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Pre-Release Versions
Code here is addresses bugs in full-release versions and also is where new features will first appear. In general, the code should be stable, but one purpose of the pre-release page is to give users a chance to shake out any bugs in new features before they get into a “full release”. So, if you’re packing up and headed to a dark site and the software is currently working for you, don’t grab these versions here without at least having a backup copy of something you know works for you.

Nebulosity 2.5.3 Download OS X Intel/Leopard+, (OSX 10.4 or PPC), Download Windows
- (2.5.3) Updated QSI Mac library support for libftdi
- (2.5.3) Fixed support for Canon 600D
- (2.5.3) Fixed fine focus location problem for T3/1100D (Thanks Neil)
- (2.5.2) Fixed dialogs not showing CR2/CRW files introduced in 2.5.1 (Thanks Dan)
- (2.5.2) Fixed >1 dark bug in multi-pproc introduced in 2.5.1 (Thanks Per)
- (2.5.2) Fixed issue in which sliders / auto-checkbox were disabled after BPM
- (2.5.1) Updated to LibRaw 0.14.3 (not for PPC/10.4 enabled Mac build)
- (2.5.1) Reworked how we make bad pixel maps. You'll now see the dark frame (brightened up) and your slider will zero-out (totally blacken) the ones you're marking as bad. This lets you see what warm-ish pixels you may want to eliminate.
- (2.5.1) Multi-pproc tool now allows Bad Pixel Mapping
- (2.5.1) Mutli-pproc tool will now let you (optionally) overwrite existing pproc_ files
- (2.5.1) Fixed crashing after multi-pproc tool ran when combining control frames (Thanks Per, Daniel, Andrea)
- (2.5.1) TEC power level (where available) reported now in "clock" when it's reading the CCD Temp
- (2.5.1) External ASCOM Filter wheel will now show filter name in FITS header (Thanks Per)
- (2.5.1) Updated how startup scripts were handled (Thanks Ali)
- (2.5.1) Updated DATE FITS keyword to correct format (Thanks Roberto)
- (2.5.1) Debayer x and y offsets inside FITS header could easily get lost in processing (Thanks David)
- (2.5.1) Batch convert from RAW wasn't listing all the available DSLR RAW formats (Thanks John)
- (2.5.1) Multi-pproc dialog (and many others) also weren't listing all these (Thanks Mikko)
- Really, no really this is the last PPC or OS X 10.4 build...

PHD Guiding 1.13.3 Download OS X Intel/Leopard+ , Download Windows
- (1.13.3) Ability to connect to EQMac (think EQMod but for Macs http://hulse.id.au/eqmac/) for control over Atlas type mounts
- (1.13.3) Minor adjustment to DCAM/Firewire/IIDC cams on Mac (thanks Ken)
- (1.13.3) Load/save settings feature added. Anything PHD normally saves (e.g., Advanced dialog) will be saved to a user-specified file.
- (1.13.2) Fix to long-exposure webcams. Was not remembering port number
- (1.13.2) Changed name of Open SSAG on Mac
- (1.13.1) Beta-level support for Orion StarShoot Autoguider on Intel based Macs via Open SSAG (Thanks to Eric Holmes for 99.9% of the work on this!)
- (1.13.1) Updates to The Imaging Source (TIS) cams on Windows to use default FPS setting (changing to 5 FPS was giving issues on some cams).
- (1.13.1) Updates in place for ASCOM v6 (e.g., should detect color sensors and strip off matrix)
- (1.13.1) Updated to current SBIG library for support of STi cameras
- (1.13.1) Mac build now requires Intel processors and 10.5+
- (1.13.1) Windows build now bundles VC2005 libraries needed for some clean installs (e.g. XP)
- (1.13.1) Should now save the Dec slope weight parameter
- (1.13.1) Small bug-fix tweaks to find-star routine (thanks Tom H!)

Craterlet OS X (0.3) Download 0.3 Download 0.2
Craterlet for OS X is designed to give Mac users simple capture application for DCAM-compliant firewire cameras such as those from The Imaging Source (sorry, the iSight is not DCAM-compliant). It's main application here will be to let you stream planetary or lunar images to disk. However, given the long-exposure options present in these cameras, other applications (e.g. DSO work) will certainly exist.

Currently, this is an early release. Heck, it may stay an “early release” forever. I have tested it with a monochrome camera (DMK 31AF03.AS) and with monochrome and color Unibrain Fire-i cameras. Images can be streamed to disk in BMP, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF formats (and SER in v0.3). On color cameras, it will stream color images, currently using the camera's onboard debayers even if pure RAW modes exist. I welcome bug reports and any other assistance users can provide in testing. Let me know what camera you are using, what modes show up (note, you can only selet a mode while Preview is not active), and how it behaves.

Version 0.3
- Added support for SER format. This is a RAW format that can be read by Registax. What’s great is that you can now stream a file rapidly here on the Mac and process the data in Registax. It’s possible this has broken support for a number of cameras, so I’ve left 0.2 up as well. (Remember, this program is far from prime-time).

- Note: If using a color-bayer DMK camera, make sure to select the “RAW” mode from the Mode pull-down. It may show up as “Y800”, “RAW RGB” or “Mono-8”. It won’t be called “Color”. Also, odds are the correct selection when asked what the sensor format is “GBRG”

Version 0.2
- Initial pre-release

Craterlet OS X is freeware. OS X 10.4 is required (some chance it will work with 10.3.9).


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