Release Notes¶

Version History¶

Version 1.2.0¶

Released: 8. July 2026

AstroManager 1.2.0 is a major platform release. It expands AstroManager beyond Windows and Android, introduces the new Image Library, adds Cloud Service workflows, adds a powerful local image-import workflow, and upgrades planning, Remote Control, image grading, and runtime safety.

For workflow help, start with Image Library, Image Import & Review, Cloud Service, Integration Previews, Image Grading, and Runtime Safety.

Platform Support¶

• Added AstroManager support for macOS and iOS.
• Added Linux desktop support.
• The updated desktop and mobile apps use the refreshed AstroManager design system for more consistent navigation, controls, dialogs, and responsive layouts.

AstroManager App¶

• The Home Dashboard now shows recent captures and active sessions across all connected clients.
• Sky Atlas on large screens now supports freely adjustable sizing between the atlas and the right-side detail panel.
• Sky Atlas buttons now include help tooltips.
• Sky Atlas can now display constellation lines.
• Night Reports can now be deleted manually.
• Remote Control Classic now shows the Sequence Tree directly instead of hiding it behind a dialog.

Image Grading¶

• Image Grading now supports Deviance, Threshold, and combined grading modes.
• Added hard-reject rules for cases where a frame should be rejected immediately.
• Added new grading metrics for cooler-temperature deviance and RA/Dec deviance.
• Deviance calculations now use the median instead of the average, making grading less sensitive to outliers.

Runtime Safety¶

• Runtime Safety now supports advanced policy rules with time-based activation, stale telemetry detection, explicit unknown-data handling, debounce windows, recovery delays, cooldowns, and per-night execution limits.
• Supported safety metrics were expanded for weather, tracking, park state, sequence activity, heartbeat freshness, and capture freshness.
• N.I.N.A. runtime-safety evaluation now executes the enhanced policy model.
• Added runtime-safety policy templates and expanded the policy editor UI.

Cloud Service¶

• Added AstroManager Cloud Service storage with a 20 GB free tier for all users and optional paid storage tiers.
• Added cloud storage management and ZIP downloads for captures, masters, and selected exports.
• Added calibration master support for flats and darks used by integration previews.
• Added integration previews, including comparison tools and full-quality zoomed image previews directly inside AstroManager.
• Integration previews can now be used as Community Target images.
• Community Target integration previews now avoid external open-link behavior and use faster preview loading.
• Cloud uploads can be configured per client and per target, including an optional upload offset after astronomical twilight ends.
• Added calibration-file matching to connect captures with suitable calibration assets.

Image Library¶

• Added the Image Library as the central workspace for reviewing captured, imported, local, cloud-backed, and cloud-only image subs.
• Added Lights and Masters library modes for separating normal capture review from calibration-master review.
• Added grouped and compact review views for project cleanup, dense frame comparison, and quality-focused review.
• Added filters for client, observatory, equipment, target, filter, review state, source availability, grade, HFR, star count, eccentricity, and median ADU.
• Added bulk actions for selecting filtered rows, re-syncing missing paths, moving files into a storage structure, preparing images for reimport, creating missing target captures, calibrating selected frames, recalculating metrics, regrading linked captures, and deleting selected local files.
• Added better handling for mixed local/cloud libraries, including cloud-backed captures and missing local paths.

Image Import¶

• Added a local Image Import & Review workflow for existing capture libraries.
• Added a live inspect view with keyboard-assisted review using Shift and Ctrl.
• Added field-shape analysis with a 3D viewer.
• Added local metric calculation for imported frames.
• Added plate solving through ASTAP.
• Added grading support for imported images.

Fixes¶

• Fixed recent captures on the Remote Control dashboard showing filter L instead of the correct mapped filter when client filter mappings were active.
• Fixed pinned navigation menu behavior so dialogs are pushed out correctly.
• Fixed a rare Remote Control dashboard startup issue where Sky Atlas initialization could fail.
• Fixed several Sky Atlas refresh, auto-nearby, and search-term DSO search issues.
• Night Report auto-generation now runs about 30 minutes after astronomical twilight.
• Fixed the last autofocus status display in the Remote Control Session Status tab.
• Fixed a mismatch where target lists showed the capped 200 captures value while the captures dialog showed the higher, correct capture count.
• Improved DSO name display on Sky Atlas.
• Fixed guider connected status display in edge cases and optimized/fixed the guide graph.

Version 1.1.0 / 1.0.3.0¶

Released: 10. May 2026

This release expands AstroManager's community and collaboration workflows, improves equipment and filter handling, and adds stronger long-range observability features for planning.

