This is not present in the bleeding version of Kstars yet is it? I attempted to apt-get update and upgrade and did not see any change. Reads version 2.7.3
I did that last night when it reported that the upgraded was held back. And it did complete, and I also don't see any upgrades available at this time. Yet these new features are still absent for me.
Edit: <*install kstars-bleeding> returns '
kstars-bleeding is already the newest version (5:16.13+201701262218~ubuntu16.04.1)