N.I.N.A. - Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy Changelog

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Version 3.1

Behavioral Changes

Improvements

Bugfixes

Plugin Development

New Feature: IMessageBroker Interface

Introduction of IMessageBroker Interface:

Publishing Messages:

Subscribing to Messages:

Event Additions

Platesolve Measurements

New Control "Browser"

Version 3.0

Important Changes

Rotation values in N.I.N.A. have been updated to use the counter-clockwise notation, aligning with the common "East of North of North Celestial Pole" standard used in most astronomical applications. Existing templates, targets, and other saved items from previous versions will be automatically migrated to reflect this change.

.NET 8

Improvements

Commandline Options

-p, --profileid         Load profile for a given id at startup.
-s, --sequencefile      Load a sequence file at startup.
-r, --runsequence       (Default: false) Automatically start a sequence loaded with -s and switch to Imaging tab.
-x, --exitaftersequence (Default: false) Automatically exit the application after the sequence has been finished.
-d, --debug             (Default: false) Activates Debug Mode in the application, revealing additional UI elements and features that are available only for development and testing purposes. This mode is intended to assist developers and testers in diagnosing issues, understanding application flow, and verifying UI elements that are not accessible in the standard operation mode.
--help                  Display this help screen.
--version               Display version information

Flat Wizard Rework

Flat Wizard screen

Trained Flat Exposure List

New Instructions for advanced sequencer

Object Database Additions

File Formats

FITS

XISF

Alpaca

Bugfixes

Version 2.3 Hotfix 2

Improvements

Bugfixes

Version 2.3 Hotfix 1

Bugfixes

Improvements

Version 2.3

Improvements

Bugfixes

Version 2.2

Bugfixes

Features

Improvements

Altair, Mallincam, Omegon, Risingcam and Touptek

PlayerOne

Version 2.1

Bugfixes

Improvements

Plugin Enablement

Version 2.0 Hotfix 2

Bugfixes

Improvements

Features

Plugin Enablement

Version 2.0 HF 1

Bugfixes

Improvements

Features

Version 2.0

The changelog contains the most prominent changes of Version 2.0. In summary this version has tons of improvements and almost every aspect of the application has been touched and improved. A big thank you to everyone that participated in this long release cycle!

Important change of existing settings and panels

X86 Deprecation

Complete Sequencer Rework

Sequence Tab changed to show a sequence navigation first

New Advanced Sequencer

New Plugin Tab

Framing Tab

Imaging Tab - Sequence Panel

New hardware support

SkyGuard

MGEN3

MetaGuide

SVBony

SBIG

MallinCam

Risingcam

Player One

ASCOM Dome

ASCOM CoverCalibrator

ASCOM SafetyMonitor

Native support for Atik EFW2/3 and internal Filterwheels

Improvements for Altair, Touptek, Omegaon, Mallincam and Risingcam native drivers

PHD2

Application Improvements

General

Subsampling

Local Horizon Display


# Example horizon file content
# A line starting with # is treated as a comment
# The horizon file consists of a pair of azimuth and altitude values
# Azimuth values that are not explicitly defined will interpolate the altitude by using the existing datapoints
# A minimum of two points have to be defined
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100 30
150 35
250 30
300 20
350 15

Sky Atlas

Auto-focus system

File name patterns and FITS keywords

Included Camera SDK Versions can now be found inside the about page of N.I.N.A.

Version 1.10 HF3

Improvements

QHYCCD native driver improvements

Bug fixes

Included Camera SDK Versions:

Version 1.10 HF2

Improvements

Bugfixes

Included Camera SDK Versions:

Version 1.10 HF1

Features

Improvements

Bugfixes

Included Camera SDK Versions:

Version 1.10

New hardware support

Flat Panel control and automation

Omegon veTEC and veLOX series cameras

Native support for QHY integrated and CFW filter wheels

Lacerta MGEN-2 Autoguider integration

Native support for Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox V2

Expanded native camera support

Localization

Application Improvements

General

Auto-focus system

Sequencer

Plate Solving

Guiding

Framing Wizard

Imaging window changes

Planetarium software integration

FITS and XISF support

File name patterns and FITS keywords

Special Thanks

The N.I.N.A. team would like to sincerely thank:

These items helped a lot during development and testing.
Thank you for your support!

Included Camera SDK Versions:

Version 1.9

Features

Camera Control

Switch Hubs

Dither without guiding

Plate Solving

GPS Assisted Location

Interfacing with planetarium programs

Manual Camera

Weather data sources

Focusing

Sequencing

Flat Wizard

Interface

File Handling

OSC Camera Handling

Star Detection Sensitivity

Bugfixes

Improvements

Special Thanks

The N.I.N.A. team would like to sincerely thank:

Included Camera SDK Versions:

Version 1.8 Hotfix 1

Version 1.8

Features

Sequence

Plate Solving

Camera Control

Framing Assistant

Flat Wizard

Imaging

Framing Assistant Offline Sky Chart

Guiding

Auto-Update Channels

Bugfixes

Improvements

Special Thanks

The N.I.N.A. team would like to thank

These items helped a lot during development and testing.
Thank you for your support!


Version 1.7

Features

Framing Assistant

Sequences

Filter Wheel

Rotators

Imaging

Settings

Bugfixes

Improvements