Starplot - New Version + Cool Project 🎉
Starplot v0.16.4 🎉
GitHub / PyPi / starplot.dev
- Removes
pydantic-settingsdependency - Fixes constellation line plotting on a few projections to make them straight
- Fixes a small bug with overriding star names on optic plots
- Cleans up a few imports to improve performance
✨ Showcase
Marcel-Jan Krijgsman is working on a super cool project that uses Starplot, a Raspberry Pi Zero, and an Inky Impression E-Ink display to create a digital picture frame that shows a horizon plot for a location and updates daily.
I just got one of these E-Ink displays myself, so I'm looking forward to trying a similar project!
Have you created something using Starplot?
If you've used Starplot for a research paper, book, public outreach, or anything really (e.g. an app), we'd love to hear about it and share it in our next newsletter. Please reply to this email or chat with us on Discord to tell us more about your project.
🚀 Coming Soon
In the next minor version of Starplot (v0.17):
- Custom star catalogs
- Custom sky cultures (constellations, star names)
🙋 Help Wanted
Want to help make Starplot better? Here are a few things we need help with right now:
- Sources for various sky cultures (ideally constellation lines defined by the HIP id of the stars)
- How to calculate BV color index from Gaia EDR3 data
- Adding an arrow-plotting function
Read more about contributing here ↗️
💙 Show your support for Starplot
- Starplot stickers
- All Sky Map - made with Starplot!
Thanks for reading, and happy starplotting!
Steve Berardi