Change Log

Version 0.9.26.4 (09/11/2023)

Changes:

•	New: Add function to format the raw weather data shown on the apps weather tab

•	Bug Fix: Fix bug in FITS image load for images not created by AllSkEye

Version 0.9.26.3 (17/09/2023)

Changes:

•	Bug Fix: Adaptive clip/stretch clip point calculation not correct.

Version 0.9.26.2 (13/09/2023)

Changes:

•	New: PlayerOne Camera Support

•	New: Adaptive Image Clip/Stretch function (alternative to existing auto clip/stretch)

•	Improvement: Updated camera SDKs

•	Bug Fix: Gain calculation transition day/night not correct if running over midnight

•	Bug Fix: Keogram and projection images scale factor incorrectly applied

Version 0.9.25.2 (24/02/2023)

Changes:

•	New: New Star Overlay Setup Tab now also available in Standard version

•	New: Image preview tab can now load a FITS image

•	Improvement: Image preview tab UI changes

•	Improvement: OpenWeatherMap 3.0 API support

•	Improvement: WinSCP SFTP transfer (add temp file delete)

•	Bug Fixes: Fix bug in image stretch

•	Bug Fixes: Fix bug in white balance when auto white balance is off

•	Bug Fixes: Fix bug in star overlay when mirrored

Version 0.9.24.0 (19/11/2022)

Changes:

•	New: Latest Image Stacking (PRO)

•	Change: Star Overlay 'tweaks'

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Bug Fixes

Version 0.9.23.3 (04/11/2022)

Changes:

•	New: Additional Data import via Triggers / Encoding Support

•	Bug Fixes: Additional Data Import / Triggers

Version 0.9.23.0 (25/10/2022)

Changes:

•	New: Star Overlay Setup Tab (PRO Version)

•	New: Data import via Triggers

•	Bug Fixes: Update Camera SDKs for 64bit version

•	Bug Fixes: Fix SVBony image processing BITPIX error

Version 0.9.22.5 (09/10/2022)

Changes:

•	New: Native SvBony Camera support

•	New: QHY camera cooling

•	Bug Fixes: Update Camera SDKs for 64bit version.

Version 0.9.21.6 (04/04/2022)

Changes:

•	New: Auto White Balance (PRO Version)

•	New: QHY Camera Support

•	New: Improved auto clip stretch mechanism (stretch to defined brightness target)

•	New: Increase image saturation

•	New: Gain Transition for dusk/dawn (gain is gradually changed from day to night value and vice versa)

•	New: Exposure Time - Pixel Saturation Control (control exposure time to minimise saturated pixel)

•	New: Telescope Position Marker (PRO Version)

•	New: Failed recovery action (run script if all recovery actions have failed)

•	New: Active image area can now be defined by mask file (irregular mask is now possible)

•	Improvement: New preview tab layout. All preview tab settings can now be applied to the existing image.

•	Improvement: Keogram Recovery (Keograms will be restored if application has been closed).

•	Improvement: ZWO camera serial number check to ensure correct camera is connected (where possible).

•	Improvement: Prevent errors if two ZWO cameras are operating simultaneously.

•	Improvement: Added new ASI ZWO SDK.

•	Bug Fixes: Various

Version 0.9.19.6 (08/04/2021)

Changes:

•	Add Mini-Webserver to allow status and latest images to be shown via browser on a local network

Version 0.9.19.5 (20/03/2021)

Changes:

•	Add function to allow exposure pauses to be used to used for exposure calc exposures

•	Add setting to discard images at start of run until correct exposure time is reached (or max tries have been reached)

•	Add function to allow the run of an action (start process) when the system or application restarts

•	Improve meteor detection for larger meteors. Add new settings to allow adjustment of line 'straightness' limit as well as background removal scale.

Version 0.9.19.4 (17/01/2021)

Changes:

•	New: Add 'Auto Hot Pixel Removal' function to remove hot pixel (an alternative to bad pixel map and dark frame)

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Improvement: In dynamic text overlay a dynamic value (taken from the image data) can now be supplied with a formula to carry out a numerical conversion. For example this could be used to display temperature supplied in Celsius as Fahrenheit by supplying the conversion formula in the text placeholder.

