are able to control display status just like other solar objects.
• Trace (light trailing)
  Trace function enables you to examine daily motion, planet motion, etc.
• Switch status-bar
  You can turn on or off the status-bar at the top of star window.
• Hiding daylight
  You can hide daylight (blue sky) and look starry sky at noon.
• Lock time of day function
  Lock the time setting before/after the sunrise/sunset.
• Mirror and Flip
  Rotating and flipping projection mode supported for telescope view.
• Initialize
  Menu item "initialize" loads all default settings.
• Popup menu and display coordinates
  Clicking right mouse button show the coordinates list and popup menu for the object pointed by cursor.
• Bug fix.
  Many bug fixes. (Thank you for bug reports)

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