v10.3.3 (2023 03 22) * Adds support for 8-bit images v10.3.2 (2023 03 12) * Adds DECam manager utility (experimental) v10.3.1 (2023 03 08) * Fixes F6 shortcut to synthetic tracker v10.3 (2023 03 06) * Adds option to perform bias subtraction (Calibrate) from master dark * Adds option to perform bias and dark subtraction from master flat * Adds pedestal (offset) option to Calibration module * Adds F7 shortcut key to access Observatory configuration window * Adds Shift key modifier for arrow buttons in Image Viewer * Fixes "Browse" button in Calibration module when choosing "Auto Select" for flats v10.2.2 (2023 03 04) * Corrected computation of rmsFit (used in ADES reports) v10.2.1 (2023 03 03) * Adds ability to include stars brighter than magnitude 9 * Minor fixes to periodogram labels v10.2 (2023 02 21) * Adds UTF8 encoding of observatory labels * Adds 'A' shortcut key for adding observations from Track Viewer * Adds "Make specific to current observatory" feature to Calibration settings * Adds bias frame input to Calibration module * Adds ability to auto select flat frame to Calibration module * Updates Transform Generator module to work more seamlessly with Sloan magnitude bands v10.1 (2023 02 15) * Adds ability to use JPL Horizons interface to apply object data to Image Viewer * Adds anti-solar vector to compass (PsAng, blue line) * Adds heliocentric velocity vector compass (PsAMV, yellow line) * Adds ability to compute Af(rho) for comets * Adds ability to rearrange list of observatories * Adds new "OBSERVATORY_ID" as preferred override keyword (replaces "OBSERVATORY_NUMBER") * Adds new CMOS camera type for MPC1992 and ADES reports * Adds output of AAVSO Check Star information, even when ENSEMBLE is used * Adds ability to automatically match Star Catalog MagBand and Filter to FITS header * Updates ExpTime text overlay to have a more human-readable format * Updates the "Make specific to current observatory" feature. If the observatory-specific file does not exist, it will revert to global file if available (rather than reverting to program defaults) v10.0.11 (2023 02 07) * Adds ENABLE_CLUSTER_OPERATION as an override keyword to the AutoRun module v10.0.10 (2023 02 07) * Adds ability to toggle cluster operation on/off from Network submenu v10.0.9 (2023 02 03) * Adds ability to enable exponential stretch for Image Viewer display * Improves computation of object positions in Known Object module v10.0.8 (2023 01 28) * Adds ability to easily select data points for a given photometry set * Adds ability to automatically rearrange photometry sets by date v10.0.7 (2023 01 17) * Adds ability to display JD offset along X-axis in lightcurve raw plot * Adds ability to export PhotReport in photometry module v10.0.6 (2023 01 15) * Updates Comp Star export to include active AAVSO chart ID v10.0.5 (2023 01 14) * Adds ability to easily toggle image(s) for removal in Image Manager v10.0.4 (2023 01 04) * Fixes issue that could occur when replacing TIME-OBS keyword v10.0.3 (2023 01 02) * Adds support for UTF8 encoding of override.txt file * Adds support for additional DATE/TIME-OBS formats v10.0.2 (2022 12 28) * Adds option to choose automatic chart ID for AAVSO export * Adds ability to access MPC1992 report window from Tools menu * Adds ability to access ADES report window from Tools menu * Adds option to save FITS image using stored settings * Adds option to disable auto increment of tracklet identifiers (useful for NEOCP objects) v10.0.1 (2022 12 24) * Adds "V0544 And" to list of available demo datasets * Adds option to directly Goto image having max delta_time (useful for identifying meridian flip) * Adds option to flag images for removal, both in Image Manager and Evaluate Images * Adds option to remove flagged images * Adds option to change how PA column is sorted, in both Known Object and Track Navigator * Improves SNR computation in images having very low background level v10.0.0 (2022 12 20) * Adds ability to download AAVSO charts directly into Image Viewer and override existing star catalog * Adds ability to specify CNAME and CMag into AAVSO reports * Adds ability to specify KNAME and KMag into AAVSO reports * Adds ability to show all comets in Known Objects window regardless of magnitude filter * Adds ability to load track files with no restriction on image count. * Adds "rmsTime" and "uncTime" quantities for ADES reports * Adds "UT-BEG" keyword to indicate the start time of the first image * Adds "UT-END" keyword to indicate the end time of last image * Adds option for user to specify how EXPTIME is computed when saving a FITS image * Adds option to bypass scaling of dark frames in calibration * Adds option to set custom observatory settings for both plate solver and report parameters * Adds ability to apply transformation coefficients * Adds ability show '0.0' in the magnitude axis regardless of the chosen interval * Adds ability to invoke star extraction in command line mode, operating on a directory of FITS image files. * Adds ability to specify the step in the "AutoRun" section (0.5px is default) via the override file * Improves scaling of axes in lightcurve graph with user-adjustable increments * Improves computation of rmsMag as well as error bars in lightcurve * Improves computation of rmsFit, rmsRA, and rmsDec * Fixes padding of axis labels when minus sign occurs * Fixes large plots in lightcurve window from being drawn outside of plot area * Fixes comp star data generation in multithreading * Removes conflicting "TIME-OBS" keyword when saving new FITS images * Lightcurve window now remembers the time unit rather than defaulting to hours * Prevents auto comp star selector from including the target as a comp star * Now uses comp star apertures for the graph shown on "Active Comp Stars" window * Applies antialiasing to the compass and solar vector line drawings * New demo mode allows for evaluation of the software on the DS1, DS2, DS3, and Ivar (Night 1) images v9.4.2 (2022 