------------ Astroart 8.0 Service Pack release notes ------------- Version 8.0 SP3 - January 3, 2023 ------------------------------------ * New feature. Astrometry with optical distortions. * New feature. Reading and writing of FITS SIP distortions. * New feature. Three modes for "follow minor planet". * New feature. Camera control for the 64 bit version. * New feature. Several script commands. * Improved. Plate solving is 5% faster. * Improved. More options for plate solving. * Improved. Remove Gradient filter in real-time when changing points. * Improved. Blink full screen with option for fractional alignment. * Improved. Star atlas, the last searched minor planet is highlited. * Improved. Star atlas, constellations can be searched. * Improved. Telescope automatic centering up to 10 degrees. * Improved. Finer zoom-out levels. * Bug fix. Menu "Select coordinates" did not work sometimes. * Bug fix. Minor corrections in the user interface. Version 8.0 SP2 - September 18, 2022 ------------------------------------ * New feature. Tabbed interface when images are maximized. * New feature. Scripts can be manually paused. * New feature. Sequences can be manually paused. * New feature. Software temperature compensation for focusers. * New feature. Window for dome monitoring and control. * New feature. User defined pause for telescope settling. * New feature. Full-frame autoguide can save its images. * New feature. Non-linear distortions for image stacking. * New feature. Several script commands. * Improved. The size of the N-E marker can be set in the Options. * Improved. All annotations may have multiple lines of text. * Improved. More FITS files from space telescopes are supported. * Improved. The direction of autofocus steps can be chosen. * Improved. Virtual keypad works with more ASCOM telescopes. * Improved. The ASCOM Chooser can be skipped for all equipment. * Bug fix. Option for image flipping was ignored in the autocenter window. * Bug fix. Telescope syncing to last image did not use the JNow setting. Version 8.0 SP1 - March 14, 2022 -------------------------------- * New feature. Telescope centering with dedicated window and plate solving. * New feature. Cut and Copy Borders for rotated images in Preprocessing. * New feature. Drizzle for rotated images and option for filtering. * New feature. Points can be selected on the full-frame blink window. * New feature. Gain and offset can be saved in the FITS header. * New feature. Script commands for gain and offset. * Improved. Cut Borders in Preprocessing is faster. * Improved. Histogram for color images is drawn with three curves. * Improved. Sequences without autosave are notified also in the status bar. * Improved. The camera frame in the atlas shows the field size in arcminutes. * Improved. The image frame in the atlas can show the orientation. * Improved. More FITS files from the Hubble space telescope are supported. * Improved. Astrometry and photometry for images with 0.0 .. 1.0 range. * Improved. Several keyboard shortcuts. * Bug fix. Multiscale lowpass created artifacts when negative pixels. * Bug fix. Canceling the filter Remove Gradient did not work sometimes. * Bug fix. Some "Help" buttons did not work.