Astroart Forum

Hello, a new version of the free FITS viewer based on Astroart is available:

https://www.msbsoftware.it/avis/

Clear skies,
Fabio.

Hi, the "One star" method require to set a Radius which must be higher than the expected shift between the images.
Maybe you can solve increasing it to 200 .. 1000.
Fabio.

Hello, maybe this could improve the process:
1) before Erosion consider softening the mask ("Smooth" button).
2) sometimes Deconvolution works better after DDP, so as step "3" instead of "1".
Fabio.

... Am I correct thinking the sequence (at startup) is as follows: 1. use telescope goto to go to a position 2. use camera control to make an image 3. use tools/plate solve to solve 4. got back to telescope and sync 5. use exposure+center to really find the required star For a telescope which does ...

Hello, maybe the command you needed at the start of the session was Sync, not Center: Click "Sync..." then "Last image": Sync.jpg The Centering Window uses the current approximate coordinates of the telescope, so it will now work at the beginning of a session when they are not set at all. The tolera...

Hi, if it doesn't work also in the the Plate Solve window, please post also the image, even in JPEG format or resized. If instead it works in the Plate Solve window, but not in the Center window, remember that you need to click "Save parameters" and the Centering Window is limited to 10x10 degrees (...

Since november I always use it as well.
Also, the compression is better than .zip !
In february it will be added to the new version of the Avis FITS viewer.
Fabio.

Hi, for multiple targets there will be a new window in SP4, in April. Meanwhile, the usual way is the command "Create script for sequencer", from the context menu: Actually the generated script is quite intuitive, and everything can be tested indoor with the simulators.

Hello everybody, a new minor Astroart version is available, see: https://www.msb-astroart.com/ Version 9.0 SP3 - January 7, 2026 -------------------------------- * New feature. Weighted preprocessing. * New feature. Demosaic of Sony x-trans raw images. * New feature. Erosion and dilation with option...

Hi, if you autoguide, dithering is really important, to avoid using the same pixels in all subs, especially with modern CMOS cameras. If you don't guide: in the past, the natural "walking" between the images, caused by periodic error and polar alignment, was enough to get some shift between them. Bu...

Hello, the AARemote.dll can be downloaded from the Astroart web site / Download / Plugins / SDK / Remote control.
The DLL is the same for AA7, 8, 9, so you probably have the latest version.
Fabio.

Hello, a window for flat panels has been added in Astroart 9 SP1 this year. Before that, flat panels could be controlled only by scripts. To connect use (for example): driverName = "ASCOM.Simulator.CoverCalibrator" CoverCalibrator.Connect(driverName) print CoverCalibrator.Name pause(1) CoverCalibrat...