•	Improvement: Reload static image overlay if source file has changed (for users who's static overlay changes)

•	Improvement: Add advanced option for video creation (set pixel format)

•	Bug fix: Fix typo in user manual, text placeholder {JulianDay} was incorrectly described as {JulianDate}.

Version 0.9.19.0 (14/12/2020)

Changes:

•	New: Add setting to auto start AllSkEye when Windows starts.

•	New: Add external full screen preview window (PRO Feature)

•	New: Add setting to auto launch full screen preview when app auto starts (PRO Feature)

•	New: Add settings to allow a specific video codec to be chosen for video creation

•	Improvement: Improve anti-aliasing in text overlay

•	Bug fix: Changing Font family in text overlay is now working

Version 0.9.18.3 (16/11/2020)

Changes:

•	Add option to acquisition settings to use the exposure start time as the image date time (for file name, FITS header, overlay date time)

•	Update Altair camera SDK and implement 'Pull Mode' to avoid exposure errors

•	Fix bug in ASI ZWo camera image binning

Version 0.9.18.1 (22/09/2020)

Changes:

•	Added latest ASI ZWO Camera SDK

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Bug Fixes

Version 0.9.17.0 (14/05/2020)

Changes:

•	Standard/PRO version implementation

•	Latest Image Keograms

•	Latest Image Horizon Projections

•	Star Trail Creation

•	Camera Cooling: Cooling controls for ASI ZWO and ASCOM cameras

•	RawFile Reader Camera

Version 0.9.16.0 (21/04/2020)

Changes:

•	User interface improvements on all tabs

•	User interface improvements in settings edit panel

•	Add support for INDIGO server and remotely connected cameras

•	Implement latest Altair Astro camera SDK

•	Add 'old version' settings import

•	Various Bug fixes

Version 0.9.15.7 (19/04/2020)

Changes:

•	Fix bug in auto clip stretch

•	Fix bug in image overlay

•	Various other bug fixes

•	Add support for 64bit SX camera drivers

•	Add support for newer ASI Cameras

Version 0.9.14.7 (08/01/2020)

Changes:

•	Fix FTP transfer issues by implementing a new FTP client

•	Fix slow meteor detection for slightly corrupted images (showing many lines)

•	Allow loading of dark frame reference image in bad pixel map tab (instead of creating a new reference image)

•	Add SunriseDateTime and SunsetDateTime information to images (can be used in text overlay)

Version 0.9.14.6 (29/10/2019)

Changes:

•	Add more robust file delete function to avoid errors due to locked files.

Version 0.9.14.3 (01/10/2019)

Changes:

•	Add new 'Latest Image Settings', allowing multiple latest images from being created

•	Add new 'Text Overlay Settings', allowing any number of text overlays to be added to output images

•	Add native support for Altair cameras

•	Add ability to scale output video file by selecting video output width

•	Add settings to allow detection images to be output as png or jpg files. In case of jpg files a jpg quality setting is now also available for detection images.

•	Password settings are now saved to the settings file in encrypted format and hidden in the settings tab.

•	Last successful exposure time will now be saved and used as start exposure time as long as application is not closed and start occurs within 10 minutes

•	Bug Fix: Settings panel expand collection (Windows 7)

•	Bug Fix: Altair Cameras

Version 0.9.13.5 (12/08/2019)

Changes:

•	Fix bug in auto exposure Calculator

•	Fix bug in text overlay alignment

Version 0.9.13.4 (19/07/2019)

Changes:

•	Add 'shutter closed' function for cameras supporting shutters (for bad pixel map images)

•	Fix bug in folder management function

Version 0.9.13.1 (11/06/2019)

Changes:

•	Add new settings file management options (import, export, reset, open folder) and improved settings file backup/restore mechanism.

•	Add function to allow creation of alternative setups (run two or more cameras from one computer)

•	Improve application recovery/restart mechanism. Add function to allow cancellation of restart.

•	Add option to play sound alert on meteor detection.

•	Add option to show star/planet labels during daylight hours.

