New: #441 Enable Users to setup Observatory Configuration which include the location, instrument information and planner limit settings. Default Observatory Configuration is used to prefill Observation Submit Forms with default values and by COBS Planner for the location information.

Fix: #434 Observation API internal error 500

New: #427 Add a notification with number of reported observation and a quick link to observation edit page

Fix: #417 Import Archive Observation option is now available through dedicated user group assignment. Fix: #418 Parsing observation lines now ignores "XXX" as a Camera or Chip type and also ignores any blank lines in the import file.

New: #413 Added a Dry Run (validation only) option to both multiple observation and observation file import forms. When enabled, this option validates observations without saving them to the database.

New: #371 Added support for comma-separated lists in the user and uid parameters, allowing queries for observations from multiple observers at once with the observation list API. Fix: #411 Fixed issue with caching help pages.

New: #402 Moon phase added to Comet Observation Planner table Fix: Coorected moon phase in the Comet Observation Planner Major Events. Now calculated for midnight local time.

New: #392 Create How-To guide pages

New: #388 Add additional columns to the excel export Fix: #389 Solved server 500 error due to parsing ICQ line with empty tail length

Fix: #382 Tail lenght conversion before visualization Fix: #375 Increase font size for chart export New: #376 Add star magnitudes to in-the-sky finding charts

New: #372 Fit lightcurve parameters with scipy New: #373 Fit dust scattering function New: #360 Replace chartjs for plotly charts

New: #215 Cobs Planner enable filtering of comets base on recent observations

New: #292 First page planner table uses users settings for limit settings New: #300 link to comet info should include the location information for ephemeris calculation

Fix: #314 Exclude faint or not accurate observations when calculating magnitude parameters

New: #323 Send notification to admin about a reported observation New: #324 Send notification to user about when report issue is closed New: MPC compacted designation added to JSON respons of Planner API Fix: #351 MPC compacted designation should include the orbit type Fix: #344 links to finding charts for periodic comets were wrong

New: #237 Fit light-curve on heliocentric magnitude plot Fix: User registration form observatory select bug

Fix: #339 MyObservations and MyGroup page not displaying tail length unit Fix: #340 ICQ line output wrong position of decimal point for tail length

Fix: #319 Observation Method and Reference catalogue not mandatory if magnitude is not given

New: #213 Option to report observations with potential issues Fix: #304 COBS UserProfile: Association field set as not mandatory Fix: #307 Comet API: Alternative designation could not be turned off

New: #298 Display Comet observation optimal latitude New: #301 Cobs Ephemeris serivce: option to select motion unit and motin type New: #302 Cobs Planner: Generate ephemeris for selected comets

New: #176 COBS Ephemeris service

Fix: #283 Add number validation to the magnitude form field on Comet List page Fix: #293 Add fixed table headers

Fix: #287 Update orbital elements task source selection Fix: #289 Comet Admin: Add filter by type Fix: #290 Add object type 'D' and 'X'

Fix: #285 COBS Observation API fix Fix: #282 Link to Finding Charts not working

New: #278 Cobs Comet List: Add filter for comet magnitude and comet observed/active status

New: #268 Add MPC packed designation to the Comets. Enable comet search with MPC packed designation on Comet List site and Cobs API.

Fix: #270 Cobs Comet List datetime fields initialized after datatables initial ajax call Fix: #274 Cobs Elements API: Invalid integer value provided

Fix: #266 COBS Observation form: Date field is not working Fix: #91 My Association table export to ICQ

New: #260 Add Amateur astronomical twilight at Sun elevation -15 deg to Cobs Planner New: #99 Add option to APIs to filter according to comets current magnitude New: Cobs Comets list displays current magnitude, perihelion magnitude and peak magnitude updated daily

Fix: #252 Datatables shows only 100 entries even if the page length is changed

New: #157 MPC Observatory locations used at User Profile and Cobs Planner

Fix: #234 Cobs Planner: Wrong best date for locations on south Fix: #10 Cobs Planner: Option to enter other locations as well

Fix: #253 Elements API returns HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error New: #254 Elements API enable filter for individual comet

New: #41 COBS Cookie consent barr and Cookie Policy page

Fix: #244 Wrong alignment of coma diameter larger than 10

Fix: #239 Upgrade of Django environment

Fix: #193 Observation validation for ICQ observation date

Fix: #106 Cobs Planner: Error when nautical twighlight event is not happening.

Fix: #235 Users Admin: Enable export

New: #173 Cobs Planner API. Fix: #231 Include instrument aperture and focal ratio in the admin view.

Fix: #140 Cobs Planner wrong comet position.

New: Admin Observations autocomplete fields

New: #223 Admin Users filter by ICQ code

Fix: #217 Observation table on analysis page not showing different colors for observation lines

Fix: #214 MyObservation export to ICQ not including the To Date Fix: #216 Comet visibility note not exported in ICQ format

Fix: #203 MyObservation page link to comparison bug Fix: dataTables default max page size Fix: Delete observation redirect bug

Fix: #200 Tail length units Fix: ICQ line export SkyQuality method value bug

Fix: #195 First page observed comet count

New: #104 Statistics page links to observation table New: #107 Observation API and Comet List API result pagination New: #131 Observation API excel export with delta, r

New: #177 Added export source to ICQ format line

New: #174 Submit form bug

New: #155 Multiple Form preset configuration option

New: #98 Orbital elements API - magnitude parameters calculated from observations New: #165 Comet API - output of physical parameters (total magnitude and slope)

Fix: #163 More precise explanation of user profile location (resident location not observing location) Fix: #164 Resident location name and country mandatory for registration Fix: #169 Form prefill option excluded from the registration form.

Fix: #161 Statistics page total count bug

New: #159 Version number from database

Fix: #156 Recent observation page: Sort the observation

Fix: #151 COBS Planner near parabolic orbit error

Admin tables update

Fix: #137 User profile edit bug

New: #84 Enable automatic database/mediafiles backup to remote storage location

New: #127 Analysis page filter or compare observations

Fix: #125 Unify chart legend

New: #122 Additional parameters for Observation API

Fix: #105 Comet planner day events names

New: #110 Additional parameters for Observation API

Fix: #115 Update of comet orbital elements bug Fix: #118 Comet magnitude parameter calculation update bug

Fix: #101 Fix email unique Fix: #102 Fix first_name and last_name reqiured

Fix: Analysis table missing columns

Fix: ICQ format of comment information part Fix: Default sort on My Observations page Fix: Submit observation after removal

Fix: Search field on MyObservations and MyAssociation pages

Fix: ICQ format alignment fix

Fix: Observation API default observation sort Fix: ICQ format misalignment issue Fix: Observation API error 500 bug

New: PayPal donations menu link added

Fix: MyObservations edit observation bug Fix: Comet and Observation API accepts comet fragment if ICQ name is provieded (example: 0073a)

Fix: Association/Country comparison chart

Fix: Optimization of monthly digest report

Fix: ICQ format Server error 500 bug

Fix: Export recent observations to ICQ formated file.

New: Release notes page

Fix: Rounding of magnitude y-axis Fix: Alignment of secondary axes ticks Fix: x-axis localization, color theme, y-axis label color

New: API for orbital elements retrieval

New: Icon for comparison of user observations for specific comet

Fix: Enabled per site caching Fix: Disabled animation on chart.js load

New: Analysis charts exportable to PNG New Watermark on analysis charts

Fix: Allow pages to open in iframes

Fix: Admin lists users default sort and last_login field Fix: Admin lists comets default sort Fix: Admin lists observations error 500 bug Fix: Admin lists removed import/export

Initial COBS release