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Draft “changes.html” update for upcoming release

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<H3>Changes from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0</H3>
Not yet released.
<ul>
<li>Elwood himself has contributed a new option
that lets you switch XEphem from giving your telescope J2000 coordinates
to giving it equinox-of-date coordinates.
<li>Sky View: the mouse wheel now zooms the view in and out.
<li>Sky View: DSS image download has been fixed by upgrading to HTTPS,
and the window should no longer awkwardly resize
once the image arrives.
<li>Data » Download: added the URL of the Celestrak “visual.txt” file.
<li>Data » Download: replaced “ftp.lowell.edu” with modern HTTPS.
<li>Data » Field Stars: François Meyer added support for the ucac5 catalog.
<li>The precession formula has been updated to the one
from the 2000 Astronomical Almanac.
<li>A couple of compilation problems on modern Mac machines have been fixed.
<li>XEphem now uses more modern SSL setup routines
if the code detects it’s being compiled against OpenSSL ≥1.1.
<li>Closing the INDI window with your window manager’s “Close” button
no longer crashes XEphem.
<li>A few other small fixes.
</ul>
<H3>Changes from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0</H3> <H3>Changes from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0</H3>
Released 2021 September 13. Released 2021 September 13.