What's New in this Version?
Mira AP Version 7.972 adds support for Windows 7. This version of Mira AP is compatible with the Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems. Version 7.963 was the last significant upgrade. Below are described the new features starting at version 7.963:
For AAVSO members, use the new Prepare AAVSO Report to easily submit large numbers of observations.
View the variation among targets, standards, and check stars through an image set using the new Plot Light Curve command.
Edit names, standard weights, and enter notes for photometry objects to be used in Mira photometry reports and submitted AAVSO reports. See Using Edit Mode in Aperture Photometry.
Enhancements to the Aperture Photometry package provide more detailed listing of standard star results. This helps when using weights for zero point calculations.
A new tutorial describing Time Series Photometry of an image set.
Added an Include Zero point Errors checkbox to the Other Preference page of the Aperture Photometry preferences. This allows you to choose whether to merge the zero point uncertainty and internal errors in the photometric errors that are reported.
Added a Photometry Keywords dialog where you can specify the names and formats of header keywords used for calculating airmass and the photometric errors.
Added Heliocentric Julian Date and Modified Julian Date options for photometry. Previously, only the "normal" or geocentric Julian Date was provided. The Julian Date option is selected in the Other Preferences dialog.
Enhanced protection was added in the Image Calibration package to prevent accidental overwriting of existing calibration frames. This is used in the Create Bias, Create Dark, and Create Flat methods.
Error and warning messages in the Image Calibration package were enhanced.
Added commands for converting RGB images to 16 bit and 8 bit grayscale images. See the Convert to 8 bit Luminance and Convert to 16 bit Luminance commands.
The Angle parameter was removed from the 3x3 Custom Filter command because it was not possible to achieve a good result when automatically rotating small filter kernels. If you want a rotated kernel, enter the rotated filter weights manually.
To better accommodate multiple user accounts and network access, version 7.967 changes the location of parameter files, sample scripts, and sample data. These have been moved into locations that could be accessed my multiple user accounts. If you used an earlier version of Mira, this should affect only your use of the sample images.You may also wish to copy old settings from the old Mira\Params folder and Mira\Scripts folder into the new folder locations. See Mira's Special Folders.
This feature was added to help prevent accidental closure of these window types. You can enable or disable prompting using check list items in the Other Preferences dialog. Prompting is enabled by default.