**2024-08-29**
*Last version to support Python 3.9*
This includes many small and not-so-small fixes and improvements, which are made available here to Python 3.9, while a few more major changes will be released soon as Version 0.9.0, but without support for Python 3.9.
What's Changed
Changes to or addition of Effects
* Test all cases of DIT & NDIT vs. exptime and AutoExposure by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/428
* Avoid in-place operations because of dtype conflicts by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/432
* Split PSF and Electronic effects into subpackages by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/434
* Improve SVO filter handling by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/454
* Added function to round the edges of square PSF kernels by astronomyk in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/459
Dependency Changes
* Bump tornado from 6.4 to 6.4.1 by dependabot in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/427
* Bump urllib3 from 1.26.18 to 1.26.19 by dependabot in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/429
* Bump certifi from 2023.11.17 to 2024.7.4 by dependabot in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/435
* Bump zipp from 3.17.0 to 3.19.1 by dependabot in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/436
* Bump setuptools from 69.0.2 to 70.0.0 by dependabot in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/437
* Bump some dependencies to get rid of some indirect ones by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/445
* Use `pooch` for `download_example_data` by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/446
* Bump matplotlib, synphot, pyerfa by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/450
Other Changes
* Formatting and Refactoring of `nghxrg.py` by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/431
* Rename `DetectorArray` ➡️ `DetectorManager` plus Docstrings and Refactoring by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/423
* Enlarge initial Field of View to suppord wide-field imagers by hugobuddel in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/433
* Fix some exposure things by hugobuddel in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/440
* Deepcopy readout, to prevent it being overwritten. Closes 439 by hugobuddel in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/441
* Allow star to be shifted by hugobuddel in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/443
* Attempt to catch crypto warning by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/444
* Use new main branch for DevOps workflows by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/448
* Refactor `example_data_utils` by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/447
* Remove unused function `return_latest_github_actions_jobs_status()` by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/449
* Remove remaining master references by teutoburg in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/460
* Add units to DataContainer table directly. by hugobuddel in https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/pull/461
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim/compare/v0.8.3...v0.8.4