History

Change log

Version 2.1.26

June 18, 2023`

  • Added an option to disable alignment on local maxima in the Quick photometry tool.

Version 2.1.35

March 29, 2023

  • Added support for date & time format using UT field, the value is specified in seconds.

Version 2.1.32

December 11, 2021

  • Added support for CR3 raw files

Version 2.1.27

May 21, 2020

  • Added new date & time format (prefixed with date name)

  • Added new date & time format (QHY8L camera)

  • Added an option to show and hide tags for known variables

  • Fixed random crash when frames in the main window are sorted by property other that date and time

Version 2.1.23

December 18, 2017

  • Added new file format - Nikon D5500

Version 2.1.22

December 07, 2017

  • New feature - copy WCS coordinates of selected object to clipboard (context menu on right click)

  • New feature - sorting of frames in the main window

  • Minor fix - sign of SNR values

Version 2.1.21

July 30, 2017

  • Fix for frames with zero exposure time

  • Fix chart preview in the Find variables tool - the image + chart mode did not work.

  • Fix highlighting a variable star in the Find variables tool

Version 2.1.20

June 3, 2017

  • Minor change - Find variables - highlight all variable stars from user-defined selections (known variables)

  • Minor change - default file name for light curve and chart is set to a name of a current user-defined selection

  • Minor change - if a label on a chart is located beyond the right / bottom edge, draw it on the left / above the object.

Version 2.1.19

March 29, 2017

  • Fixed error - Minimum pixel value could not be set below zero.

  • Fixed crash that occurred when creating a light curve when project’s path contains characters with diacritics

Version 2.1.18

March 11, 2017

  • New date & time format (DATE-OBS with dots as separators)

  • Fixed build issue with 32/64-bit long integer numbers.

  • Fixed bug in AAVSO export - column names must start with a hash character

  • Show wcslib’s version identifier in the About dialog

Version 2.1.17

March 4, 2017

  • New date & time format (CTRLTIME field)

  • Increased buffer sizes to avoid crashes due to buffer overrun.

  • Removed include of “malloc.h” header, error when building for Mac.

Version 2.1.16

February 8, 2017

  • Fixed error when saving a profile - ‘No such file or directory’ error message is shown when the ‘Profiles’ directory does not exist.

  • New date & time format in FITS files - hours without a leading zero.

Version 2.1.15

January 2, 2017

  • Fixed error in BAA VS export - columns VarAbsMag and VarMag were the wrong way round.

Version 2.1.14

October 11, 2016

  • Added new date & time format (PI VersArray)

Version 2.1.13

August 7, 2016

  • Ensemble (multiple comparison stars) photometry in the Find variables tool

Version 2.1.12

July 6, 2016

  • Added new date & time format - ‘UTC’ field

Version 2.1.11

June 18, 2016

  • New matching algorithm for very dense fields

  • Fixed random crash in the ‘Find variables’ tool

Version 2.1.10

May 21, 2016

  • Munilist command can make a table of objects from a photometry file or a catalogue file

Version 2.1.9

May 15, 2016

  • Fixed crash in making light curve

  • Fixed crash in Find variables tool

  • Fixed crash in the ‘munilist’ command line tool

  • Do not clear parameters stored in a project on ‘Remove all frames’ command

Version 2.1.8

May 8, 2016

  • Message log reverted to its original state (more messages)

  • Frame preview dialog - when switching between frames, keep a selected object on its place

  • Frame preview dialog - optionally show a track of a moving target

  • DLSR processing - fixed error in reading/writing of “frames summed” parameter to FITS files

Version 2.1.7

March 6, 2016

  • Fixed minor GUI issues related to moving targets

  • Fixed minor bug in frame matching for moving targets

  • The tool “Process new frames” did not work with moving targets

Version 2.1.6

February 28, 2016

  • Updated user manual

Version 2.1.5

February 22, 2016

  • Matching for moving targets

  • Fixed issues with ‘Max. stars’ parameter

  • Improved error reporting capabilities

Version 2.1.4

January 9, 2016

  • Fixed program crash in the photometry

Version 2.1.3

December 30, 2015

  • The installation package for MS Windows includes 64-bit executables

  • Updated GTK+ toolkit; MS Windows 2000 are no longer supported

  • Added new plot - CCD temperatures

  • Added new plot - object properties (position, de-focus (FWHM), instumental magnitude, …)

  • ‘Save project’ renamed to ‘Export project’

  • The option ‘Ensemble photometry’ added to the ‘Make light curve’ dialog

  • Support for World Coordinate System (WCS) data; show RA/Dec coordinates of objects

  • Renamed columns “Vnnn” in the light curve if the option “Select all stars on the reference frame” is checked to “IDnnn”

  • Added new date & time format - ‘DATE’ field

Version 2.0.21

November 16, 2015

  • Fixed bug in creating a light curve with heliocentric correction

  • Fixed bug in AAVSO export for the ensemble photometry.

  • Added manual topic about creating an AAVSO report.