10 27) * Fixes issue that could occur in computation of 'photAp' field in ADES reports v9.4.1 (2022 10 26) * Adds option to deactivate (rather than delete) data points in Transformation Coefficient module v9.4 (2022 10 25) * Adds a "Check for Updates" function (accessible via Help->Check for Updates) * Adds four new transformation coefficients: Tvi, Ti_vi, Tv_vi, and Tr_vi * Updates "Generate Transforms" module to allow for manual measurements * Updates SaveWindowPos so that window positions are saved even if closed outside of App termination * Fixes Image Manager to reset list only upon clicking OK for track file loading * Fixes ADES timestamp to ensure that '60.0' seconds does not occur v9.3.7 (2022 10 08) * Updates transform coefficient module to use reciprocal of slope for Tbv, Tvr and related coefficients * Automatically filters (B-V) values less than -0.70 and greater than 2.00 v9.3.6 (2022 10 07) * Minor update to allow larger photometry aperture up to 30 pixels (from 20 pixels) v9.3.5 (2022 10 05) * Adds support for Sloan magnitudes in transformation coefficients * Adds "Max ADU" filter option to prevent inclusion of saturated stars * Adds convenience button to truncate to past 2 years in "Existing Observations" window * Adds median target SNR value to image evaluation report * Fixes resizing issue that could occur with "Image Viewer" window v9.3.4 (2022 10 04) * Adds ability to identify "Single Observation" tracklets from Observations window * Updates transformation coefficient module to easily select and remove outlier points * Fixes bug that can occur when saving window size and position information v9.3.3 (2022 09 28) * Updates Dataset Navigator to display file path information inside existing text box * Updates aperture setting tool to easily set comp stars to use same aperture as target v9.3.2 (2022 09 25) * Adds ability to conduct 'split halves' plot in Lightcurve window v9.3.1 (2022 09 21) * Adds ability to adjust font sizes for list and edit controls (via Appearance menu) * Adds ability to retain past ten object labels in ALCDEF browser v9.3 (2022 09 19) * Adds column in Image Manager to indicate image filter * Adds ability to perform dual period search, useful for binary asteroids * Adds ability to generate transform coefficients * Fixes bug that could occur when adding images to Image Manager v9.2.9 (2022 09 10) * Adds improvements to JPL Horizons interface module * Adds output of 'done.txt' file even when no tracks are identified during AutoRun v9.2.8 (2022 09 08) * Adds new shortcut keys * F1 => Help file * F2 => Add images * F3 => View images * F4 => Express mode * F5 => Batch mode * F6 => Synthetic tracker * Fixes issue where folders could be skipped during AutoRun with calibration module v9.2.7 (2022 09 05) * Adds "Settings" button to Batch dialog window to more easily access AutoRun settings * Adds ability to specify active observatory from AutoRun override file * Fixes stability issues that could occur when operating AutoRun v9.2.6 (2022 08 31) * Adds ability to use instrument magnitude in place of differential magnitude v9.2.5 (2022 08 29) * Retains data point selection when applying offsets with "Combine Samples" * Adds ability to override filter specification in AAVSO export v9.2.4 (2022 08 28) * Adds ability to load multiple photometry sets from repository in one pass * Adds ability to apply both flat frame and pseudo flat during calibration * Updates "Combine Samples" function to operate on each photometry set independently * Fixes crash that could occur when aligning with multiple threads in CPU mode v9.2.3 (2022 08 26) * Adds ability to specify minimum object movement in tracker settings * Adds ability to invoke object linker from command line v9.2.2 (2022 07 31) * Fixes "Apply Object Information" routine from Known Object window v9.2.1 (2022 07 12) * Updates console to use existing system code page rather than fixed 1252 * Fixes bug with RemoveOutliers routine v9.2 (2022 06 30) * Adds new 'Extended' star extraction option to the plate solver module * Adds new 'Dataset Navigator' module * Adds new 'Sky Coverage' module * Adds ability to save pre-processed SOHO images to PNG * Adds option to adjust SNR for limiting magnitude computation in Image Evaluation * Adds option to export CDELT1, CDELT2, CROTA1, CROTA2 keywords on saving FITS * Removes extraneous text from object names in 'Known Objects' module * Fixes 'design' field for ADES submissions v9.1 (2022 06 01) * Adds ability to output processing time at conclusion of AutoRun * Adds ability to show 'HJD' column in the photometry measurements window * Adds ability to save 'STACK' and 'SUBFRMS' keywords on exporting a stacked image * Adds ability to plot true vs computed magnitude in the Image Statistics module * Adds ability to include observer referenced from the FITS header * Adds ability to select 'High Accuracy' or 'Fast' mode for substack photometry * Adds ability to choose font sizes 8, 9, 10, and 11 for lightcurve graph legend * Adds new Image Evaluation module * Updates computation of RMS_RA, RMS_Dec, and RMS_Fit with SNR in quadrature * Fixes command line interface module to include only supported file types * Fixes JPL ephemeris to account for exposure time of each image v9.0.6 (2022 04 24) * Adds ability to export photometry in Heliocentric Julian Date (HJD) format * Adds ability to work with images having different bits per pixel (bpp) * Adds ability to generate Observing Circumstances table for MPB publishing * Adds ability to extract .fz files from within Image Manager * Fixes AutoSave in photometry sets to avoid auto saving when no sets are present v9.0.5 (2022 03 29) * Adds ability to adjust computation of sky background via Photometry menu * Adds ability to draw horizontal lines to lightcurve plot v9.0.4 (2022 03 23) * Fixes window position and sizing v9.0.2 (2022 03 20) * Adds validation of image dimensions to dark frame selector v9.0.1 (2022 03 18) * Minor update to SOHO