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The Development of AstroEdit Planet 2.0

230826 - test jupiterdob is ok, fix some AP not on planet. Test saturn2, the blue bounding box is not on Saturn, will try again on baby bounding box. 220826  Manage to get AP grid on the bounding box without user select them on Saturn. Using threshold of 75 is better than using iOS vision contour to find the bounding box. filling bounding box full of AP is better than only placing AP at the Saturn. I will be adding 20 frames with next button. If ok, do all 20 frames at once. manage to do all 20 frames automatically. Should I hide all complexity in stacking and just output the result with text stack 1...20? Manage to do stack from Saturn.mp4. Will test 10 video files. there are plenty on Facebook now! How to avoid if the Saturn is corrupted in 1 frame, maybe someone knock the telescope.  210826 I was playing with affine transform to stack the frame18 to frame1 in a baby project. It creates double ring even with Ransac. Then it comes to my mind, why not use the gradient removal....
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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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