Version 2.0.20

November 11, 2015

  • Export a light curve in the AAVSO Extended format

  • Fixed program crash in the Find variables tool

Version 2.0.19

November 3, 2015

  • Added option in making a light curve - show all objects on the reference frame

  • Maximizing the main window on startup is default, but it can be turned off in the Environment settings

Version 2.0.17

March 8, 2015

  • Fixed saving of CCD files - message “Invalid dimensions of the image”.

Version 2.0.16

November 17, 2014

  • Fixed program crash in Express reduction tool (selection of reference frame)

  • The program can read ‘Instrument’ and ‘Telescope’ fields from the FITS frames.

  • More formats when reading object celestial coordinates from FITS files.

  • Fixed compatibility issues when compiling software on Debian 7.

Version 2.0.15

October 27, 2014

  • Time correction can be applied at any time (after photometry and matching)

  • Find variables - uses median filtering to remove sporadic outlaying measurements

  • Julian dates are printed with 7 digits after the decimal point

  • Improved exporting of tables, all tables can be exported in CSV format

  • Minor bug fixes

Version 2.0.14

July 19, 2014

  • Fixed bug in light curve - errors bars were always shown

  • Find variables - added “custom” range of magnitudes in the light curve

  • Fixed crash in find variables - program crashed when an image was shown instead of a chart

Version 2.0.13

July 13, 2014

  • Fixed crash in matching

  • Find variables - fixed or adaptive range of magnitudes in the light curve

Version 2.0.12

July 04, 2014

  • Fixed saving of light curves

Version 2.0.11

June 15, 2014

  • Graphs and charts now respect the system color scheme (Set the Windows to high contrast theme to switch to a “night” mode).

  • Fixed bug - the photometry did not work properly if the frame borders were used

  • Python module - cmpack.PhtFile now exports FWHM of an object

  • Frame preview - the ‘Object inspector’ tool shows reason why an object was not measured

  • Frame preview can show a table of objects

  • Light curve, track curve and air mass curve can show a table of measurements. The table can be exported to a CSV file.

  • Changed dialog for creating new project, loading and saving profiles.

  • It is possible to save multiple selections of objects (multiple variable stars on one view field)

  • Option if the first line in the FITS file is displayed at the top or the bottom of the window

  • Added possibility of constant time offset that is always applied to all frames in the project.

  • Fixed creating 32-bit master flat frames

Version 2.0.10

July 7, 2013

  • Fixed bug in catalog files - var, comp and check stars were not restored in the ‘Matching’ tool.

  • Fixed minor problem with range checking in the Autocontrast routine

  • It is possible to edit user-defined object tags in a catalogue file

  • Object inspector shows net intensity in ADU for a selected object

  • Quick photometry - ‘Signal’ renamed to ‘Net intensity’

Version 2.0.9

May 23, 2013

  • Graphs can alternatively display date and time (UTC) and Julian date (JD)

  • Fixed bug - when ‘Mater bias’ project was open, the ‘Make’ menu was hidden

  • When frames are removed from the project, the associated temporary files are deleted

  • Fixed bug - matching algorithm for sparse fields required at least 5 stars

  • When one wants to save a chart, the program suggests the same name as for the light curve

  • When Ctrl key is held while mouse wheel is rotated, the zoom in X axis is preserved.

  • The ‘Help’ menus are aligned to the left

  • Exposure duration is shown with 3 decimal places

Version 2.0.8

January 14, 2013

  • Fixed bug - program crashed in the dark correction procedure

Version 2.0.7

January 13, 2013

  • Fixed bug - when multiple bias/dark/flat correction frames was applied inside a single set of source frame, the corrections were not applied correctly. The first correction frame was applied always.

  • Updated document Theory of operation - added detailed description of the matching algorithm

  • Merge frames - correct handling of a case where the merged frames are rotated

  • Choose stars dialog - variable star was sometimes not displayed

  • All dialog controls have tooltip texts

  • Fixed master flat tool - failed in case where source frames were stored in signed 16-bit format.

Version 2.0.6

November 17, 2012

  • User defined tags for objects on charts.

  • New Python interface for C-Munipack library.

  • Fixed bug - time correction did not work in the Express reduction dialog.

  • Fixed doxygen configuration file.

Version 2.0.5

October 28, 2012

  • New ‘Measurement’ tool.

  • Find variables - it is possible to manually remove individual objects from the mag-dev curve

  • Do not show items in recent lists if they do not exist.

  • Minor bug fixes

  • Updated user’s manual

Version 2.0.4

October 4, 2012

  • The 2.0 .. rubric:: Version is now released as a current stable .. rubric:: Version.

  • List of recent projects and list of recent files are shown in the main menu.

  • New Statistics tool that shows minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation.

  • Express reduction can be applied to selected frames only.

  • Support for CSLR camera Cannon 1100D

  • Minor bug fixes

  • Updated user’s manual

Version 2.0.3

September 21, 2012

  • Optimized main menu items

  • Better icons

  • Updated user’s manual

Version 2.0.2

September 1, 2012

  • Added support for QHY cameras

  • Updated icons

  • Updated user’s manual

Version 2.0.1

August 19, 2012

  • Fixed bug in processing entered object’s and observer’s coordinates.

Version 2.0.0

August 12, 2012

  • First public release of the 2nd generation of the C-Munipack software