module allows user-adjustable timeout option * Minor update to SOHO module allows mixing of 16- and 32-bit images v9.0 (2022 03 15) * Adds new JPL Horizons interface * Adds new Session Planner module * Adds new SOHO Comet Search module * Adds new SNR formula * Adds new Lightcurve Database module * Adds ability to generate photometry from ephemeris * Adds ability to submit reports to MPC directly from Tycho * Adds ability to easily adjust magnitude offset * Adds ability to adjust navigation bar size and visibility * Adds ability to adjust colors * Adds multithreading to the "Graph->Generate Data" routine * Fixes AutoRun to exit the process if alignment fails * Fixes CNAME to "ENSEMBLE" when multiple comp stars are used * Fixes quality check process when object not in MPC database * Fixes AAVSO export issue with airmass v8.7.1 (2021 12 15) * Updates navigation bar to behave similar to menu bar when moving main window * Fixes issue that could occur when registering license key with an existing key v8.7 (2021 12 09) * Adds image checksum to track file metadata to ensure the correct images are loaded * Adds new uncertainty plot to Image Viewer, useful for NEOCP objects * Updates "Save to Repository" feature to use code "247" in place of "XXX" * Fixes batch files to support accented and other characters * Fixes tracker to only update object motion if all three substacks are valid v8.6.2 (2021 11 24) * Minor adjustment to "High" sensitivity setting of confidence model * Changes overlay option, "FOV", to refer to current field of view * Adds new overlay option, "Cam", referring to the camera field of view * Improves generation of elements for NEOCP/Recently Confirmed objects v8.6.1 (2021 11 23) * Fixes bug that could occur with custom orbital elements v8.6 (2021 11 21) * New synthetic tracking algorithm is 2x as fast * Eliminates the need for a star mask * Improves confidence algorithm to produce fewer false positives * Improves detection of objects that have only a few pixels of movement * Improves designation converter with support for comet prefixes in packed form * Improves QA module by using a 3 year window around the current measurements * Improves the "Omit Magnitude" feature with statistical analysis for omission * Improves distribution of images per each stack * Adds ability to export the "Known Object" list from Image Viewer to a CSV file * Adds object magnitude to tracker columns * Adds Alt/Az option for object data overlay * Informs user that MPC1992 format should be used when using "XXX" code * Ensures proper sort order of lightcurve data points when saving to CSV file * Updates custom orbital elements module to use elements.txt rather than mpc_fmt.txt * Now uses the Soft00Cmt.txt file for orbital elements of comets v8.5.2 (2021 10 06) * Fixes Image Viewer sizing issue that occurs on Windows 7 v8.5.1 (2021 10 06) * Fixes bug that could occur when setting Track Combine display to Max Motion v8.5 (2021 Sep 29) * Adds ability to specify a timeout to abort processing when tracker exceeds X amount of time * Adds ability to export photometry in AAVSO format * Adds ability to load and display known variable stars in the current field * Adds ability to view variable star information by right-clicking on star in Image Viewer * Adds ability to overlay solar vector for comets * Adds ability to overlay Elong, Phase, Distance, PABL/PABB * Adds ability to auto switch to CPU mode for pre-processing routines * Adds ability to remember column widths in Image Manager (via the "View" menu) * Adds new rendering mode for Object Profile window: Half Gaussian * Adds debayering function to the pre-processing options * Now ignores leading and trailing whitespace that could occur when user inputs object designations * Removes redundant message box shown when clicking the "Copy to Clipboard" button * Selecting data points on lightcurve shows corresponding entries in Photometry Measurements window * Selecting data points on lightcurve also navigates to that location in the Image Viewer * Holding down Shift key now makes additive data point selection in lightcurve graph * Fixes bug where first entry is selected when deleting a data point in Photometry Measurements * Fixes bug that could occur when minimizing the application * Fixes bug that could occur when formatting sexagesimal output v8.4 (2021 Aug 29) * Adds ability to cross-match track files generated from simultaneous field captures * Adds new menu option to show active comparison stars in the Image Viewer * Adds ability to translate (shift) POSS overlay image * Adds ability to customize placement of output files * Adds additional command line functionality * Adds diagnostic capability to the Find_Orb configuration window * Improves quality of measurements by auto selecting the best layer for centroid computation * Improves computation time to generate observations by a factor of 3 * Improves responsiveness of Period Search in photometry module v8.3.1 (2021 Aug 8) * Adds contrast and intensity slider controls to the Track Combine window * Adds new "Calculate Submission Time" module under the Tools menu * Fixes bug when applying ephemeris to a photometry object v8.3 (2021 July 31) * Adds support for custom machine learning models for object confidence routine * Reduces time to generate observations by 15% v8.2.1 (2021 July 22) * Fixes sort order of dropdown element in tracker settings v8.2 (2021 July 20) * Adds ability to move photometry sets up/down in list * Adds ability to generate photometry measurements directly from Image Viewer * Adds ability to display RA/Dec, pixel location, and ADU value at cursor location * Adds filter for ADU value in the Comp Star Finder module * Adds peak ADU display on the crosshair information window * Adds ability to zoom in on plot shown in Comp Star Finder * Adds ability to plot all comp stars in the Active Comp Star window * Adds ability to adjust the phase-slope parameter, G * Adds ability to specify