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AstroArt Changelog

What's new in AstroArt 8.0 SP4

May 14, 2023
  • New feature. Optical distortions with user defined polynomial order.
  • New feature. Align RGB planes with optical distortions.
  • New feature. Correct distortions.
  • New feature. Dialog windows can be created easily with the SDK.
  • New feature. Images can be renamed without saving.
  • New feature. Script commands for sequences.
  • New feature. Date and time can be saved in sequences.
  • New feature. Exposure time for autofocus can be set in the sequencer.
  • Improved. Up to 100 stars can be used for auto alignment.
  • Improved. The full screen mode has an option to remember the last zoom.
  • Improved. F11 shortcut for full screen mode.
  • Improved. "Equalize visualization" can be canceled.
  • Improved. The folder for user files can be changed.
  • Improved. The star atlas window remembers its size.
  • Improved. The error line is highlighted in scripts.
  • Improved. Camera binning and subframe can be saved.
  • Improved. Position of windows for instrumentation can be saved.
  • Bug fix. "Follow minor planet" with WCS did not work with rotated images.
  • Bug fix. "Delete calibration" was not saved in Processing History.
  • Bug fix. Some text was not displayed correctly in WINE.

New in AstroArt 8.0 SP3 (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Astrometry with optical distortions.
  • Reading and writing of FITS SIP distortions.
  • Three modes for "follow minor planet".
  • Camera control for the 64 bit version.
  • More options for plate solving.

New in AstroArt 8.0 SP1 (Jun 1, 2022)

  • New feature:
  • Telescope centering with dedicated window and plate solving.
  • New feature:
  • Cut and Copy Borders for rotated images in Preprocessing.
  • * New feature:
  • Drizzle for rotated images and option for filtering.
  • New feature:
  • Points can be selected on the full-frame blink window.
  • New feature:
  • Gain and offset can be saved in the FITS header.
  • New feature:
  • Script commands for gain and offset.
  • Improved:
  • Cut Borders in Preprocessing is faster.
  • Improved:
  • Histogram for color images is drawn with three curves.
  • Improved:
  • Sequences without autosave are notified also in the status bar.
  • Improved:
  • The camera frame in the atlas shows the field size in arcminutes.
  • Improved:
  • The image frame in the atlas can show the orientation.
  • Improved:
  • More FITS files from the Hubble space telescope are supported.
  • Improved:
  • Astrometry and photometry for images with 0.0 .. 1.0 range.
  • Improved:
  • Several keyboard shortcuts.
  • Bug fix:
  • Multiscale lowpass created artifacts when negative pixels.
  • Bug fix:
  • Canceling the filter Remove Gradient did not work sometimes.
  • Bug fix:
  • Some "Help" buttons did not work.

New in AstroArt 7.0 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • New 64 bit version for image processing of multi-megapixel images
  • New features and options for preprocessing.
  • Easy creation of sequences for camera control.
  • Script and star atlas functions to plan your observations.
  • User defined control points and creation of syntetic flat field.
  • Six filters to study comet morphology.
  • With realtime preview to process planetary and moon images.
  • Several minor new features and improvements.

New in AstroArt 6.0 SP3 (Oct 10, 2017)

  • New feature. Camera and telescope control 6.2 final.
  • New feature. Batch photometry on a moving object.
  • New feature. Astrometry on a moving object.
  • New feature. Open and Save observatory configuration.
  • Improved. Align spectrum is more robust.
  • Improved. Several script commands, with new documentation.
  • Improved. Options and new documentation for ensemble photometry.
  • Bug fix. Preprocessing: "Copy missing borders" not working with "follow minor planet".
  • Bug fix. Several corrections in Camera Control 6.2.

New in AstroArt 6.0 SP2 (May 9, 2017)

  • Released on May 8, 2017
  • New feature. Annotate saturated stars (CTRL+SHIFT+S).
  • New feature. Image download from camera with 90° rotation.
  • New feature. Preprocessing with "Remove stars" filter.
  • New feature. Script commands for detecting bad tracking and bad focus.
  • New feature. Script commands Image.Crop, Image.Formula, Image.JD, InputButton.
  • Improved. Load Palette with realtime preview on the image.
  • Improved. Star atlas: observatory parallax for accurate NEO coordinates.
  • Bug fix. Star atlas: asteroids may not be drawn correctly.
  • Bug fix. Star atlas: UCAC4 stars proper motion not calculated correctly.
  • Bug fix. Scripts 6.2: string literals may be compiled lowercase.
  • Bug fix. Camera control 6.2: "FITS Comment" not working correctly.

New in AstroArt 6.0 SP1 (May 9, 2017)

  • Released on December 15, 2016
  • New feature. Copy and Paste stars to Excel/Calc spreadsheets.
  • New feature. Edit approximate center plate (CTRL+SHIFT+O).
  • New feature. Optional camera control 6.2 (beta).
  • Improved. Preprocessing remembers the last used folder.
  • Improved. Statistics calculates the pixel scale and rotation angle.
  • Bug fix. USNO B1 star names were not displayed in the atlas.
  • Bug fix. Hotpixel filter didn't work in demosaic when binning is 2x2.
  • Bug fix. Rectangle selection was not visible in Profile window.

New in AstroArt 6.0 (Nov 3, 2015)

  • Annotations:
  • Add labels, figures and logos, without modifying the image.
  • Demosaic:
  • New demosaic ("debayer") with real time preview.
  • Mask:
  • Masks are used to analyze or filter a part of the image.
  • Denoise filter:
  • New filter to reduce noise without blurring the image.
  • Trichromy:
  • New white balance and color fringes correction.
  • Multicore:
  • Image processing filters now use all cores of your CPU.
  • Minor planets:
  • The star atlas has many new features dedicated to minor planets.
  • Other:
  • More than 30 minor new features.

New in AstroArt 5.0 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Auto alignment - New algorithm based on star patterns, corrects rotation and translation on grayscale and color images.
  • Preprocessing - Fully rewritten, with many new features to automatically align and stack images.
  • Filters - All filters have been rewritten and now give better results in less time.
  • Curves - For realtime visualization, histogram stretch and tone mapping.
  • Plate solving - For astrometry and automatic centering of the telescope after a GOTO.
  • New commands - Cosmetic filters (compress stars, remove lines, etc.), gradient removal, histogram stretch, adaptive saturation, batch photometry, reticle.
  • More speed - Thanks to SSE/SSE2 instructions up to 4 pixels are processed at once.
  • Camera and telescope control
  • Multitasking, autofocus, new scripts