Added photometric uncertainties to the spectral type estimation features (has to be enabled in the Settings tab)
Removed the Epoch slider from the Image Viewer
Added the following 3 checkboxes: “Skip intermediate epochs”, “Separate scan directions”, “Difference imaging”
Replaced the Main sequence lookup table by the latest version (version 2022.04.16)
Replaced DES DR1 by DR2
Replaced IRSA by NOIRLab as a backup TAP provider in the Settings tab
Added “TAP access URL” and “ADQL query” fields to the Custom Overlays tab
Moved the External Sources panel from the Catalog Search tab to the Image Viewer tab
Replaced Gaia EDR3 by DR3
AstroToolBox v2.4.1
Fixed a bug in the DECaLS images download
Implemented a HttpGet to fetch the results from an async ADQL query
Fixed a bug in the IRSA proper motion query of the CatWISE2020 catalog
AstroToolBox v2.4.0
Changed the NSC DR2 catalog base URL from http://datalab.noao.edu to https://datalab.noirlab.edu
Converted cutout service checkboxes to radio buttons
Removed a bunch of obsolete features from the Image Viewer
Changed the way unWISE and DECaLS images are downloaded and processed
Added errors for Teff, log g and mass to the Gaia eDR3 WD catalog
Upgraded from Gaia DR2 WD to Gaia eDR3 WD catalog
Changed contrast settings and sliders
Added a version info panel that will be displayed at startup if there’s a new ATB version available
Added a reference Gaia CMD G vs.BP-RP image to the Gaia CMD panel
Reverted Pan-STARRS catalog access back to MAST
AstroToolBox v2.3.7
Added NEO7 unWISE coadds to the Image Viewer
Added the Montreal cooling sequences for white dwarfs to the Gaia CMD
Added a button to create a PDF of the SED and CMD charts
Added white dwarf SED panel
Added a bouton to the SED panel to show the chart data points
Added CatWISE, unWISE and DES DR1 photometry to the SED feature
Added DES DR1 catalog
Added spectral types M0-M9 to the CMD panel
AstroToolBox v2.3.6
Fixed a bug in the Coordinates converter tool (decimal to sexagesimal conversion)
Added colors for M0-M5 spectral types to the Brown dwarf lookup table
SEDs can now be overplotted with reference SEDs
Added WISE epoch #8 (NEO7) to the Image Viewer
Added the RUWE to the Gaia eDR3 catalog
Added Gaia CMD to the Image Viewer
AstroToolBox v2.3.5
Removed a trailing space character from the VizieR CatWISE source id
The latest async TAP provider is saved to the settings file
Added DSS image to the Image Viewer tab
Added TESS Input Catalog to the Catalog Search and Image Viewer tabs
Refactored photometry, colors and spectral type lookup
Added the Photometric Classifier tab
Added the Image Series tab
Added SED plots to the object details of the Image Viewer tab
Added the VizieR catalogs tab
Fixed a NullPointerException in the Image Viewer
Added measurements and references to the SIMBAD object details
AstroToolBox v2.3.4
Added 2 new themes to the Look and Feel select box in the Settings tab
Proper motion vectors can be transformed to moving dots (Wiseview-style Gaia overlay)
Added a button to the Object details panel of the Image Viewer and the Spectral type lookup panel of the Catalog Search tab to fill out the TYGO form automatically
Added 2 fields to the Settings tab to save your name and email address for the automatic TYGO form filling
Added VizieR and NOAO as TAP providers to the ADQL Query tab
AstroToolBox v2.3.3
Removed any unwanted characters from the user input coordinates
Added 2 radio buttons to switch between IRSA and VizieR TAP for AllWISE, CatWISE, 2MASS & Gaia DR2 catalogs
Added a button to the details panel of the Image Viewer to copy a digest of the object info to the clipboard
AstroToolBox v2.3.2
Added DECaLS images to the time series and object info sheet
Added DECaLS regular and magnified images to the Image Viewer
Added a link to the regular DECaLS image of the Image Viewer pointing to the Legacy Viewer
Added a checkbox to the Settings Tab to enable/disable the download of DECaLS images
Removed the Spitzer/WISE photometric catalog
Changed the name of the ADQL Query tab to IRSA TAP
Added further constraints to the NSC DR2 proper motion query
Switched back to IRSA TAP for AllWISE, 2MASS and Gaia DR2
AstroToolBox v2.3.1
Switched back to IRSA TAB for CatWISE2020 (VizieR seems to have revoked TAP access for CatWISE2020)
AstroToolBox v2.3.0
Assigned shortcut keys to overlays
Added DECaLS cutouts to the Image Viewer
Added AB to Vega transformation for NOIRLab, Pan-STARRS and SDSS colors
Added a split pane to the Image Viewer to change the size of the control panel
Selected catalog overlays can now be saved (Overlays tab of Image Viewer)
Overlays detail panel: Added a button to copy coordinates to the clipboard
Added a marking tool for target coordinates
Added a setting to save the total proper motion for the PM vectors
Added a setting to save the FoV when right clicking on an object
Reorganized the control panel of the Image Viewer into 5 tabs: Controls, Overlays, Mouse, Player, Tools
Changed the layout of the navigation buttons
Changed the order of the catalogs and overlays
Added a colored border around subtracted contrast label
Changed range of subtracted contrast slider from 1-10 to 1-19 with default is 10
Added unwise.me cutouts to the Image Viewer
Added S/N ratio to AllWISE w1,w2,w3,w4 and CatWISE w1,w2
Added NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2
Added NOIRLab DR2 overlays and PM vectors
Added NOIRLab DR2 to the motion checker tool
Refactored astrometry for PM vectors, the motion tool and the transpose motion feature
Refactored astrometry for navigation buttons
Refactored astrometry for custom overlays local file search
Implemented a new formula to calculate angular distance between 2 stars
AstroToolBox v2.2.2
Refactored external resources panel of the Catalog Search tab
Refactored custom overlays
Refactored motion checker tool
Changed the overlay shape size
Replaced CatWISE2020 by CatWISE Preliminary (CatWISE2020 definitely contains too much junk!)