asteroid number/name rather than requiring observations * (H-G) adjustment is now associated with first night, rather than showing raw absolute value * Adds new "Auto Save" feature for photometry module * Adds new menu option "View Active Comp Stars", to the photometry menu of "Image Viewer" * Adds "fRatio" field to ADES report * Adds ability to compute magnitude zero point (MZERO) * Adds MZERO to the FITS header when doing "Save as FITS" * Adds multithreading support to the Track Confidence algorithm * Adds new "Low/Balanced/High" sensitivity settings to Track Confidence algorithm * Updates alignment routine to automatically switch to DS=1 if too few stars returned * Updates provisional designation to allow for 12 characters, such as "C/2014 UN271" * Fixes bug where File->Save CSV from Periodogram window would always output in days v8.1.5 (2021 June 16) * Fixes computation of magnitude when performing "Modify Observation" v8.1.4 (2021 June 16) * Adds offline Gaia DR2 catalog support for small FOV image fix v8.1.3 (2021 June 16) * Fixes ALCDEF search functionality (change of web host) * Fixes bug that could occur when loading offline catalog with small FOV images v8.1.1 (2021 May 29) * Adds ability to specify rectangular aperture up to 300 pixels * Fixes bug that could occur when attaching ephemeris * Fixes the sorting of MPCDate column in QA window v8.1 (2021 May 22) * Adds distortion correction option to internal alignment * Internal alignment now handles meridian flips * Updates ephemeris stacking to support non-linear motion * Adds ability to adjust injected speed/PA in Evaluate Thresholds * Adds extra precision mode for MPC reports * Adds ability to set automatic stacking in Known Objects module * Adds "Register memory" option to OpenCL settings * Adds support for "XXX" and "247" code in quality analysis module * Adds "Time duration" and "Amplitude" overlay to selection rectangles * Adds ability to specify a radius filter in "Comp Star Finder" * Adds ability to import/export the active comp stars * Adds "Filter" and "MagBand" columns to photometry set display * Adds new "Load Comp Stars" menu item to each photometry set * Photometry stars now show the comp stars used by "Comp Star Finder" when open * Updates the Image Statistics module to use Peak SNR for "SNR vs Mag" plot * Windows are now removed from navigation bar when closed * GPU code now runs 10% faster on datasets that are not a factor of 32 * Improves refresh of items when invoking "Remove Selected" in Image Manager * Improves the algorithm used in omitting magnitude when near a star * Fixes object label in the Attach Ephemeris module * Fixes override script with correct offset for RESIZE_BIN_FACTOR * Fixes override script with correct offset for RESIZE_DIV_HORIZONTAL * Fixes override script with correct offset for RESIZE_DIV_VERTICAL * Fixes bug when using markers with horizontal transformation enabled * Fixes refresh button in repositories window v8.0 (2021 March 25) * Adds support for CMC15, APASS DR9, Gaia EDR3, and ATLAS-REFCAT2 star catalogs * Adds new Comp Star Finder module * Adds ability to select circular, elliptical, and rectangular apertures * Adds ability to overlay Palomar Sky Survey images * Adds new False Color rendering mode * Adds star mask overlay * Adds new navigation bar * Adds new CCD parameters: gain, readout, and dark current for SNR computation * Adds SNR column to Photometry Measurements window * Adds ability to specify the AC2 line for MPC reports * Adds new integrated online plate solver * Adds new automatic background level for display of images that are not normalized * Adds ability to automatically omit magnitude due to star interference or low flux * Adds new Known Object overlay * Adds additional verbosity to the OpenCL test device routine * Adds bicubic resampling to the internal alignment routine * Adds catalog, mag band, and filter to each observation that is created * Adds ability to create observations from multiple tracks in one pass * Adds photometry star overlay * Adds sorting to the Photometry Measurements window * Adds ability to animate frames from the Image Manager window * Adds ability to zoom in/out using mouse wheel * Adds ability to scroll images using mouse wheel + CTRL key * Adds total exposure time to Image Manager * Adds ability to truncate observations in "Text Form -- Observations" window * Adds new Star Information window displaying (B-V) and (V-R) data * Adds new tab and space-delimited output options for export of Photometry data * Adds ability to link data points on the photometry graph with the measurements list * Adds ability to show which catalog stars were used as comparison stars in photometry * Dramatically improves rendering of Image Viewer display with no flickering * Cluster computing: worker nodes now start in background * Fixes snapshot images to use correct dimensions * Fixes object label issue with Find_Orb handler * Fixes magnitude uncertainty computation * Fixes bug that could occur when initializing a roving observatory * Fixes bug that could occur when loading track file after cluster computing run * Fixes flickering that could occur when resizing the Photometry Measurements window v7.4.1 (2021 January 12) * Removes dark frame EXPTIME message v7.4 (2021 January 11) * Revamps the internal alignment module to handle a much wider range of datasets * Dramatically speeds up internal alignment, able to align 700 images in under 30 seconds * Updates the "--objs" flag in plate solver to 400, improving odds of usable solution * Updates the user guide with more examples and improved structure * Ability to add worker nodes without GPU acceleration (CPU mode) * Ability to use UNC path names in the plate solver * Ability to skip creation of observations/snapshots during AutoRun * Updates the cluster computing module to allow abort message to be sent from host node * Consolidates "Distribute Dataset" and "Begin" into a single button for cluster computing * Provides additional error handling when GPU memory is exceeded * Fixes unicode characters in "Evaluate Thresholds" window * Fixes the "Test Device" module to work with more graphics cards v7.3.1 (2020 December 2) * Fixes download of comet observations from Known Object window v7.3 (2020 December 1) * Ability to specify a folder of darks and automatically select appropriate dark * Ability to keep the Observations window open during resets * Ability to add custom orbital elements via Existing Observations window * Ability to import orbital elements from NEOCP/Recently Confirmed pages * Adds new commands to the AutoRun override file * Improves multiple selection of items in Known Objects window * Improves matching of comets with option to use larger search window * Now uses updated Windows common controls * Ctrl+A now works in regular edit boxes * Fixes marquee selection in list controls on Windows 10 * Fixes bug that could occur when plate solving image at root directory v7.2.1 (2020 November 3) * Improves calibration routine "Fix Hot Pixels" * Fixes bug that could occur when applying "Fix Hot Pixels" after pseudo-flat v7.2 (2020 November 1) * Improves "Compute Confidence" processing time by up to 20x * Ability to directly add Known Objects to Track Navigator * Ability to more easily abort "Express Mode" * Ability to append rather than overwrite with "Save to Repository" * Ability to plot Magnitude vs FWHM in Image Statistics window * Ability to save the zero motion stack during AutoRun for analysis purposes * Informs user when a NEOCP object is given a new designation * Keeps "Existing Observations" window open during resets * Now displays blank value in magnitude column when H and G are undefined * Fixes bug with Image Viewer where saved window position conflicted with "Large Display" * Fixes bug where clicking "X" in Track Confidence window did not abort the routine * Fixes incorrect "NUM" value when using the "only_known" and "only_unknown" output files from AutoRun * Fixes issue with objects having NaN values for RA/Dec from FindOrb v7.1.1 (2020 October 11) * MPCORB extractor is now statically linked v7.1 (2020 October 10) * Precisely compute known object positions * Requires update to the [modified] Find_Orb program * Displays the 'r' (distance) value for asteroids/comets in Known Objects window * Adds support for ELEMENTS.COMET file to compute orbit position of known comets * Adds "Show Optimal Exp" button to exposure time calculator * Adds support for Ctrl+A and DEL key in list controls * Updates network code to handle track files exceeding 10 million tracks * Ability to constrain plate solver to search within a radius of the RA/Dec in FITS header * Ability to automatically save track file when tracker has completed * Ability to automatically load known objects when tracker has completed * Ability to automatically compute track confidence when tracker has completed * Fixes bug in offline GaiaDR2 catalog when at cross-over point of RA coordinates * Fixes photometry issue that could occur when object is near CCD edges v7.0.1 (2020 September 29) * Fixes track coordinates to permit negative values v7.0 (2020 September 28) * Adds new ruler measuring tool in Image Viewer * More efficient memory usage during synthetic tracking operation * Ability to select every Nth image in batch mode via Auto Run settings * Ability to display image orientation in overlay region * Ability to navigate to coordinates that fall outside the field of view * Ability to compute and display a straight-line position prediction from the Markers dialog * Ability to directly download and extract the MPCORB.DAT.gz file * Plate solver is now a modeless dialog * Adds "Abort" button to plate solver * Adds additional downsample options to plate solver * Adds option to automatically retry plate solve using different image in dataset * Adds color coding on track confidence * Fixes disappearance of vertical scrollbar after setting ECO_SAVESEL option to rich edit control v6.7.1 (2020 September 11) * Fixes bug when computing sensitivity threshold on large datasets (>2GB) v6.7 (2020 September 10) * Automatically saves window positions * Ability to use right-click in text forms for copy/paste actions * Improves the Optimal Exposure Time calculator * Updates the CleanEnvironment routine to target adjacent directories more precisely v6.6 (2020 September 5) * Fixes bug that occurs when refreshing Object Profile window outside of image boundary * Fixes bug that occurs when plate solving images on systems having spaces in AppData path v6.5 (2020 September 2) * Ability to invoke Verify Track by double-clicking on a track * Ability to automatically refresh Object Profile display * Ability to automatically save measurements for later recovery * Ability to automatically load star catalog when Image Viewer is opened * Adds new options to Image Resize module * Updates the "from NEOCP" path to use track id rather than provisional id * Updates test target generator so that targets are centered at mid-point of stack * Adds new test target automation module, "Evaluate Thresholds" v6.4 (2020 August 4) * Adds new timeout option for object linker module * Adds option to display plate solver output directly in status window * Adds "View with Existing" option for NEOCP objects * Adds ability to display markers visually * Adds ability to "go to" a marker * Moves marker information to separate window * Improves computation of midpoint time when images have different exposure times * Fixes bug when using "internal alignment" in CPU mode v6.3 (2020 July 11) * Fixes ephemeris bug that was introduced in v6.2 * Fixes calculation of RA error in Image Statistics module to use cos(DE) coefficient * Fixes loading of offline DR2 catalog when near the poles * Adds ability to flip image horizontally * Adds ability to flip image vertically * Adds ability to rotate image by custom amount * Adds ability to rotate image so that North points up * Adds new Compass overlay option * Adds additional zoom factors * Improves rendering of large images by adding multithreading rendering * Improves rendering of catalog stars by pre-computing position information v6.2 (2020 July 3) * Improves performance of CPU-only mode * Re-tunes track confidence algorithm for support of 12-bit ADUs * Adds new "large view" mode for Image Viewer * Adds option to specify name of override file for AutoRun mode * AutoRun mode now output three combinations of files: a) All tracked objects b) Only known objects c) Only unknown objects * Image Manager now displays totals at bottom of window * Automatically removes WCS information when operations are performed that would invalidate WCS information * Adds new hot pixel removal algorithm for calibration * Combines image normalization with other calibration steps for streamlined processing v6.1 (2020 June 7) * Adds new confidence algorithm to easily identify true detections from false detections * Adds new filter module to Track Navigator * Adds new test target generator * Updates User Guide v6.0 (2020 May 16) * Adds new Photometry Analysis module * Adds ability to generate raw plot and phased plot of photometry measurements * Adds ability to perform Fourier analysis to determine rotation period of asteroids * Adds ability to adjust period and perform phase shift * Adds ability to compute absolute magnitude with orbital information * Adds ability to import and export ALCDEF photometry sets * Adds ability to manage multiple observatory configurations * Adds new Batch Mode feature (Pro version only, since it requires AutoRun) * Adds new Aperture Setting feature within the Image Viewer module * Adds multithreaded stacking support for CPU-only mode * Adds Julian Date conversion in Date Converter module * Adds airmass calculator * Improves computation of auto threshold * Improves computation of min threshold * Improves arrangement of items in Tools menu * Improves snap-to-peak centroiding * Improves ephemeris selection by allowing FindOrb instance to remain open * Updates User Guide v5.5 (2020 March 22) * Updates Report Parameters with simplified interface on acquiring new MPC code * Updates the User Guide with clarification on acquiring new MPC code v5.4 (2020 March 22) * Improves support for 4K and other high-DPI monitors v5.3 (2020 March 18) * Adds "Test Device" functionality to test GPU capability * Adds support for systems without GPU (new CPU-only mode) * Shows status when tracks are being created (no more freezing UI at end of processing) * Fixes bug that stated FindOrb needed to be updated when it was already up-to-date * Updates the User Guide to describe the Time Information settings * Updates the User Guide to describe the steps in acquiring a new observatory code v5.2 (2020 March 2) * Ability to crop and divide images * Binning is now performed prior to alignment per user request v5.1 (2020 February 19) * The 'remove WCS' functionality is now invoked via a button rather than as a checkbox setting * Image statistics module now uses multiple threads to collect statistics, speeding up the process * Ability to apply a common designation to all observations shown in the 'Existing Observations' window * Ability to show median residual per one or more grid sections of an image * Fixes bug in tracker where a message posted by two or more threads could result in the merge function being invoked more than once * Fixes bug in tracker where the cloned thread images computed plate scale and CCD PA prior to having received the correct image dimensions v5.0 (2020 February 15) * Better contrast adjustment * Adds new Repositories feature * Object linker tool * Better 32-bit image support * Ability to generate image statistics * Ability to handle numbered objects that exceed 619,999 for MPC1992 format * Ability to convert Decimal Day to regular format and vice-versa * Ability to convert ADES (PSV) to MPC1992 format * Ability to match observations against those on the NEOCP/Recently Confirmed pages * Improves Object Profile display v4.2 (2019 December 30) * Fixes PixInsight alignment routine where some users received 'alignment failed' message v4.1 (2019 December 24) * Fixes the ephemeris loader to recognize when a column (such as magnitude) is omitted by FindOrb * Improves pseudo flat module so that edge trimming is reduced by half, preserving more of the original image dimensions v4.0 (2019 December 7) * Adds an internal alignment option for datasets where images are already approximately aligned * Improved column repair module * Ability to use comet designations * Ability to hide centroid crosshairs * Ability to select and delete multiple tracks v3.9 (2019 November 5) * Replaces fixed ADU detection threshold with histogram sensitivity level * Override file now uses "SENSITIVITY_LEVEL" keyword rather than "DETECTION_THRESHOLD" * Ability to maintain existing background level when using pseudo flat * Fixes bug when converting -0.X declination from decimal to sexagesimal format v3.8.3 (2019 October 29) * Adds support for FITS files that use TIME-OBS keyword v3.8.2 (2019 October 26) * Minor updates to user guide regarding the plate solver * Resolves scaling issue from PixInsight 32-bit integer images v3.8.1 (2019 October 20) * Improves compatibility with 32-bit images for binning v3.8 (2019 October 19) * Improves astrometry on images having higher distortion * Simplifies plate solver to use only v0.38 of ansvr [some architectures did not support v0.78] * Adds new column to tracker configuration to display movement in arcsec/min alongside sec/pixel * Fixes bug when loading MPCORB in Image Viewer when it has already been loaded in Track Navigator v3.7.1 (2019 October 8) * Minor update to image converter v3.7 (2019 October 7) * Ability to load debayered images with 'BAYERPAT' keyword v3.6 (2019 October 6) * Improves compatibility with 32-bit images that lack BSCALE and BZERO keywords * Ability to use new Distortion