June 24 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta46 has been released !
Improved internal memory configuration (lower ! memory usage), fixed beta45 startup issue, fixed Set Save Directory & 2-panel mosaics.
May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
This image was created in the past year by myself and 3 fellow astrophotographers, Sara Wager, Kees Scherer and Dominique Dierick. It's a mosaic of 8 panels that I started in 2016 and I'm slowly extending to cover more area. For every panel I try at least to get 5 hours of H-alpha data. Sara, Kees and Dominique were so nice to share their data on this region improving the quality of the image in many ways!
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The mosaic was generated with the Astropixelprocessor software which did a great job in processing and mosaicing this image. Hats off for the possibilities!
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Exposure info:
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Andre:
TMB92/QSI583ws
171x900s Ha
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Sara:
Orion Optics ODK10/TMB152/QSI683wsg
146x1800s Ha
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Kees:
Skywatcher Esprit 100/QHY16200
61x900s Ha
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Dominique:
Takahashi FSQ106/QHY163M
36x300s Ha
lower resolution (2048x1497):
 High resolution available on André's Flickr page:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/avdhoeven/35886961281/
André van der Hoeven's Flickr page
Extraordinary effort, everyone! Â The mosaic looks great with incredible details.Â
@Sara - 73 hours! Â When do you have time to make all your videos?
Congratulations everyone on a very impressive astrophoto.
Scott
http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com/
@Sara - 73 hours! Â When do you have time to make all your videos?
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Thankfully Scott the data capture is mostly done when I'm asleep đŸ™‚ ..... The videos not so LOL!Â
