Astroart 9 SP6

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Hello, a new minor version of Astroart 9 is available at: https://www.msb-astroart.com/

Version 9.0 SP6 - September 8, 2026
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* New feature. Variable aperture for ADES reports.
* New feature. Sorting of files in preprocessing.
* New feature. Three user interface styles.
* New feature. Immersive dark theme for Windows 10/11.
* New feature. Opening of PPM, PGM and PBM files.
* New feature. Defect map correction for spectrums.
* Improved. User defined fonts in the script editor.
* Improved. Option to automatically clear the script output.
* Improved. More methods for getting star data from the atlas.
* Improved. Zooming of text with ctrl + and ctrl -.
* Improved. Image rotation is 30% faster.
* Improved. Option to keep the guide in foreground.
* Improved. Documentation about photometry and astrometry.
* Bug fix. Some floating point TIFF could not be opened.
* Bug fix. Some UCAC4 stars were not displayed in the atlas.
* Bug fix. The F1 shortcut did not always open the Guide.
* Bug fix. Artifacts when drawing the histogram with the dark theme.
* Bug fix. Several visual glitches under Linux/Wine.

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About MPC reports, click the variable aperture button to display a hidden panel, which allows you to add several measures at once into the report.

In Preprocessing, right click in the Images box for the context menu. The new command sort is useful to sort the files if you picked them from different folders.

In Options, it's possible to change the style of some UI elements regardless your actual Windows version. In the example below: "Windows 11", "Windows 10", Dark theme, "Windows classic".

In the Guide take a look at the new chapters about astrometry and photometry, there's a new method to assign stars from the atlas.

It's now possible to change the font of the script window and to select a different font for the dark theme:

In the menu of the script window, there's an option to clear the output automatically when the script is executed.

Inside all reports press the standard keys CTRL + and CTRL - to change the size of the font.

Several visual glitches have been corrected for Linux/Wine. See the chapter "Installation" in the Guide about setting fonts. Here are some screenshots:

Fedora Workstation 43, Wine 11, Wayland, fonts set to "Adwaita Sans" in the Registry, DPI standard 100%.

Cachy OS 260809, Wine 11 (not wine-cachyos which is intended for games), dark theme, DPI 110%