Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
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.
A few nights ago I captured the Orion Nebula. My goal was to be able to display the Trapezium Cluster stars at the core of the nebula. I used APP 1.082 to stack 50x10sec and 50x20sec subs. Decided not to use any darks, flats, or bias frames for my ASI183MC Pro camera and played with the settings in APP until I came to this. I must say I'm quite pleased with the result. I've been using APP for just under a year now and still have a lot to learn, but after having tried several different software packages, APP is my goto software of choice for stacking and processing. There are a few tools missing from it (i.e. noise reduction, etc.), but from what I've read in other topics in the forum, those are on the way.Â
Equipment: William Optics GT71 + WO Flat 6AIII FF/FR + Optolong LeXtreme + ASI183MC Pro + ASI EAF riding on iOptron GEM45
Software: AstroPixelProcessor 1.082, Topaz DeNoise AI
Fantastic picture. Well done!