Added Gaia EDR3 catalog, overlays and PM vectors. Will only be activated the day after the official release (12/3/2020)
AstroToolBox v2.2.1
Added a motion checker tool to the Image Viewer, allowing to check if the observed motion corresponds to the measured one
Added a check box to the Settings tab, allowing to disable async download of WISE images (async download may cause problems on some Linux distributions)
Added VizieR catalog support to custom overlays, allowing to produce overlays of any TAP enabled VizieR catalog
Refactored pixel to WCS and WCS to pixel mapping so that the overlays match exactly the sources in the WISE images
Added a text field for changing the cutout service URL to the Settings tab
Migrated AllWISE, 2MASS and Gaia DR2 catalogs from IRSA TAP to VizieR TAP
AstroToolBox v2.2.0
Image Viewer tab: Made the border around the 1st epoch thicker and red
Image Viewer tab: Changed the display order of the IRSA images: DSS, 2MASS, SDSS, AllWISE & PanSTARRS
Image Viewer tab: Added a checkbox to display a static time series panel (DSS2-IR, 2MASS-K, SDSS-z, WISE-W2, PanSTARRS-z)
Image Viewer tab: Added a checkbox to display an animated time series panel (DSS2-IR, 2MASS-K, SDSS-z, WISE-W2, PanSTARRS-z), specific filters can be omitted
Catalog & Image Viewer tab: Added a name resolver for astronomical objects to the coordinates input field
Image Viewer tab: Added a checkbox to show crosshairs with coordinates on WISE images
Calculators & Converters tab: Added a linear distance calculator (to calculate the real distance between 2 stars)
Image Viewer tab: Added 2 experimental features that work only with catalog overlays: a checkbox to display estimated spectral types and a checkbox to show potential brown dwarfs only
Fixed a bug (reported by an attentive user) in the Pan-STARRS catalog: z-y showed the same value than i-z in the catalog details panel
Optimized the Image Viewer, which now requires less CPU and memory
AstroToolBox v2.1.0
Added a photometric (luminosity) distance evaluation feature to the M-L-T-Y Dwarfs tab
Added a check box called “Skip bad quality images” to the Image Viewer tab
Added a check box called “Skip single nodes” to the Image Viewer tab
Added a photometric distance calculator to the Calculators & Converters Tab
Added a new epoch called ASCENDING_DESCENDING_NOISE_REDUCED to the Image Viewer tab
Added a service to get dust extinctions by band
Added a check box called “Consider Galactic dust reddening & extinction” the M-L-T-Y Dwarfs tab
Reworked photometry of Y dwarfs in the MLTY Dwarfs lookup table
Added a button to the catalog entry panel of the Image Viewer tab to copy relevant information to the clipboard
Replaced CatWISE Preliminary by CatWISE2020 catalog
Added 2 new epochs to the Image Viewer tab: FIRST_LAST_ASCENDING & FIRST_LAST_DESCENDING
Removed useless sliders “Min pixel value”, “Max pixel value” and “Stretch control” from the Image Viewer tab
Added a check box called “Optimize contrast” to the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v2.0
Added 2MASS All-Sky images to the Image Viewer tab
Added stack images for Pan-STARRS g, r, i, z and y filters
Preloading and coadding all available epochs (Image Viewer tab)
Added DSS and SDSS images to the Image Viewer tab
Optimized image downloading and processing
Added IRSA Finder Chart images
Added AllWISE flags as tool tips to the catalog entries
Added number of epochs field to the Settings tab
Finally solved the image cut off issue
Results of Simbad catalog queries are now returned in CSV format
Added VISTA-VHS catalog to the Catalog and Image Viewer tabs
Added a PDF data sheet to the Image Viewer tab
Refactored spectral type lookup features
Changed number of default epochs from 6 to 7 in the Image Viewer tab
Added VHS DR4 link to external resources of the Catalog Search tab
Added NeoWISE images to the PDF data sheet
Added 2MASS catalog to the Catalog and Image Viewer tabs
Reworked min/max settings
Always skipping single nodes no matter which epoch mode
Added a teff, mass, log g and age lookup feature for white dwarfs
Added Gaia DR2 WD candidates catalog to the Catalog Search and Image Viewer tabs
Added the unWISE catalog to the Catalog Search and Image Viewer tabs
Added Spitzer/WISE photometric catalog to the Image Viewer tab
Added Spitzer colors to the brown dwarfs lookup table
Added a live download log to the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v2.0.1
Fixed some bugs in the Image Viewer tab
Changed min/max pixel settings in the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v1.3.5
All image overlays are now loaded asynchronously (Image Viewer tab)
