Release notes

What changed in Night Atlas. The newest notes are first. Version 1.1.0 is the download on the home page. Notes under Unreleased came after that release.

1.1.0 (2026-10-13)

• Settings are grouped and easier to read.
• A deep-sky object's facts card, and Search and By height, say when it is next high enough in a dark sky to photograph from home.
• ISS and Tiangong pass times now stay up to date automatically.
• The note on a built-in picture opens the Photographs pack download.
• A Stellina import shows its progress across every session and file.
• Deep-sky pictures, names, and constellation lines stay behind the landscape.
• Messier pictures on the sky are openly licensed photographs.
• What's new is in Help, and the first launch of a version shows a short note you can close.

1.0.0 (2026-10-13)

• First public release of Night Atlas for Windows.
• Unzip NightAtlas.zip and open NightAtlas.exe. There is no installer and no account.
• The sky opens for a town you save. Drag to look around, and use the wheel to zoom in.
• Star Camp asks you to find the figures that are up, and the cards can print.
• Stellina photographs in the inbox can attach to the objects they show.
• The free app does not point a telescope. Pointing a GoTo mount is planned for Night Atlas Extra.