------------ Astroart 7.0 Service Pack release notes ------------- Version 7.0 SP6 - March 3, 2021 ------------------------------ * New feature. Remove gradient adaptive with parameter. * New feature. Cut borders for images downloaded from the camera. * New feature. Normalization for all methods of image stacking. * New feature. Sync for rotators under ASCOM 6.5. * New feature. Script commands for domes. * Improved. Compress star filter multicore. * Improved. Faster pixel operations in scripts. * Improved. Telescope park and tracking status is shown. * Bug fix. Some AVIs could not be opened in 64 bits. * Bug fix. Ring median filter could not be stopped correctly. * Bug fix. North and South poles could not be plate solved. * Bug fix. Script command Guider.WaitStar might crash the script. * Bug fix. Profile did not work well if one point outside the image. Version 7.0 SP5 - September 3, 2020 ------------------------------- * New feature. Full-frame autoguide for spectrographs. * New feature. Several options for active optics. * New feature. Airmass can be saved in the FITS header. * New feature. Option for "software binning" 2x2 for all cameras. * Improved. Star atlas icons are arranged on three rows when needed. * Improved. Script commands for selected points. * Improved. Script commands for rectangles and masks. * Bug fix. Script command PasteText did not work. * Bug fix. GIF animations did not loop in browsers. * Bug fix. Star atlas showed a wrong telescope position if JNow enabled. * Bug fix. Full-frame autoguide on multiple stars failed if bad polar alignment. * Bug fix. Option "Copy missing borders" did not work with rotated images. * Bug fix. Windows for telescope and focuser misplaced if multiple monitors. Version 7.0 SP4 - June 8, 2020 ----------------------------- * New feature. Full-frame autoguide on multiple stars. * New feature. Syncronization between two sessions for sequences. * New feature. Focusing with a spectrum reference line. * New feature. Focusing with the Bahtinov mask. * New feature. "Connect all" command for instrumentation. * Improved. Some incompatible DATE-OBS FITS keywords are supported. * Improved. More options for autoguide. * Improved. More script functions. * Bug fix. Apply Macro on 8 bit files changed the extension in some cases. * Bug fix. Percentage of rejected pixels by sigma not shown in the Log. Version 7.0 SP3 - April 3, 2020 ----------------------------- * New feature. Canon CR3 file format. * New feature. The focuser position can be saved in the FITS header. * New feature. Separation and position angle from any star pair. * New feature. Autoguide statistics can be zoomed and panned. * Improved. More options for autoguide calibration. * Improved. Autoguide is more robust against noise. * Improved. Big saturated stars are used for plate solving if needed. * Improved. Scaled dark frames are faster and more precise. * Bug fix. Position angle of binary stars was offset by 90°. * Bug fix. User shifts of 0.1 pixels didn't work for slit autoguide. * Bug fix. Stopping an exposure was not possible on some cameras. * Bug fix. The Undo icon was not updated after some cosmetic filters. Version 7.0 SP2 - November 26, 2019 ----------------------------- * New feature. Full-frame autofocus. * New feature. Graphs during autofocus. * New feature. Control of ASCOM rotators. * New feature. Focuser temperature can be used as ambient temperature. * New feature. Script commands for controlling PHD guiding. * Improved. Script command Image.FindCoordinates with more options. * Improved. Preprocessing with manual confirm gives visual feedback. * Improved. Clicking on a star in the list centers the field. * Improved. Aladin web site via https connection. * Improved. Updated documentation in Help format. * Bug fix. The latest APASS file format was not recognized. * Bug fix. Align with method "One star" failed in some cases. * Bug fix. 8 bit palette AVI could not be opened. Version 7.0 SP1 - May 6, 2019 ----------------------------- * New feature. On calibrated images, marker for the sun direction. * New feature. Photometry with B-V range using the UCAC4 catalog. * New feature. Stock darkframe correction for the guider camera. * New feature. Camera imaging and stack in realtime, for "live" sessions. * Improved. Minimized windows can be restored clicking the command. * Improved. Position of dialog windows is remembered. * Improved. Autoguide in slit mode with user shifts of 0.1 pixels. * Improved. Centering via platesolve with option for the zone size. * Improved. RA-DEC FITS keywords with incompatible format are ignored. * Bug fix. The "North-East" marker was not always shown after astrometry. * Bug fix. The script window did not minimize correctly. * Bug fix. "Add to list" in Telescope Window did not always copy the name. * Bug fix. "Level" option in Deconvolution did not always work. * Bug fix. Undo was not updated after LRGB.