Change log

• 2025-6-6

  • Added a search by proper name or catalog number.
  • Fixed the stellar-database links.
  • You can now sort the star table by any column.
  • Fictional names from multiple universes are now supported. Added Babylon 5.

• 2025-6-4

  • Added a configuration page and moved some of the map settings there.
  • Units (light years or parsecs) may now be selected from the configuration page.
  • Grid size may now be configured.
  • Selected stars should now stay selected if you move the map around.

• 2025-5-31

  • Switched from mysql to postgres and imported the latest AT-HYG database (v3.2). It can now handle the entire database with no lag.
  • Dropped the GCNS additions for now. It's just the AT-HYG database currently.
  • Now running the php app and database in Docker containers.

• 2024-3-17

  • Added XYZ coordinates to table
  • The table now only includes the stars bright enough to be labelled

• 2023-8-25

  • Identified new stars with Cardassia, Bajor, Kronos, Romulus, and Romii using the more accurate data. The new Cardassia/Bajor were chosen to be more consistent with the spectral types in Star Charts as well as Regulus being about 300 light years away, according to Jake Sisko.

• 2023-8-20

  • Imported the AT-HYG database with 2.5 million stars and Gaia distances. For performance reasons I'm removing all stars dimmer than magnitude 11 that are over 100 parsecs away, for now, leaving 1 million stars.

• 2023-8-11

  • Moved db credentials to env variable.

• 2023-3-13

  • Added a filter to only label bright stars.

• 2021-1-3

  • The map will now label only the brighter star if two are right next to each other, to improve readability.

• 2020-12-31

  • Imported the list of proper names from the IAU

• 2020-12-30

  • Rewrote all the old code to make it more efficient. Large maps that used to take several seconds to render are now done in milliseconds.
  • Updated the interface, keeping all the existing features.
  • Upgraded to the latest HYG database (v3).
  • Readded about 120 of the Star Trek stars that were missing from the db.
  • Moved to new domain.
  • Added to github.