•	Add option to allow suppression of minimum exposure time check

•	Add option to allow creation of 'Daily Folders' for detection images (with prefix)

•	Change Windows Installer framework. Allow installation of different versions side by side.

•	Add function to auto delete corrupted fits image files for processing

•	Add function to search settings

•	Various bug fixes

Version 0.9.13.0 (21/3/2019)

Changes:

•	Auto Video Creation: User can now specify custom location for created video file. Video file can now be deleted after successful FTP transfer.

•	FITS file archiving: The settings now allow a prefix to be applied to 'Day Subfolders'

•	Output Images Text Overlay: Wind direction can now be shown as cardinal points e.g.: N, NE, E, SE, ...

•	Settings File: A backup mechanism has now been added to save a copy of the settings file (in the same location) with the extension '.bak'. This can be used to retrieve the last saved settings file should the actual settings file get corrupted.

•	Settings Tab: The settings tab now start with all categories collapsed. This should give a better overview of the available settings.

•	Triggers: A 'trigger' mechanism has been added to allow the AllSkEye application to launch a defined action (script, executable) when certain conditions occur. Input variables include time parameters, weather and image data.

Version 0.9.12.3 (29/12/2018)

Changes:

•	Add SFTP transfer mechanism

•	Fixed bug where application could crash if ASCOM framework was out of date or not installed

•	Add better fault tolerance for ASI ZWO 120MM/MC cameras

Version 0.9.12.0 (23/02/2010)

Changes:

•	Improved Bad Pixel Map creation mechanism and tab. See here.

•	Weather data can now be fetched from OpenWeatherMap website API or from any device with an ASCOM ObservingConditions driver. See here.

•	Weather data is displayed on new weather data tab. See here.

•	Weather data stored in FITS header and also available for text overlay. See here.

•	'Prevent meteor detection during daytime' setting. See here.

•	Camera temperature (if available) is now read and stored in fits header / available for text overlay. See here.

•	'Julian Day' variable now available for text overlay. See here.

•	Text overlay variables can now be individually formatted. See here.

Version 0.9.11.0 (22/12/2018)

Changes:

•	Bad Pixel Map creation.

•	Hot/Cold pixel value correction by use of bad pixel map

Version 0.9.10.3 (22/12/2018)

Changes:

•	Fix bug in folder management which can crash the application if folders to manage have not been set

•	Add folder management information message at bottom of main window

•	Fix bug in exposure calculator which causes the application to get 'stuck' in the initial exposure time regulation loop (no pauses or intervals) even if correct median goal is reached

•	Add option to disable hardware rendering in application settings file. This can be used to solve a video driver problem where application main window displays blank (no controls visible).

•	Change support link on help tab to open AllSkEye website support forum

Version 0.9.10.2 (06/11/2018)

Changes:

•	Add 'Subframe capture' function

•	Add Recovery Options to recover app after errors

•	Add ability to change application font size

•	Add check to ensure 'even' output image width and height for image conversions (to prevent errors with video creation)

Version 0.9.9.10 (17/10/2018)

Changes:

•	Fixes bug which throws an error when an ASI ZWO Mono camera is used with the ASI native driver. Only required if you use an ASI ZWO mono camera.

Version 0.9.9.9 (01/07/2018)

Changes:

•	Possible Fix for App Crashes (after app has been running for long periods of time).

•	Auto Video Creation custom filename.

•	Star / Planet Overlay – show during night time only

Version 0.9.9.8 (30/05/2018)

Changes:

•	Add star / solar system objects overlay function

•	Add ftp logging function

•	Image conversion settings used as defaults for preview image

•	Add mechanism to allow two instances of AllSkeye to run on same computer (controlling two independent cameras)

•	Exported log files can now be sanitized (ftp and email related settings are removed)

Version 0.9.9.7 (16/05/2018)

Changes:

•	Fix bug in night time imaging mode

Version 0.9.9.5 (01/05/2018)

Changes:

•	Add dark color theme

•	Add Image Preview Zoom and Pan functionality

Version 0.9.9.2 (18/04/2018)

Changes:

