Coeli - Stella 2000 (TM)
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** THIS VERSION IS **

4.7  Major Feature, Enhancement and Bug-Fix Update (Oct 99)
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MAJOR FEATURE: Through a brand new context menu, you can now add your own permanent observations and remarks to data displayed in Stella's report window. Invaluable to seasoned observers who would like to append their own comments relating to multiple and variable star observations etc, or to those wishing to transfer book knowledge into Stella's database, this feature can potentially grow into a unique repository of information for personal reference years into the future.
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Copious commentary of value to novices and seasoned observers alike relating to the many alternative common names of HR catalogued stars, their variability, spectroscopy, and multiplicity, all accessible as options from the Report window. This amounts to almost half a megabyte of new data!
ENHANCEMENT: 110 new star-names available from the Data|Extensions Menu (downloadable bonus for questionnaire)
ENHANCEMENT: Greatly enhanced functionality for Report window, including optional scrollbar toggle, speed-optimizations, and improved cursor-placement logic with options.
ENHANCEMENT: Stella now restores the 'top strip' size and position (for side- and top- situated taskbars) 
ENHANCEMENT: Greatly improved interoperability between the Sky display and Astrogloss A-Z html dictionary: clicking on an object in the sky now has a much greater probability of scoring a relevant 'hit' among the dictionary definitions.
CONVENIENCE: Astrogloss menu entry now opens Astrogloss A-Z at the Index page if Astrogloss is present on disk (previously opened at letter 'A')
BUG FIX: Sky window no longer goes walkabout when maximized or full screen was last session's setting.


** LAST VERSION WAS **


4.5 Special Feature Update (Aug/Sep 99)
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Encyclopedic 'Aspects of Astronomy' reader, a major new book-length reference work - with chapters covering topics such as 'What are the Stars?', 'Choosing a telescope', 'What's new on the Moon?', 'Cosmology','Dark Matter', 'Eclipses', 'The History of Astronomy' and dozens of others, amounting to the first complete tutorial in astronomy ever included in a software title of this nature.
MAJOR FEATURE: Comprehensive status bar for sky window, showing LCT, GMT, LST, Gregorian date, Julian date, and Altaz of projection's center, updated in real-time and now permitting full use of Stella's unique array of single-key shortcuts - previously inhibited by the clock toolbar. 
MAJOR FEATURE: Tip of the Day window with file of over 60 key hints and tips for getting the very best out of the program.
FEATURE: 'Save sky' option: save .bmp graphic of Stella's sky display
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Full legends for Horizon and Equatorial coordinate grids
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Option to start program in full-screen mode
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Greater font control and setup options - any font for labels 
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: The complete Astrogloss A-Z dictionary now included as standard in Extended Edition.
ENHANCEMENT: Improved labelling clarity (esp.Bayer letters)
ENHANCEMENT: Crosses and legends to indicate Zenith / Nadir // N and S Celestial Poles
ENHANCEMENT: Borderless option for Report window
ENHANCEMENT: Nutation effect incorporated into Precession


** PREVIOUS VERSIONS HAVE BEEN **


4.0 Major Feature Update (Easter 99)
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MAJOR FEATURE: Coeli Solar Guide. HTML hypertext tour of our Solar System, interactively linked to Stella's Sky and Picture windows. Now just a click on a planet will get you all the information you need for a deeper perspective on our immediate neighbourhood in space. (12.2.99)
MAJOR FEATURE: Coeli Astrogloss - HTML dictionary of 1000 astronomical terms (integral access from brand new Reference menu)
ENHANCEMENT: Documentation begins full transition to HTML (the network of help hyperlinks is now set to spread further with each new Stella revision) (1.99)
BUG FIX: Various problems relating to Daylight Savings adjustments have been successfully addressed (20.2.99)




3.6  Bug-fix and enhancement Update (December 98)
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ENHANCEMENT: Automatic center during searches (option)
ENHANCEMENT: A substantial slimming-down and economising on system resource requirements has been achieved. Stella will now load more efficiently, and demand less memory.
*ENHANCEMENT: New file of periodic comets
*MAJOR FEATURE: Extensive file of recent comets now included as standard
*BUG FIX: Report Window no longer appears indiscriminately on startup (Registered version)
*BUG FIX: Comet menu entry re-enabled (Registered version)



