Stellarium 0.12.0 Has a New Rendering Engine

Stellarium 0.12.0, a free open-source planetarium app that shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, has been officially released.

Highlights of Stellarium 0.12.0:

• A new rendering engine has been implemented. Users can now see shadows on planets surfaces;
• A new key-binding engine has been added and all key bindings can now be edited;
• Improvements to scripting engine have been implemented;
• The DSO has received various improvements;
• The search tool has been improved;
• The accuracy for archaeo-astronomical events has been improved;
• A large number of bug fixes have been implemented and the GUI has been reworked.

A complete changelog of Stellarium 0.12.0 can be found in the official announcement. The developers have also recommended that the users reset all Stellarium settings.

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