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Articles on workflow and processing, experiences with equipment, or just general stories related to astronomy or astrophotography.
New CometAlignment tool PixInsight
With comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) high in the sky, PixInsight has released version 1.3.5 of its CometAlignment tool, bringing some interesting improvements.
BlurXTerminator, a revolution in deconvolution
BlurXTerminator is a new AI-based deconvolution tool which will probably revolutionise the way astrophotographers will process their images.
Astroplanner bug for MacOS Ventura fixed
MacOS Ventura caused Astroplanner to crash. Read here how to obtain an updated version of the software that has fixed the bug.
KStars 3.6.1: Step towards dual-rig support?
On the heels of KStars 3.6 released in July of this year, an updated version 3.6.1 has now seen the light. Main new feature is the definition of ‘Optical Trains’. Currently mainly a convenience feature, but maybe this is laying the groundwork for future dual-rig support.
PixInsight WBPP 2.5, New Caching system
The new version of the PixInsight WeightedBatchPreProcessing script is 2.5. A new caching system makes it very easy to apply changes and re-run only those processes that are affected.
KStars v3.6.0 released
KStars/Ekos has released version 3.6.0. A new and much faster autofocus algorithm and an improved polar alignment tool using plate solving are two of the main new features.