Correction for PixInsight 1.8.7 v3.5 (2019 September 30) * Ability to remove hot pixels via outlier algorithm (helpful when dark frame is inadequate) * Ability to remove (zero out) specified columns * Ability to view data in 3D (experimental) v3.4 (2019 September 23) * Ability to choose more than 8 threads for synthetic tracker operation v3.3 (2019 September 22) * Fixes bug that can occur when traversing across different drive letters v3.2 (2019 September 21) * Fixes bug that can occur when %LOCALAPPDATA% contains spaces (particularly for the astrometry.net setup) v3.1 (2019 September 18) * Fixes bug that can occur when the selected online catalog differs from the selected offline catalog v3.0 (2019 September 14) * Improves image load time by at least 2x * Improves centroiding by using point-spread function (PSF) fitting * Improves astrometric measurements * Ability to view object ephemeris information for each image * Ability to perform pseudo-flat calibration * Ability to view and modify centroid of observation * Ability to find object in Track Navigator by ephemeris information * Ability to perform alignment routine with PixInsight * Ability to load and display MPCORB objects in Image Viewer * Ability to run tracker with parameters optimized for already known object * Ability to download observations of an object from the main menu (Tools->Download Observations) v2.8 (2019 July 20) * Ability to interface with sat_id program * Minor updates to the object profile window v2.7.9 (2019 July 3) * Automatically scrolls observation list to ensure newest observation is visible * Prevents progress window from showing again when tracking has finished * Updates user guide to recommend installation of the 4100 series index files v2.7.8 (2019 June 19) * Auto Run module now saves all available tracks, not just the ones for which snapshot images were generated * Fixes bug when loading observations file without any images * Fixes bug when starting Express mode while having Image Viewer open v2.7.7 (2019 June 18) * Fixes object PA for mirrored systems * Updates object profile window to show FWHM v2.7.6 (2019 June 13) * Loads WCS from track file only if not available in current image set v2.7.5 (2019 June 12) * Minor updates to the Line Segment module * Fixes calculation of image PA v2.7.4 (2019 June 5) * Fixes bug with legacy version (0.38) of plate solver for file paths containing spaces v2.7.3 (2019 June 4) * Fixes bug with MPCORB comparison on manual mode v2.7.2 (2019 June 3) * Allows option to use legacy plate solver for backward compatibility * Allows higher upper-bound on plate scale to be used with plate solver * Provides option to keep console window open for debugging plate solver output * Performs automatic MPCORB comparison for Auto Run script v2.7.1 (2019 May 31) * Fixes synchronization issue with cluster computing module v2.7 (2019 May 28) * Ability to use multiple GPUs per machine * Automatically computes optimal value for Static Threshold * Replaces start/stop/step parameters with a single input field, max object speed * Plate solver module works with new version of solve-field v0.78 (previously used v0.38) * Improves WCS using 3rd-order polynomial with SIP distortion applied * Improves generation of motion vectors * New Express mode helps automate workflow * Ability to apply darks and flats in calibration * Ability to load 32- and 64-bit images without using the converter module * Ability to launch screen recorder from Image Viewer * Improved loading of star catalog (noticeable for very dense star fields) * Both median and averaging kernels now use bilinear filtering * Adds arrow buttons on Image Viewer to nudge the position by exactly one pixel per click * Adds new Line Segment module for Image Viewer for measuring streaked objects * Adds FOV and image PA to overlay options * Fixes conversion of sec/pixel to speed/PA (noticeable for fast objects) * Fixes binning module to update XPIXSZ, YPIXSZ, XBINNING, and YBINNING keywords v2.6 (2019 April 12) * Tracking is now performed relative to midpoint of exposures rather than first exposure * Adds automation support via new Auto Run module * Adds support for offline copy of Gaia DR2 catalog (GRAPPA) * Improves user-defined stacking for those performing manual object detection * Improves detection of slow objects (relative to delta time between exposures) * Improves astrometry measurements * Improves image converter and allows for binning existing 16-bit images * Improves MPCORB comparison, allowing comparison with position angle * Improves contrast adjustment in Image Viewer * Ability to overlay magnifier in Image Viewer * Ability to overlay observer/measurer information in Image Viewer * Ability to overlay observation information in Image Viewer * Ability to overlay track information in Image Viewer * Ability to render animated stacks in either median or average combine * Ability to pause tracker * Automatically refreshes animation when changing stack combine mode * Fixes bug where common name of object from MPCORB was used in provisional ID v2.5 (2019 February 11) * Ability to specify max number of tracks (default is 5000) * Improved image converter * Recognize files with .fts extension (in addition to .fit and .fits) * Ability to create stacks with custom motion v2.4 (2019 February 2) * Adds Quality Analysis module to automate checking of residuals * Improves centroid algorithm * Properly handles 7 character designations in the Track ID field v2.3 (2019 January 28) * Added user guide to Help menu * Reworded the instructions on object label designation dialog box * Fixed crosshair display in PNG image of full field of view in Image Viewer v2.2 (2019 January 27) * Ability to select File Dialog version * Computes 'exp' column in ADES report to be total exposure for stacked images v2.1 (2019 January 26) * Ability to select number of generated observations * Handles 7 character internal designations v2.0 (2019 January 24) * Adds