Changelog for the 7.x series

7.3.2

Release: September 2020

• Home screen:
  • Tweak: Increased the number of objects displayed in "What's up now?" list
  • Bug fix: Settings button was not clickable in landscape mode
• Map Screen:
  • Bug fix: NGC catalog labels were not correctly displayed in Free version

7.3.1

Release: September 2020

• Home screen:
  • Optimise the screen layout for landscape mode.

7.3.0

Release: September 2020

• Map screen:
  • Quick settings has been renamed to map settings
  • Labels can now be scaled through map settings
  • Show sub-directions (North-West, etc) on the map
  • Allow wider FOV
  • Smoother time machine animations
• Home screen:
  • added search button
  • added about button
• Search screen:
  • Sort by "ease of viewing" now ensures that objects that are below the horizon are always shown lower in the search results

Free version

• Expanded NGC catalog to include 200+ popular objects
• Common names for NGC catalog are now shown

Pro

• Catalog filter screen now shows number of selected objects
• Home screen now shows total number of selected objects
• Update NGC and IC catalogs to latest revision

Details

• Map screen:
  • Labels automatically scale based on FOV
  • Increased constellation line size
  • Fix corruption of labels at the edges
  • Removed "about" option in map menu
  • Smoother rendering for Labels
  • Tweaked the position of Cassiopeia label