•	Improve memory usage

•	Add 'Image Overlay Function'

•	Add image downscaling function for all output images

•	Add 'Last Used Camera Info' button

•	Add additional information on latest image status to status panel

Version 0.9.8.0 (10/01/2018)

Changes:

•	Add support for additional cameras

•	Allow downscaling of image for meteor detection

•	Fix bugs for video creation

Version 0.9.7.3 (07/11/2017)

Changes:

•	Add additional text formatting options for text displayed on output images (second text, positioning, font family, weight and alignment options)

•	Add ability to format date/time information shown on output image text

•	Add ability to add black header and footer sections to images (to display text outside the actual image)

Version 0.9.7.1 (20/10/2017)

Changes:

•	It is now possible to pause the acquisition loop for a defined period of time throughout the imaging night/day e.g. image from 18:00 to 22:00, pause from 22:00 to 04:00 and then start imaging again from 04:00 to 0800.

•	Image acquisition and processing are now started together when clicking the start button. User interface has been modified.

•	Add system summary panel showing most important settings

•	Allow image acquisitions to run 24/7 independently of other functions

•	Now allows restriction of parallel operations to preserve CPU usage (if multi core processing is enabled)

•	Pause/Interval settings will now initially be ignored until the system has adjusted the exposure time to meet the required median target (only applies to Median Tracker exposure mode)

•	It is now possible to set the 'Gain' property for ASCOM cameras (camera must support this). A daytime and nighttime value can now be set.

Version 0.9.7.0 (08/10/2017)

Changes:

•	Add multi core processing support

•	Allow exposure times to micro seconds

•	Apply mirroring settings in image preview

Version 0.9.6.7 (24/09/2017)

Changes:

•	Add support for 8bit imaging

Version 0.9.6.4 (05/09/2017)

Changes:

•	Add settings, logs, error file export

•	Improve ASCOM driver operation

•	Add colour camera support

•	Add ability to flip E-W labels on cardinal marker

•	Improved ASCOM related logging

Version 0.9.5.0 (10/06/2017)

Changes:

•	Auto Start Acquisitions / Processing.

•	Cardinal Directions Marker in Latest and Conversion Images.

•	Mirror Latest and Conversion Images (vertically and/or horizontally).

•	Experimental ASCOM support

Version 0.9.4.0 (29/04/2017)

Changes:

•	New 'Fixed Interval' mode. See here for details.

•	Suspend auto clip/stretch function for daytime imaging. See latest image settings for details.

•	Configurable Image Text. See here for details.

•	Resolved issue in image processing for 0 length files

Version 0.9.3.0 (24/01/2017)

Changes:

•	Options to create UTC file names

•	Option to changes file extension to .fit, .fits and .fts

•	Improved exposure calculator (better for short exposure times)

•	Improved detection algorithm

•	Allow 0ms exposure time

•	Add setting to choose detection circle and detection mask circle colours

•	Fix bug to correctly set Ra and Dec in Fits header

•	Add .FLV video format for video creation

Version 0.9.2.1 (27/11/2016)

Changes:

•	Exposure Pause now working

•	Small visual changes in Status panel

Version 0.9.1.1

Notes:

•	Please note that changes to the settings structure might require the settings file to be re-created (if this is the case you will be prompted on application start). It is possible to manually upgrade an existing settings file. Please contact me on info on how this is done.

•	When using existing settings the camera binning mode must be set before new acquisitions can be made. Open the 'Change Settings' tab and set camera binning factor to 1, then save settings.

•	The auto stretch process has been made less aggressive because converted images have been found as being too bright. If you have already fine tuned this by setting the 'Auto Stretch Adjustment' setting you will have to decrease your current value by roughly 0.03 to obtain the same image brightness.

Changes:

•	Camera binning function. See here for details.

•	Exposure time on status panel now shows elapsed seconds since exposure start

•	Create default folders function. See here for details.

•	Change aggressiveness of auto clip/stretch function.

•	Make application settings version independent to prevent errors when upgrading application.

•	Fixed performance problem with third party control.

Version 0.9.1.0

Changes:

•	Initial Beta Release