Yoddha Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) The new version of APT is here with many exciting features. The short list includes automatic focusing and refocusing for DSLR cameras. One more tab in the main screen – Summary Tab which defines a new level of APT usability. The top three are finished with PAPS – Polar Align via Plate Solving, implementation of the popular 3-point polar alignment. PAPS is using mathematical problem solution and code made by Rumen Bogdanovski, who made it for the INDIGO and AIN Imager projects. The full list of novelties is available here: http://www.astrophotography.app/news Some features of the full version are made available in the demo Note: APT 3.88 is the last version that works under Windows XP. UPDATE: PAPS - Polar Align via PlateSolving is not showing accurate results, so the small update APT 4.01 is released to fix that. We have used the opportunity to include a few more fixes and minor new features. Please update your APT to be ready for the next New Moon Edited June 10, 2022 by Yoddha 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottletopburly Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Excellent ivo 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzybear Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Many thanks for all your hard work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 I installed version 4.00 and used it as a test session tonight during the full moon and I'm happy to say, no weird adverse bugs showed up in about 5 hours of use... thank you for your hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Many thanks for the feedback, Mariusz! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie alert Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 So the 4.0 is the latest stable version or a beta? Must admit to having issues with the betas so I went back on the stable versions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 It is the latest stable version 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko61 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 I downloaded v4.0 last night, mainly because all the online tutorials for autofocusing showed pop up menus that were different to mine. Naturally It now looks like it'll be at least a week before I get clear enough skies to test it out. I think, seeing as the tool is so good, it's only fair that I stump up the 18 euros so I'll be doing that later. Graeme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Thank you for considering support to APT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hello, No problems reported in APT 4.00 so far Don't forget to update your imaging computer for the next session Meanwhile we are forcing the work on the next beta... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobby Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Cheers Ivo, excellent software ... well worth the money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 17/05/2022 at 17:37, newbie alert said: So the 4.0 is the latest stable version or a beta? Must admit to having issues with the betas so I went back on the stable versions 3 hours ago, Yoddha said: Hello, No problems reported in APT 4.00 so far Don't forget to update your imaging computer for the next session Meanwhile we are forcing the work on the next beta... I can vouch for that, after a few full nights of imaging, APT 4.00 was rock solid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MylesGibson Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I've been wanting to try this out, but having a baby mixed with bad skies has meant my product key has expired so will wait until I feel the upgrade is needed as I think there is a fee to get a new product key. Looks good from what I have read though. Good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Hi Myles, Many thanks! You can renew your key when you want, there is no matter when it has expired The fee is 6 EUR and gives a full year access to the upgrades starting from the renewal date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Hello, PAPS - Polar Align via PlateSolving is not showing accurate results, so the small update APT 4.01 is released to fix that. We have used the opportunity to include a few more fixes and minor new features. Please update your APT to be ready for the next New Moon The full list of novelties is available here: http://www.astrophotography.app/new 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 25 minutes ago, Yoddha said: Hello, PAPS - Polar Align via PlateSolving is not showing accurate results, so the small update APT 4.01 is released to fix that. We have used the opportunity to include a few more fixes and minor new features. Please update your APT to be ready for the next New Moon The full list of novelties is available here: http://www.astrophotography.app/new Hi Ivo, How sure are you about this? How much inaccuracy? When I ran a test using PAPS, initially PHD2 reported a PA error of around 4 arc-min in 10 minutes of measuring before I ran the PAPS procedure... After I polar aligned with PAPS, PHD2 reported 0.7 arc-min also in 10 minutes of measurement... Could there be a difference with being in the Southern Hemisphere as the PAPS initial release did not work down here? Mariusz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoddha Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Hi Mariusz, If the error is bigger APT will report wrong result. For small errors there is no significant problem... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MylesGibson Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Yoddha said: Hi Myles, Many thanks! You can renew your key when you want, there is no matter when it has expired The fee is 6 EUR and gives a full year access to the upgrades starting from the renewal date Thanks! I'll get it when I can forsee a chance of me getting out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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