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 imaged NGC 281 last night and attempted to process them today. I loaded the subs plus bias, darks and flats and went through the six steps in integration individually. I know, I could simply go from Load directly to Integration but I like going through the steps. Doing so indicated no problems. I then went to Tools and tried RBC combine. The result gave me four frames on the screen overlaid and not lining up and certainly not combined!
I'm using all of the suggested settings and I've never had this happen before. Obviously I've done something wrong, so I need help
Hank
Not sure what went wrong but you can load the four integration results as lights and then star align them to see if that fixes the issue.
HTH, Wouter
@wvreeven I tried this suggestion with the same result. I’m currently starting over again with the data and hopefully I‘ll sort out the problem. If not, I’ll post again.
Hank
As a test, and as above, load the four integrated files as lights, star analyse AND then register, AND then save out the registered files. Load these registered files into the rgb tool and try. This has always worked for me if i have registration problems.
Hi Andy,
I tried as you suggested but I still got the same result.
I tried again using new data from last night (NGC 281) and processed in APP but unfortunately I got the same result. I'd attach a photo of the fits file but it's too large (68 MB). When I do the Star Analysis, it does the process but at the end the screen is black. Maybe this can help in finding the solution to my problem.
Hank