AllWISE W1, W2, W3, W4 and Pan-STARRS images are now displayed asynchronously (Image Viewer tab)
Added 2MASS All-Sky images (J, H, K) to the Image Viewer tab
Added stack images for Pan-STARRS g, r, i, z and y filters to the Image Viewer tab
Added “Display all images” radio button to the Image Viewer tab
Made Gaia DR2 and CatWISE PM vectors bolder (Image Viewer tab)
Replaced warning dialogs by message labels (Image Viewer tab)
If provided, additional coadds are loaded to improve the image quality (Image Viewer tab)
Added 3 new settings to the Settings tab: “Download additional coadds”, “Download Pan-STARRS images” and “Download SDSS images” check boxes
AstroToolBox v1.3.4
Optimized Gaia DR2 and CatWISE proper motion overlays for the galactic plane
AstroToolBox v1.3.3
Fixed a bug in the AllWISE w1/w2/w3/w4 images display
AstroToolBox v1.3.2
Made the parsing of catalog fields resilient against a change of their order in the result sets.
AstroToolBox v1.3.1
Fixed a bug in the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v1.3.0
Added crosshairs to the Image Viewer tab
Updated the Help section
Added “Smooth images” check box to the Image Viewer tab (may produce better results in subtracted modes)
Added “Keep contrast settings” check box to the Image Viewer tab (keeps the contrast settings between coordinates and/or FoV changes)
Reworked catalog field labels
Added SDSS images to the Image Viewer tab
Added “Mark differences” check box to the Image Viewer tab (marks the differences between successively displayed images)
Added a new Epoch called ASCENDING_DESCENDING_SUBTRACTED to the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v1.2.3
Added Pan-STARRS catalog to the Catalog Search tab
Added Pan-STARRS overlay to the Image Viewer tab
Added SDSS catalog to the Catalog Search tab
Added SDSS overlay to the Image Viewer tab
Added SDSS spectra overlay to the Image Viewer tab
Added navigation buttons to the Image Viewer tab allowing you to move thru the sky (left, right, up, down)
AstroToolBox v1.2.2
Added WISE artifact overlays for ghosts, halos, latents and diffraction spikes to the Image Viewer tab
Added a diamond shape to the overlay shapes
Added a new mode to the Epoch’s select box in the Image Viewer tab: ASCENDING_DESCENDING (comparable to Wiseview’s “Separate scan directions” check box)
Added “Skip first epoch (year 2010)” check box to the Image Viewer tab (if checked, the original WISE epoch of 2010 is replaced by the first NEO epoch of 2014, which may improve the subtracted image modes, especially for high populated, large field of views)
Added AGN and WD warnings for AllWise and Gaia DR2 entries to the Catalog Search tab
Added Solar System Objects overlay to the Image Viewer tab
Added WISE Atlas images to the Image Viewer tab
Resolved the “Image cut off” issue in the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v1.2.1
Files are now automatically saved when a row is deleted or when the program is closed (File Browser and Object Collection)
Added a link to the Legacy Sky Viewer in the Catalog Search tab
Added links to the Nearest Zooniverse Subjects in the Image Viewer tab
Redesigned PM vectors in the Image Viewer tab
AstroToolBox v1.2.0
Added a modified Julian date converter to the Calculators & Converters tab
Added check box “Small body help” to the Image Viewer tab. It’s a help to enter the data required by JPL’s Small Body Identification tool.
Added image player controls (Play, Stop, Backward, Forward) to the Image Viewer tab
Added button “Rotate by 90° clockwise” to the Image Viewer tab
Added buttons “Save as PNG” and “Save as GIF” to the Image Viewer tab. The first button saves the current image as a PNG file. The second button saves all the images as an animated GIF.
Added a magnifier feature to the Image Viewer tab for WISE and PanSTARRS images
Added check box “Hide magnifier panel” to the Image Viewer tab
Added check box “Draw circle” to the Image Viewer tab. This is an object marking tool.
Added check box “Work with custom overlays” to the Image Viewer tab
Added Custom Overlays tab
Added button “Add to object collection” to the details panel of the Image Viewer tab
Added Object Collection tab
Added “Add row”, “Remove selected row” and “Open new File Browser” buttons to the File Browser tab
Added check box “Transpose proper motion” to the Image Viewer tab (AstroToolBox’s implementation of Wiseview’s Shift & Add)
Added radio buttons “Show catalogs” and “Recenter images” to the Image Viewer tab
PM vector overlays are now clickable to get the PM object’s details
Every data value, anywhere in the program, can now be copied and pasted.
Fixed a bug in the decimal to sexagesimal coordinates converter