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New in Nebulink 2.2

What's new in 2.2

• A clearer Beginner view (2.2.97 and 2.2.98): new installs open in Beginner. The Overview opens with Start here, three steps (connect your Seestar, choose tonight's target, start the session), each with a ? button. Pages use plain names (Pick for me, What to look at, Plan my night), the status bar says things like Taking pictures and Waiting for dark, and Moon, Planets and Planet stacker stay in Advanced. The first launch offers Show me how it works?, and messages say what to do, such as "Can't find your Seestar. Check it's turned on and on your Wi-Fi."
• Map your horizon (2.2.96): a larger marker, a note that the automatic scan is quicker, and a clear message when Wide-angle is off while you map.
• Graphics card gauge (2.2.95): the Connection page shows your graphics card's name, how busy it is and its video memory, and the PC gauges line up across the page.
• Spots need a place (2.2.94): a horizon scan saves its spot at the Seestar's reported location, or your saved place if the Seestar hasn't reported one yet, and never at 0,0. Start this spot in Live view asks you to connect the Seestar first, instead of guessing a place.
• Beginner home (2.2.93): with Beginner on, Quick start shows one status line for your Seestar, four big buttons (See tonight's best, Pick something to look at, Check my telescope, Stop) and tonight's top three targets.
• Weather from the US National Weather Service (2.2.93): the forecast for US places comes from the National Weather Service, free and with no key; everywhere else it comes from MET Norway, and the Weather page says which one it used
• Sky picture sources (2.2.93): the Connection page shows each site Best targets pulls its pictures from, with a dot for how the last request went and a Test now button. Best targets has Refresh pictures, a Retry picture on each blank card and Clear sky-picture cache. SkyView's no-data pictures are gone
• PC during the night (2.2.90): while a plan or stack runs, Nebulink records the PC's processor, memory and disk space every 10 seconds and graphs the night on the Analytics page, with plain-words findings such as low disk space or Nebulink's memory creeping up
• PC performance gauges (2.2.90): live gauges on the Connection and Analytics pages for this PC's processor, memory, disk space and battery, and for what Nebulink itself is using, with a plain-words warning when something needs attention
• Remote help (2.2.90): a Get remote help button in Troubleshoot, and in the Start menu, opens Windows Quick Assist. Email support@getnebulink.com to schedule a session; at the agreed time you get a six-digit code to type in. Nobody can see or control your PC without it
• Setup checklist and first-run guide (2.2.89): the Overview page starts with Five steps to your first picture, and the first time you start Nebulink a short popup walks you through the connection key, closing the Seestar phone app, finding your Seestar and taking your first picture
• Save each frame (2.2.88): a switch on the Stacking page keeps every frame the Seestar stacks, so you can stack them again yourself in Siril
• Horizon scan in EQ mode (2.2.88): Map your horizon now works with a scope on an equatorial wedge. It first learns how your mount moves, then steps round the sky
• Connection page (2.2.87): checks this PC's Wi-Fi and addresses, whether a second copy of Nebulink is running and whether the sky-picture servers can be reached; runs the port test (UDP 4720, TCP 4700 and 4800), scans your network for scopes, and shows the log
• Burst (2.2.83): save 2 to 1000 frames from the Planets or Moon live video as pictures, one each, in a folder of their own
• Capture settings (2.2.82): choose 10 to 90 seconds a frame in the Whiz wizard and the Planner, with 60 and 90 seconds in EQ mode
• Planets Look (2.2.82): the Moon's color filters and a gentle Sharpen on the Planets page, with saved photos keeping the look you chose
• Tonight's sky sheet and Sky events (2.2.9): one picture of the night to share, and the meteor showers, Moon conjunctions and new and full moons coming up
• Focus and dew watch and an automatic horizon scan (2.2.9): warns you when stars go soft while stacking, and maps your horizon for you
• Night report (2.2.9): save any night from Analytics as a PDF with each target's stats and picture
• Steadier on weak Wi-Fi (2.2.10): a missed reply no longer resets where the scope points for the night
• Weather for anywhere: an hourly forecast for any place in the world, a weather map with the real satellite photo, warnings and Storm guard (US and Germany) to fold the arm away before a storm
• Weather history: how the nights have been where you observe, over the last 3 months to 3 years
• Planets page: GoTo a planet, center it, watch it live, and take photos and video, with five layouts
• Moon page updates: an accurate crater ring, Autofocus, a Look menu for mineral color and relief, a compass, and a Steady view that calms shimmer
• Layouts for Live view, Stacking, Alignment, the Moon and Planets pages: lay each one out the way you like
• Observing lists, a Messier Marathon planner and satellite passes
• Power down at the end of the night, also after a Whiz plan, EQ mode kept, and a battery check before you start
• Dark library: build the Seestar's darks from your PC
• Every target in the middle: Nebulink aims again when a GoTo lands off-center
• Satellite trails taken out and labels on your pictures
• Star party mode for visitors, and a Moon page for crater GoTos, photos and video, and the star chart's planet and Moon buttons now open the Planets or Moon page
• Voice commands for the Helper
• Phone alerts and Nebulink on your phone: watch, check the plan or press Stop from the couch
• Mosaics of up to 3 × 3 panels, your own horizon (drawn or scanned by the scope) and Projects
• Share picture, a color boost in Enhance, place search without internet, a Wi-Fi meter, GMT in the status bar, an update notice, and the small things that make a night easier