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.
I'm new to mosaics having completed my first one this morning. At first glance the results didn't look too bad, then I looked closer. The subject was the Rosette Nebula in Ha and Oiii using an Esprit 150 and Atik 16200 Mono with Astronomik filters. Upon close inspection, there are tiny lines or rows of dots that appear throughout both channels. I do not see such artifacts, or at least I can't recognize them, in the individual subs. Any ideas on what might cause this? The two channels can be found in the DropBox folder linked below.
Thanks!
David
Dropbox File (Private or Invalid)
@dandra Hi David,
Such lines get caused by a small drift during guiding combined with APP not completely being able to get rid of all hot pixels. Did you apply any darks while processing? If yes, were they taken at the same gain, offset and temperature as the lights? If also yes then you may want to play with kappa low and kappa high for the Master Dark in tab 2 to make sure that the hot pixels get rejected better.
Thanks, Wouter! I re-shot my darks (they were several months old) and adjusted the kappa values. That took care of almost all of the artifacts! David
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