CyberSky Version History

Shareware Version 1.0d

Shareware Version 1.0c

Shareware Version 1.0b

Shareware Version 1.0a

Shareware Version 1.0


Shareware Version 1.0d

Shareware Version 1.0d

Released on Thursday, August 24, 1995.

Changes

The rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes now always refer to the local date of the current display. In CyberSky 1.0c such times were always in the future with respect to the date and time of the current display.

Redesigned the constellation lines for zodiac, major, and minor constellations. Constellation lines look better and a very minor display problem has been eliminated.

It was possible for the location database to contain multiple locations with the same location name or with names that differed only in case. This is no longer allowed.

Changed the labels of the buttons in the Confirmation dialog box from “OK” and “Cancel” to “Yes” and “No”.

Changed some of the definitions in the help file’s Glossary section.

Bugs Fixed

If the location database contained multiple locations with the same location name or with names that differed only in case, and such locations were deleted from the database in a particular order, a General Protection Fault resulted.

Fixed errors in the help file.


Shareware Version 1.0c

Shareware Version 1.0c

Released on Thursday, July 27, 1995.

Additions

Added a table to the Color Index topic in the help file’s Glossary section to show which colors are used to represent the B - V color indices of stars in the display.

Changes

Changed the colors used to display the stars. CyberSky displays bright stars in colors based on their B - V color indices if that option is selected in the Stars dialog box. Previous versions of CyberSky displayed the stars in bluish-white, white, yellowish-white, and reddish-white. CyberSky now displays the stars in Deep Sky Blue, Cyan, White, Pale Yellow, Gold, Orange, and Light Pink.

Changed the default color used to display the symbol of the planet Neptune from Blue to Light Sky Blue.

Customizing the colors CyberSky uses for elements of the display is now done using the Color Browser dialog box rather than the Windows common Color dialog box. The Color Browser dialog box allows you to preview and select among 80 colors labeled with spiffy names such as “Tomato” and “Cornflower Blue”.

Changed the default ToolTip delay time from two seconds to one second.

The rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes are now always in the future with respect to the date and time of the display.

The “Rises”, “Transits”, or “Sets” label no longer appears in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, or Planet Data dialog boxes when there is no rising, transit, or setting time displayed.

When the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, or Planet Data dialog box is closed the mouse pointer is returned to the position of the object upon which the pointer was clicked.

Bugs Fixed

Right-clicking on either the moon or a planet to obtain information about the object frequently resulted in a General Protection Fault when running CyberSky on Windows NT.

The rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes were not accurate in certain circumstances.

User-selected colors were not being displayed correctly when the program was run in 256-color video modes.

The lunar disk displayed in the Moon Data dialog box and the planetary disk displayed in the Planet Data dialog box was drawn using dithered rather than pure colors when the program was run in 256-color video modes.

Fixed errors in the help file.


Shareware Version 1.0b

Shareware Version 1.0b

Released on Thursday, July 6, 1995.

Additions

CyberSky now calculates the effect of atmospheric refraction on the apparent positions of objects in the sky. This improves the accuracy of the rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes.

Added more definitions to the help file’s Glossary section.

Changes

Changed the format of the rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes. Times are now displayed to the nearest minute rather than to the nearest second. It makes no sense to given such times more accurately due to unpredictable disturbances of the atmosphere.

Changed some of the definitions in the help file’s Glossary section.

Bugs Fixed

The rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes were not accurate in certain circumstances.

The disk of the moon was displayed incorrectly in the display and in the Moon Data dialog box when the moon was very close to the horizon. The illuminated part of the disk faced away from the sun rather than toward it.

The disk of a planet was displayed incorrectly in the Planet Data dialog box when the planet was very close to the horizon. The illuminated part of the disk faced away from the sun rather than toward it.

Fixed errors in the help file.


Shareware Version 1.0a

Shareware Version 1.0a

Released on Thursday, June 22, 1995.

Additions

Added a three-dimensional frame around the colored rectangle in the Colors dialog box.

Added the keyboard mnemonic “C” for the Change button in the Colors dialog box.

Bugs Fixed

CyberSky’s default colors, as well as user-selected colors, were not being displayed correctly when the program was run in 256-color video modes.

The rising, transit, and setting times displayed in the Star Data, Sun Data, Moon Data, and Planet Data dialog boxes were not accurate in certain circumstances.

The Colors and Screen Font commands on the Options menu had the same keyboard mnemonic, “C”. The Colors command now has the mnemonic “C” and the screen font command has the mnemonic “F”.

Corrected errors in CyberSky’s help file.


Shareware Version 1.0

Shareware Version 1.0

Released on Tuesday, June 13, 1995.