v0.16.0

[steveberardi]

New version of Starplot! v0.16

• Adds support for gradient backgrounds - HUGE thanks to @Niphredil123 🎉
• Refactors projections, allowing you to change central RA/DEC
• Adds equidistant and oblique Mercator projections
• Introduces an Observer model to encapsulate a time and place
• Makes zenith plots a separate plot type
• Adds a function for plotting a star magnitude scale (experimental, feedback wanted!)
• Adds more location options for legends and allows separate X/Y padding
• Adds a settings class for managing global settings
• Adds a global setting for how text is rendered in SVG exports
• Adds more options for plotting gridlines on horizon plots
• Adds a common_names field to deep sky objects
• Added more public properties to plots (including magnitude_range and alt/az for optic plots)
• Adds the BLUE_NIGHT plot style

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This discussion was created from the release v0.16.0.