• Increased account security

• Better basic plate-solving success rate

• New editor for acquisition sessions almost ready for testing

Read on to learn more about what's new on AstroBin!

This year has been very busy in terms of improvements to AstroBin, and thenew equipment database was the largest code change ever deployed inAstroBin's 11 years online.

Besides that, AstroBin saw several improvements. Let me name the mostimpactful in cronological order:

• The revision and gallery "quick browser"

• Improvements to search by catalog objects

• Lots of new search filters related to the new equipment database

• Image collaborations

Thanks to the massive success of the new equipment database, which now extends to over 80% of AstroBin images (thank you all who migrated your equipment!) I was able to finally release a bunch of new search filters on AstroBin, and I think this is pretty awesome!

• Equipment database progress update

• One more quick recap of why the new equipment database was needed and what it enables

• Things that are coming up soon, thanks to the new equipment database

• Selecting equipment items by browsing in addition to searching

• Bug xes and smaller improvements

• What is planned for October

Read on to learn more about what's new on AstroBin and what's coming up next.

During the past couple of months the new equipment database rolled out to all users, and I've been monitoring the progress of the migration. At the time of writing, 74.77% of AstroBin images have at least partial coverage of the new equipment database, and this is a massive success! 🎉

As you may know, I have worked on modernizing the AstroBin equipment database for 1 year now, in order to solve the issues with duplication and fragmentation of data (please read more here). This has made the last 12 months very, very busy, but this process was in my bucket list for over 5 years now, and the community voted that this was the most wanted feature in 2020.The AstroBin Equipment Database is a highly collaborative community effort based on a peer review system, that allows the long-term preservation of information about all equipment items used in astrophotography.

Dear AstroBin user,

Every month I'm sending out updates on what's new on AstroBin. I hope you find this interesting!

Read on to learn more about what's new on AstroBin and what's coming up next.

Salvatore

💫 Performance improvements

⏩ Shareable slideshow views

⬆ Sortable table view for user galleries

📷 New field for deep-sky acquisition: “f-number”

📩 Improvements to the private messages

🇺🇦 AstroBin stands with Ukraine

I hope you find this interesting!

Dear AstroBin user!

Every month I'm sending out updates on what's new on AstroBin. I hope you find this interesting!

Read on to learn more about what's new on AstroBin and what's coming up next.

January was a slow month for AstroBin: my family and I moved house and it was a much bigger time sink than I anticipated. This impacted the new equipment database work, which is critical in terms of complexity, risk, and mental drainage, so I worked on easier and more minor features and bug fixes instead.

Read on to learn more about what's new on AstroBin and what's coming up next.

Since we're on the last day of the year, I wish each and everyone of you a year full of health, prosperity, and love. Happy New Year! ❤️