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.
Finally stacked the data I acquired over two night on the California Nebula, with my new (well, second-hand) ASI183MM-Pro. I shot a load of short subs without guiding using an Astronomik 12 nm H-alpha filter, and Canon 200mm F/2.8 L lens. Unfortunately, APT assumed the new camera was a colour camera with RGGB bayer pattern. Using "no interpolation" debayer method as suggested in APP got reasonable results, but also produced some odd artefacts. I therefore retook the darks with APT set to interpreting the camera as monochrome, and edited the FITS headers of the master flat and lights to remove any mention of the bayer pattern, and ensuring everything was treated as monochrome, and lo and behold, it worked, Now I need to add some colour to this
