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The Development of AstroEdit Planet 2.0

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071126 I manage to get the stacking right now. 10 frames for 160 seconds. I am using search radius 48. think will reduce to 40 seconds when I used 0.25 size. 1. The micro shift is max about 36 and 44 pixel. so I have to use 48 as search radius. 2. The reserve mapping is used. it prevent black hole due to float offset. Some integer pixel may not get a color. To do reserve mapping, imagine a moon at x=100 in best frame. It has drift to x=130 at next frame. To start, we use the best frame coordinate, and loop through the pixel. the moon at x= 100, need to add 30 to get x=130 in the next frame. So the shift is next.x - best.x, or  -> shiftX = next.x - best.x.  And for shiftY = next.y - best.y. Since the frame center is tracked using Vision, it is bottom left coord for the frame center. To change to top left, we use next.y(top left) = 1-next.y.  shiftY = next.y - best.y shiftY = (1-next.y) - (1-best.y) -> shiftY = best.y - next.y  3. The coord top left applies to pl...
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AI.CometStack Manual

Introduction This app is designed for simplicity and ease of use. This guide will help you understand all features and workflows quickly. AICometStack cuts comet stacking from two hours on your desktop down to just ten minutes on your phone. Menu Options Files : Tap this button to select your FITS files (.fit and fits) in your File app. First, you will have to copy these individual files from your SeeStar/Dwarf to your phone Download folder. Photos : Tap this button to select your image files (jpeg, tiff, png etc.) in your Photos app. First, you will have to copy these individual files from your SeeStar/Dwarf to your phone Photos. Note: The reference image is the first file/image you select. Samples : Tap this button to start stacking sample files in the app. Help : Tap the Question icon to access this user guide. Tap the  Back  button at the top of the screen to exit the user guide. Save : During the stacking, this button saves your current stack by star, stack by c...
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AstroEdit For Android Manual

This app was created to be easy to use. This guide was written to be easy to understand. --- Top Menu --- Open: Tap leftmost icon in the top menu and select an image to process. The image is automatically loaded into Starless, Star and Both(Combine Starless and Star) images. Tweak the Starless image, then the Star image and finally the Both image.  Note: Long press the open icon to open FITS file. To preview thumbnail for FITS file: 1. In Files app, create a subfolder in your Download folder and move all your FITS files to the subfolder. 2. Goto AstroEdit app > Tap Help > Tap Set Folder Access. Select the subfolder you have created and tap "Use this folder". 3. Tap Back and long press Open button. 4. Tap the menu button (3 horizontal lines) at top left. 5. Select AstroEdit and all FITS files will have a thumbnail.  Crop: Tap to select an rectange. And tap again (Apply) to crop.  Save your image : Once you're happy with your edits, tap the down arrow box i...
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