support for Gaia DR2 catalog * Revamped astrometry and photometry pipeline with improved residuals and more accurate magnitude information * Removes requirement to plate solve all images; only the first image needs WCS information * Introduces “Verify Tracks” feature which automates the creation of observations for each track that the user deems valid -- no need to manually create observations. * Eliminates need to ‘Exclude’ images that have short delta times on slow-moving objects * Improves tracking: objects are now tracked at subpixel resolution * Identifies observation linkages for multiple night sessions * Adds user-adjustable granularity setting for motion vector selection * Consolidates MPC1992 and ADES observation lists into single list with the ability to convert between the formats as necessary * Introduces “Optimize Track” functionality which is significantly faster and more accurate than the former “Optimize Motion” feature that it replaces * Adds support for more than 2GB video memory allocation * Adds metadata to track files indicating the settings used to generate the tracks * Ability to sort items in the Track Navigator window by a given column * Maintains selected item in Track Navigator even when list is refreshed * Ability to adjust DATE-OBS by a user-defined offset * Ability to specify 1s or 0.1s precision timestamps * Ability to zoom out of images * Ability to choose max, median, or average combine for selected images * Ability to choose zero motion or tracked motion for combining images * Ability to save and load list of observations * More conveniently adjust black and white levels * Significantly reduces time to compare tracks with MPCORB elements * Adds user-adjustable threshold for matching MPCORB objects to tracks * Retains MPCORB settings to reduce prompting each time * Retains Star Catalog settings to reduce prompting each time * Retains FindOrb settings to reduce prompting each time * Retains Observatory settings to reduce prompting each time * Adds progress indication for plate solve routine * Only show FITS header window when explicitly requested * Updates motion vector count in separate thread from GUI to improve responsiveness * Improves rendering of catalog stars * Improves rendering of crosshairs * Improves user experience by making the main window (rather than the desktop window) the parent window of all other windows in the application * Improves user experience by showing ADES Report and MPC1992 Report as modeless dialogs rather than modal dialogs * Fixes bug with alignment routine (script file) * Fixes bug with check residuals routine (provisional identifier string) * Fixes bug where buttons in MPC1992 report dialog did not move correctly when resized * Fixes bug where observations could not be generated from stand-alone Image Viewer * Fixes bug where dialog remained grayed out after invoking file dialog v1.15 (2018 December 8) * Ability to view existing observations of a known object * Ability to check residuals of selected observations * Ability to have multiple objects in a report * Improved measurements using midpoint of stack * Improved photometry using consistent aperture radius * Improved levels adjustment for Image Viewer * Improved centering on saturated objects * Improved conversion of 32-bit FITS images to 16-bit images v1.14 (2018 November 23) * Ability to convert 32-bit FITS images to 16-bit images * Ability to perform software-level binning (downsampling) * Ability to reduce false detections using inner/outer threshold * Ability to export track list to a CSV file v1.13 (2018 November 16) * Removed timeout debug statement in Plate Solving routine v1.12 (2018 November 15) * Added columns RMS RA, RMS Dec, and RMS Mag to ADES report * Added sexagesimal conversion calculator * Fix bug where MPCORB info is reset upon performing Optimize Motion * Improved photometry when measuring stacks of images v1.11 (2018 November 11) * Ability to generate ADES PSV-formatted reports * Ability to generate legacy MPC1992 reports * Support for roving observatories * Use matrix method to compute distances to MPCORB objects (better accuracy) * If distance to nearest MPCORB object exceeds 2 arcmin, indicate no matching object * Improved Optimize Motion functionality v1.10 (2018 October 30) * Ability to resize Track Navigator window * Ability to resize Track Positions window * Ability to consult wizard on recommended start/stop/step parameters v1.09 (2018 October 29) * Fix bug when using speed/PA limiters on multithreading option v1.08 (2018 October 29) * Multithreading support to keep GPU occupied and more efficient (some datasets are now 2-3x faster) v1.07 (2018 October 24) * Fix image index label when performing delete on file list * Fix magnitude conversion from 'B' to 'V' band * Fix centering on peak pixel when blink stack is used * Warn user if observation not centered on peak pixel for centroid determination * Ability to create observation from blink stacks, in addition to regular stacks and individual frames v1.06 (2018 October 19) * Ability to remember window positions * Ability to maximize and resize main dialog box * Use 'V' magnitude band v1.05 (2018 October 17) * Ability to create blink-able stacks * Ability to adjust black level and white level in Image Viewer v1.04 (2018 October 17) * Ability to navigate tracks using left/right arrow keys while on "Track - Positions" dialog box * Ability to specify crop amount to reduce false detections on datasets where images have large offsets v1.03 (2018 October 16) * Save zoom and brightness settings on Image Viewer * Save zoom and brightness settings on Track - Combine * Save zoom and brightness settings on Static Threshold viewer * Ability to adjust crosshair box size using drop-down list v1.02 (2018 October 15) * Ability to specify asteroid designation up-front * Ability show/hide catalog stars * Limit search to range of speeds * Limit search to range of PA * Ability to force 2x granularity