History¶
Change log¶
Version 2.1.37
January 11, 2024`
Added an option to select if positive longitude is east or west of Greenwich meridian.
Versions 2.1.27 - 2.1.36
Bug fixes
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