3.5  (October 98)
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SUMMARY: Preview of several version 4.0 enhancements. Shareware distribution only.
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Every conceivable display parameter can now be saved across sessions for automatic retrieval, including zoom, centering, and resolution info. (26.9.98)
MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Select from a dropdown list of over 1300 preset locations from which to view the sky. (4.10.98) 
ENHANCEMENT: Handy popup mode for Report window. (27.9.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Distance in miles for solar-system objects can now be included on reports.
ENHANCEMENT: Transit/culmination data for DSOs.
ENHANCEMENT: Non-integer time zones - for our Antipodean and Far Eastern friends. (5.10.98)


3.0 Major feature update (release - Aug 98)
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MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Higher accuracy & reliability routines implemented for all co-ordinate conversions and most effects (eg. Equatorial --> Horizon coords. + precession) (24.6.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Automatic storage and retrieval of every type of in-program preference setting (22.6.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Time bar now displays full English dates in the form '7 Aug 1998' (23.6.98)
@MAJOR FEATURE: Sky Quiz (tm) -- the luxury of a seamlessly integrated quiz to consolidate your familiarity with the stars. (7.7.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: Comprehensive online facilities, options, and privileges with the Special Menu (support, feedback, access to WWW, FREE gifts, questionnaire etc) (2.6.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: Comprehensive General Setup facility (w/ mail, fonts, observer info, # of stars etc) (30.5.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: Toolbar for view functions, w/ floating/docking capability (17.5.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: Picture window for full-size JPEG graphics, with auto feature (24.5.98)
ENHANCEMENT: New report fields added for planets - angular size, distance in km (27.5.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Color/mono toggle for star display (monochrome=any color for stars) (20.6.98)


2.2 Preview release (many of v3.0 features implemented)
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2.1 Bug fix & Enhancement update
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ENHANCEMENT: Flash-screen while loading catalogs on startup (7.5.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Special antipodean order service via Shareware Australia (9.5.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Single-click shortcut to return from constellation spotlight mode (16.5.98)
BUG FIX: *[S] keypress function now linked to Dynamic Sky menu entry (8.5.98) 
BUG FIX: Find star by name - inhibited by v2.0 catalog update - now fully functional (7.5.98)


2.0 Major feature update
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MAJOR FEATURE: New & expanded star database (16000 HR/Hipparcos stars w/ commentary, spectra, variability, multplicity etc) (29.3.98) 
MAJOR FEATURE: Find star by designation (Bayer,Flamsteed,SAO,Var etc) (23.3.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: Observing List (* w/hardcopy) (27.3.98)
MAJOR FEATURE: *Data extensions (w/capacity for up to 300,000 SAO stars, 120,000 Hipparcos stars, or an amalgam of both catalogs) (7.4.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Permanent ring around selected object while Search box is onscreen (23.3.98) 
ENHANCEMENT: U.S. toll free telephone orders (24.3.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Improved variable star readouts (25.3.98)
ENHANCEMENT: animations can now progress by solar days  (30.3.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Improved daylight-savings logic (10.4.98)
ENHANCEMENT: more versatile report tailoring (12.4.98)
ENHANCEMENT: added fields for reports (spectra, parallax, proper motion, distance in parsecs etc) (14.4.98)
ENHANCEMENT: automatic suspension of real-time updates at high magnification. (18.4.98)


1.2 Minor feature update
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ENHANCEMENT: Sun and Moon included in Find facility (9.1.98)
ENHANCEMENT: Report window's contents now locked to search result (9.1.98)
ENHANCEMENT: 'Center on star' replaced by more versatile 'Center on object' (9.1.98)
BUG FIX: Autoresolve unzoom bug fixed (13.1.98)
Small price change necessitated on credit card orders (9.3.98)
Documentation revisions (10.3.98)


1.1 Minor feature update
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MINOR FEATURE: Brighten Sky [k]
MINOR FEATURE: Darken Sky [K]
MAJOR FEATURE: *Dynamic Sky
*Save/restore window preferences
ENHANCEMENT: Shareware version now loads entire first-level star database
ENHANCEMENT: Observation log entry linked to object selected in sky window
Documentation revisions (6.1.98)





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* = in registered version
@ = Stella 2000 Extended Edition