Highlights¶

• AstroManager now includes dedicated public Community Targets workflows with search, public target pages, public user profiles, comments, upvotes, follows, and AstroBin-linked reference images.
• The new Collaboration Hub adds shared target workflows with groups, invites, chats, trusted collaborators, and project-based access control.
• Collaboration Projects can now be created and monitored. See Collaboration Projects.

• The profile page now includes fields such as username and profile picture to support these new community features. See Public Profile.
• Deep-sky search now supports stronger full-year observability filters which allow for long-term planning. See Seasonal Filter.
• Sky Atlas Magic Button mode now also supports community targets. See Magic Button.
• Users can now set the Bortle Scale directly in their observatory settings. See Sky Brightness And Bortle.
• Equipment handling was expanded for OSC filters, custom filters, manual filter-wheel workflows, and easier camera data setup.
• AstroManager can now also be used in N.I.N.A. DSO-Instruction Sets, including the newer container-based path and the older legacy workflow. See Use AstroManager in Sequences.

Fixes¶

• Fixed search terms such as SH 2-106, which previously did not behave as expected.
• Fixed missing DSO catalog entries such as M45, M35, M44, and M50. This requires a fresh DSO database download in Settings.
• Fixed completed targets with a raised base multiplier not being scheduled correctly.
• Fixed mismatched behavior when multiple targets share the same scheduler priority between Night Preview and the scheduler itself.
• Fixed automatic night-report generation for some time zones.
• Fixed repeated resize issues on desktop.
• Added support for the FrameNr placeholder in N.I.N.A. image-name workflows.

Version 1.0.2 / 1.0.0.2¶

Released: 10. April 2026

This release introduces a more powerful SkyAtlas, easier target reframing, clearer Remote Control status feedback, enhanced scheduling options, Android push notifications, and a wide range of workflow and UI optimizations.

Highlights¶

• Scheduler configuration now supports the new strategy "Higher Completion First" and a completely new weighted mode with thresholds and preview support (requires N.I.N.A. Plugin Version 1.0.0.2 to work). See Weighted Mode.

• SkyAtlas features a new Magic Button with dedicated Bookmark, Target, Auto-Nearby and DSO Search modes. See Magic Button.

• Target framing is now faster: Target mode in Sky Atlas can rotate the equipment overlay directly and apply overlay center plus PA back to the target, and the scheduler dialog formerly labeled Exposures & Panels is now Framing & Goals with a dedicated quick-rotate PA slider. See Magic Button and Change framing via SkyAtlas.

• The Fill Gap feature via Tonight Plan in the Remote Control dashboard was optimized. See Tonight Plan.

• Android push notifications are now available and can be configured under Notifications => Preferences. See Notification Preferences.

• The DSO details page now includes a modern, mobile-optimized layout and a new Nearby Bookmarks / Targets section. See Classic and Modern View Modes and Nearby Bookmarks / Targets.

• Imaging possibilities now support a dedicated single-filter mode, and multi-filter totals now use the maximum relevant value instead of summing filters together. See Filter Modes And Combined Totals.

• Session Status in the Remote Control dashboard now provides more detailed live sequence information. See Session Status Tab.

• Sequence handling has been improved, including clearer restart behavior and a warning when AstroManager was already completed. See Sequence Tab.
• AstroManager now warns automatically when N.I.N.A. filter mappings are missing. See Plugin Configuration.

Improvements¶

• Sky Atlas now includes north-pole and south-pole markers for easier orientation if zoomed out a lot.
• The modern Remote Control dashboard layout has been refined for both larger desktop screens and mobile devices.
• Mobile only: The DSO altitude-chart tooltip now stays at the bottom of the screen so it no longer blocks the chart itself.
• Manual reordering of imaging goals was removed because it was not meaningfully used.

Fixes¶

• Fixed the guiding graph in the Remote Control dashboard.
• Fixed missing default assignments for moon-avoidance profiles, which could previously cause observability search, imaging possibilities, and related calculations to return missing or incorrect data for new users.
• Fixed fullscreen behavior of Sky Atlas on mobile devices when opened from the DSO details page.
• WebApp only: Fixed an issue where Altitude Chart and Search results could become inconsistent after changing the observatory between DSO Search and the DSO details page.
• Fixed missing extended details in the auto-generated night report.
• Fixed inline target-status editing.
• Fixed preview-scheduler handling so paused and archived targets are ignored.
• Fixed Tonight Plan target-card buttons that were not responding.
• Fixed tapping Sky Atlas marker labels on mobile devices.

Initial Release¶

Released: April 2026

• Initial release of AstroManager.
• Initial release of the N.I.N.A. Plugin.

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