History

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 version is now released as a current stable 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

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