SOQyT v1.3.2

What's New in v1.3.2

New Features

• SIMBAD Filters panel — collapsible filter section under the SIMBAD checkbox: Object Type, Period range, Max Mag range, and Ref year range. When filters are set and RA/Dec is left blank, SIMBAD runs a catalog-wide filter-only scan with no spatial constraint.
• VSX Filters panel — collapsible filter section under the AAVSO VSX checkbox: Var Type (74 standard types + free-text), Period range, Max Mag range, and Amplitude ≥ (computed as MinMag − MaxMag). Var Type is applied server-side; other filters are applied client-side.
• Individual VizieR sub-catalog checkboxes — 2MASS, AllWISE, APASS, Tycho-2, and WDS each have their own enable/disable checkbox, replacing the single VizieR toggle.
• Batch auto-run timer — shows start time and live elapsed time counter (Xh Ym Zs) while auto-run is active; elapsed time shown in completion and cancellation messages.
• Application icon — SOQyT.ico displayed in the title bar, taskbar, and embedded in the Windows executable. macOS builds now include a native .icns icon.
• Check for Updates dialog — Help → Check for Updates now shows a confirmation dialog when already running the latest version.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: batch queries containing WDS designations now return results from all catalogs. A VizieR fallback lookup retrieves the WDS RA/Dec when SIMBAD returns no position, enabling cone searches on all other catalogs.
• Fixed: when a SIMBAD filter-only scan was active with no RA/Dec, WDS was incorrectly running an unconstrained query returning all 157,000+ entries. WDS now correctly shows 'Not searched' unless its own RA/Dec range filters are set.
• Fixed: in the Configure Batch Import dialog, switching to 'By Coordinates' mode no longer pushes buttons below the coordinate dropdowns.

User Guide

• Table of Contents links now scroll the selected section to the top of the view.
• Added warning note in the Filters section explaining that filter-only searches require 'By Coordinates' mode.

SOQyT v1.3.1

SOQyT v1.3.1

Bug Fix: NASA Exoplanet Archive Case-Insensitive Search

NEA's Oracle database uses case-sensitive string comparisons by default. Searching for Wasp-36 would not match the stored value WASP-36, silently returning 0 results.

All NEA name comparisons now use UPPER() on both the input and the database column, so any capitalisation — wasp-36, Wasp-36, or WASP-36 — will find results correctly.

SOQyT v1.3.0

SOQyT v1.3.0

New: Comprehensive Error Logging

Every HTTP request is now logged: URL, ADQL query preview, HTTP status, response size, and elapsed time. Exceptions include full Python tracebacks. The log is written to soqyt_log.log alongside the app; the five most recent session logs are kept as soqyt_log_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS.log.

Help → View Log opens a colour-coded log viewer with Refresh, Copy All, and Save buttons. Error lines appear in red, warnings in yellow, debug in grey.

New: Automatic Update Check

SOQyT polls the GitHub releases API at startup in a background thread. If a newer version is available, a green banner appears with Download and Skip this release buttons. Download streams the platform zip to a folder you choose, with a live progress bar. A "Don't check again" checkbox disables future checks. Help → Check for Updates triggers a manual check at any time.

Bug Fix: Empty Response from NASA Exoplanet Archive

An empty HTTP 200 body from NEA now shows a descriptive red error banner instead of silently returning 0 results — makes proxy or firewall interference immediately visible.

Bug Fix: SIMBAD Detail Data Missing for Every Star

Two SIMBAD TAP query bugs silently failed on every batch query:

• ORDER BY m.plx_err ASC was rejected by the SIMBAD TAP parser — parallax measurements were missing from the detail panel.
• The distance table was renamed from mesDist to mesDistance — distance measurements were missing from the detail panel.
  Both now return data correctly.

Improvement: Scrollable Left Panel

The search-parameter panel now has a vertical scrollbar and is never clipped when the window is resized smaller than the panel height.

SOQyT v1.2.1

SOQyT v1.2.1 — Patch Release

Bug Fix

• Windows launch crash fixed: The application failed to start on Windows with NameError: name 'UI_FONT' is not defined. The Windows font name strings ('Segoe UI' / 'Consolas') were accidentally replaced with self-references during v1.2.0 development.

All Windows users on v1.2.0 should upgrade. macOS and Linux were unaffected.

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macOS and Linux builds are unchanged from v1.2.0 and are not re-released for this patch.

v1.2.0

What's New in v1.2.0

New Features

• 6 typed SIMBAD measurement sheets in batch export: SpT, Plx, Dist, PM, RV, Rot — each with proper SIMBAD column names; always created (shows 'no data' message when empty)
• Target name column for coord-mode batch queries — optionally map a name column from your input file so the Target column in exports shows the star name instead of coordinates
• Server cooldown during auto-run — automatic 45-second pause every 150 targets with status bar countdown, to prevent server timeouts on large batches
• .xls file import — batch config now accepts Excel 97-2003 (.xls) files in addition to .xlsx and .csv
• Coord-mode SIMBAD fix — changed INNER JOIN to LEFT JOIN so all stellar objects are returned, not just variable stars

Export Improvements

• Freeze column A in addition to row 1 (cell B2 frozen) in all exported sheets
• Center-align all headers and data cells in exports
• SIMBAD sheets grouped together regardless of query mode
• Gaia source IDs preserved as full integers (no precision loss)

UI Fixes

• Left panel width no longer changes during auto-run as coordinate strings vary in length
• Tab sizes are now consistent regardless of result count
• Footer height and status font doubled in size for better readability

Stellar Object Query Tool v1.0.0

Stellar Object Query Tool v1.0.0

Installation

1. Download and extract Stellar.Object.Query.Tool.v1.0.0.Windows.zip
2. Open the extracted folder and run Stellar Object Query Tool.exe
3. No installation required — internet connection needed for queries

Requirements

• Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• Internet connection (all queries are live API calls)