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Yoddha

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  1. The April page and the list of the events in the month: https://astrophotography.app/Calendar.php#Apr
  2. The March page and the list of the events in the month: https://astrophotography.app/Calendar.php#Mar
  3. If you are using APT on Windows 10, please apply APT 4.42 in order to avoid crashes. The latest Windows 10 update changed the list control behavior and is causing the usage of Stars, Custom/ToDo tabs in Object Browser, Check Lists and few other places to close APT. We are using the released to add a few more new features. The list of the fixes and the novelties is available here: https://www.astrophotography.app/news Don’t forget to keep an eye on rapidly growing YouTube channel Southern Cross Amateur Astro: https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro Thank you for your support for APT! It keeps the progress happening!
  4. The February page and the list of the events in the month: https://astrophotography.app/Calendar.php#Feb
  5. We have just released APT 4.41. It is polishing the 4.40 by fixing some problems found or reported. Please apply it for better experience The list of the fixes and the novelties is available here: https://www.astrophotography.app/news Don’t forget to keep an eye on rapidly growing channel Southern Cross Amateur Astro: https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro The User’s Guide is now getting updates every week or so with the latest videos. You can get the files or installer from the downloads page. Thank you for your support for APT! It keeps the progress happening!
  6. Serious project and sunning result!
  7. The Jan 18th update of the User's Guide is available with the latest videos from Mark's channel https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro The updates are visible and accessible via 3 ways: - Online at - https://astrophotography.app/usersguide/ - Offline as CHM and PDF files from Downloads->User's Guide Tab - Offline as setup that updates the APT installation with the latest CHM and PDF from Downloads->User's Guide Tab https://www.astrophotography.app/downloads.php
  8. Hello, Hope you will like this interesting and unusual object What is known about HDW3 or Hartl-Dengel-Weinberger 3 is very little. A planetary nebula ~11 l.y. in diameter, located in the constellation Perseus at ~3000 l.y. away from Earth. The white dwarf is a 17m small point (closest one down from the large orange star in the arc). The star that has exploded has been moving upward and the dwarf continues to move, however the surrounding interstellar gas slows the nebula down. This leads to several effects. The moving bubble forms shock fronts - denser structures in the direction of movement. The white dwarf that doesn't slowdown, will one day be completely outside the nebula it created. It also heats these fronts with its ultraviolet light more than the areas on the opposite side, creating this unusual view. Seeing two arches makes me wonder if it could possibly be a sign of two explosions? HDW3 is insanely faint. Stretching individual subs can't confirm if the subject is there and well framed... I had to collect about half an hour to be sure I wanted to continue shooting without changing the position. The whole project took 7 nights and more than 40 hours to get a satisfying result and is bettering my previous personal record of 38h spent on the Bubble nebula Total 40h 40min in 7 nights - Ha (243x300s), OIII (175x420s), RC250 @ f/5.5, ASI2600MM, CEM60, Astrodon 3nm filters Acquisition : APT - Astro Photography Tool, PHD2 Processing: PixInsight, PS
  9. New camera drivers updater - v4.1 is available at https://www.astrophotography.app/downloads.php Apply it if you are using ASI 2600MC or Duo because ZWO has fixed the problem of not spinning fan.
  10. We are starting something new - regular User's Guide updating with the latest videos from Mark's channel https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro The updates are visible and accessible via 3 ways: - Online at - https://astrophotography.app/usersguide/ - Offline as CHM and PDF files from Downloads->User's Guide Tab - Offline as setup that updates the APT installation with the latest CHM and PDF from Downloads->User's Guide Tab https://www.astrophotography.app/downloads.php The new version is marked as 4.40 (Jan 9th)
  11. The January page and link to the celestial events for the month https://astrophotography.app/Calendar.php#Jan
  12. There are Christmas presents under the tree APT 4.40 is here! SessionsCraft has everything one needs to sequence whole night imaging without scripts. The Object Browser got a big set of upgrades and now is a very powerful tool for targets planning combined with the Deep Sky Darkness Calculator. PlayerOne cameras are natively supported and more! The full list of novelties is available here: https://www.astrophotography.app/news The User’s Guide is transforming to a true multimedia product thanks to the great video clips made by Mark Kelly on his Youtube channel "Southern Cross Amateur Astro". Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro Was APT a good project during the past year? If you think so, you may give a present and make the coming 2024 easier for APT! One time donation, monthly donation, purchasing or key renewal will be of great help!https://astrophotography.app/reward.php Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  13. Hi Nick, Could you try to connect the mount to the ASCOM Devices hub and then make connection to the hub in APT?
  14. Hello, I have great pleasure to announce that Mark Kelly started a YouTube channel about APT! There you will find useful information about how to use APT and get most of your equipment https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro Really special thanks! More videos are on the way, but you can post suggestions what you would like to see next in the APT forum - https://aptforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6560
  15. If you didn't find good presents during the Black Friday, you can still prepare something interesting
  16. Hello, The calendar APT 2024 contains a total of 16 beautiful images and short info about the objects. What makes it astro calendar are the marked 148 celestial events. To make it handier on every page there is a dedicated QR code showing the monthly events list to help your observations planning. Get it from here - https://www.astrophotography.app/Calendar.php Print it as many times as you want and gift a copy to your friends and relatives passioned by the beauty of the universe. An idea for interesting present for the coming holidays
  17. This is the last day when you can vote! Give thumbs for all the images you want to see in the calendar
  18. We are very happy that the idea is so well accepted 🙂 There is few more time to submit your image... Also, it is time to start evaluating the images in order to make the final images selection. Please give your votes (forum registration is needed). You can give 3 to 1 thumbs for several images you like. Ideally for the 12 images you would like to see in the calendar 🙂 Thank you very much for being part of this project!
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