When the atmosphere is turned off in the main menu, the scintillation of the stars is still present. (Revision 6208)
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
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Config file is: "/home/hannes/.stellarium/config.ini"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL2"
Cache directory is: "/home/hannes/.cache/stellarium/stellarium"
WARNING in StelFileMgr::getLocaleDir() - could not determine locale directory, returning ""
WARNING: unable to successfully read info.ini file from skyculture dir "CMakeFiles"
WARNING in StelFileMgr::getLocaleDir() - could not determine locale directory, returning ""
Sky language is "de_DE"
WARNING in StelFileMgr::getLocaleDir() - could not determine locale directory, returning ""
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"Loading "./stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999"
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navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
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AngleMeasure plugin - press control-A to toggle angle measure mode
Loaded plugin "CompassMarks" .
CompassMarks plugin - press control-C to toggle compass marks
Loaded plugin "Oculars" .
Ocular plugin - press Command-o to toggle eyepiece view mode. Press ALT-o for configuration.
Oculars::validateIniFile ocular.ini exists at: "/home/hannes/.stellarium/modules/Oculars/ocular.ini" . Checking version...
Oculars::validateIniFile found existing ini file version 0.12
Oculars opened the DB successfully.
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Satellites::updateTLEs starting update
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Unable to find locale directory containing translations: ""
updated orbital elements for: "AAU CUBESAT"
updated orbital elements for: "CANX-1"
updated orbital elements for: "DTUSAT"
updated orbital elements for: "ENVISAT"
updated orbital elements for: "GENESIS 1"
updated orbital elements for: "GENESIS 2"
updated orbital elements for: "GPS BIIA-10 (PRN 32)"
updated orbital elements for: "GPS BIIA-11 (PRN 24)"
updated orbital elements for: "GPS BIIA-14 (PRN 26)"
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updated orbital elements for: "HST"
updated orbital elements for: "ISS (ZARYA)"
updated orbital elements for: "NCUBE-2"
updated orbital elements for: "SEASAT 1"
updated orbital elements for: "UARS"
updated orbital elements for: "UWE-1"
Satellites::updateFromFiles Writing updated JSON file
Satellites::updateFromFiles updated orbital elements for 41 satellites
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I thought there was already a bug for this, but I didn't find anything for "twinkle"...