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 facing some calibration issues that I just don't understand. This was first light for me with this camera. I'm binning 2x2 when capturing as I don't need full sized images and want to save disk space.
Here's what I shot:
Lights HA 120s Gain 100 offset 50 Bin2x2
Darks 120s Gain 100 offset 50 Bin2x2
Bias .2s Gain 100 offset 50 Bin2x2
Flats HA 25k 1.39s ADU Gain 100 offset 50 Bin2x2
FlatDarks HA1.39s ADU Gain 100 offset 50 Bin2x2
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This is my calibrated result every time. I've tried with bias, and flat darks, and both. I've tried flat ADU values ranging from 2k to 25k resulting in no difference. I've processed with Astro Pixel Processor, but also tried PixInsight with the same results. I'm wondering if the Binning has something to do with things being read incorrectly, as that's the only difference I'm seeing compared to other users.
Solved! Turns out the offset on my darks did not match lights or flats. Reshooting darks fixed the issue.
Great and thanks a lot for sharing! The offset is a tricky thing I notice more often.Â
