MAY 4 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta44 has been released !
New improved internal memory controls should now work on all computers
May 1 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta43 has been released !
Improved internal memory controls (much more stable and faster on big datasets), fixed CPU image viewer, fixed Narrowband extraction demosaic algortihms.
Apr 29 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta42 has been released !
New improved Normalization engine, Fixed random crashes in integration, fixed RGB Combine & Calibrate Star Colors, fixed Narrowband extraction algorithms, new development platform with performance gains, bug fixes in the tools, etc...
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.
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I can kick myself for not being consistent in AP and after near a year I decided to get back into it.
I have taken M101 over the last few nights using my rig (ODK 14 inch which has corrector, and in-between I have a filter draw to mount my square LP filter followed by G4 16000 CCD and with all the filters.
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I have dumped everything into the latest software of APP and left every at default and began the process, something which has worked well for me in the past.Â
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For some reason I am seeing terrible indented flats being applied at the final stages on process.Â
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After speaking with the staff who made the camera ADU should be around 30K with exposure 4 - 5 secondsÂ
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My dark frames at 10 mins each Â
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Flats 5s
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I have tried without the dark and bias frames and getting the same result. My darks and bias frames are from February this year btw.Â
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When I am creating a master light frame and stretched I cannot these large bunnies!! So I'm a little confused...
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I have only taken my flats with SGP Pro, the rest was with voyager software.Â
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I'd love for someone to shed some light!Â
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Since this post I cleaned all the filters and I must say i didn't see much dirt at all!!Â
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P.S I have just stacked the lights only and darked the image via levels in PS.. Dam there is alot of bunniesÂ
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I would start with not taking the bias at 0 seconds, up that to about 0.5 seconds per frame as some sensors have issues in the fastest speed range (signal not being linear). I would also advice to take your darks at the same settings as your lights, also exposure time wise.
@vincent-mod thanks I think I resolved the issue as the main problem was the LP between in the optical trainÂ
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Nothing to so with dark or bias on this occasion as without them it was still noticeable.Â
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