Astroart 8

[Dunmunro]

It’s perhaps “cheating”

It’s a brand new Lenovo X1 laptop

Thanks. Nice machine!

It's over twice as fast as my fastest computer, but the preprocessing time is still impressive and it shows how well Astroart utilizes modern multicore/multithreaded processors.

[WD5IKX]

I am getting similar results....I just calibrated, DeBayered and Sigma combined 80 subs in 1:15 seconds with an i7 box with 32GB of ram and a 1TB SSD. Way faster than my old i5 8GB laptop.

John
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX
Star Ranch Observatory - SRO

[HughP]

Fabio answered my question.

Thanks Fabio for all your hard work making Astro Art such great software.

John
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX
Star Ranch Obs SRO

So what was Fabio's answer?

[locidor]

Hi all. How do I upgrade to Astroart 8 from version 7 ? Only the demo download is available on the website.

[Iver]

This is from the AstroArt web site. http://www.msb-astroart.com/or_en.htm

The upgrade from Astroart 7 costs 85 Euro (plus VAT, approx. 105 Euro) or 105 USD (plus local taxes).

The upgrade is free if you purchased Astroart 7 or the upgrade after September 1, 2020, in this case please contact us by email.
The upgrade includes: Full Astroart 8.0 as above, 12 months of major upgrades, unlimited service packs.

[Hidenori Nohara]

ASTROART7 is able to preprocess comet tracking, but ASTROART8 can not preprocess comet tracking.

[Dunmunro]

ASTROART7 is able to preprocess comet tracking, but ASTROART8 can not preprocess comet tracking.

Did you use the 'follow minor planet' option?

[sungrazer]

Hi to all!
I want to upgrade to AA8! I want to upgrade the AA7 (32Bit) and I want to move or copy it to a 64 Bit Notebook. Is there a guide for such work?
Is there a Comet traking inside, now. I do my Astrometrie by Astrometrica. But I would like make some pretty Pictures Comet sharp and Stars with no trails.
I can do this in Astrometrica using the Images L, R, G, B in Astrometrica, but the Stars are trails of course. The Deep Sky Stacker isn't fast for other Formats than JPG.

This is a function I would like within AA8. Even a setting for the Comet like Direction Angle and Movement "/minute should work (Data is visible in Astrometrica as an Example).

How can I test the Goto on my EQ6 R Mount. How can I read about Imaging Camera and Guiding Camera?

I work with an old Celestron 8 with a ZWO ASI Mono Pro LRGB now, and it works (no Guider). I will move the Camera to a C11 (EQ6 R) and adding a ZWO ASI Mini Mono for guiding.

Regards

Juergen

[maplearn]

Hi Fabio,

A little confused. Has the full version pf Astroart 8 been released or just the demo version?

If not when will it be released? If it has, where is the download link?

It looks on the website as if the download is only for the demo version.

Thanks,

Ernie

[Iver]

It is available on the "Buy" page.

http://www.msb-astroart.com/or_en.htm

[Dunmunro]

I am finally back at my observatory and have been using AA8 under the stars with my CEM60 and CEM120 mounts. It is working well so far.

[AstroBernd]

Hello Fabio,
As always, the new version is a major improvement and i really like what you did after 3 months of use.
I am still far away from using all the capabilities but it is my major tool for my astrophotography endeavors, both at the scope and afterwards for preprocessing (a real powerful and fast tool) and final image analysis and fine-slipping.

I do have some observations and questions related to its use, which will probably be due to my own misunderstandings. My main struggle is with the "center plate solve" in the "Telescope" functions, which did work well for me in AA7 but not anymore in AA8. I will post them in separate posts.
Thanks a lot!!
Bernd