Articles by Juan Conejero

We are glad to announce the release of MLDenoise, a new machine learning tool for noise reduction of astronomical deep-sky images. This is a preview of the next generation of machine-learning PixInsight tools that we'll be releasing in the coming weeks and months, including noise reduction, star removal, deconvolution, and other tasks where specialized neural networks can help solve intractable or ill-posed problems with hardware acceleration. This release is for the macOS ARM64 (Apple...

We have just released a new version of PixInsight: 1.9.4 Lockhart build 1695. This release provides stability improvements and bug fixes on all supported operating systems. Refer to the official announcement of version 1.9.4 Lockhart for complete information on new features, changes, and known problems in the current versions of PixInsight. See also the previous 1.9.4 build 1693 announcement for information on recent changes and improvements. Installation Installation packages for...

We have just released a new version of PixInsight: 1.9.4 Lockhart build 1693. This release provides stability improvements and bug fixes on all supported operating systems. Refer to the official announcement of version 1.9.4 Lockhart for complete information on new features, changes, and known problems in the current versions of PixInsight. Installation Installation packages for PixInsight 1.9.4 Lockhart build 1693 are now available to all licensed users for Linux, macOS (ARM64 and x64...

We have released a new version of PixInsight today: 1.9.4 Lockhart. This release provides stability improvements, bug fixes, and new features on all supported operating systems. We are also releasing the first macOS ARM64 (native Apple Silicon) version of PixInsight. Installation Installation packages for PixInsight 1.9.4 Lockhart are now available to all licensed users for Linux, macOS (ARM64 and x64 architectures), and Windows: https://pixinsight.com/dist/ As with all PixInsight core...

As most readers already know, I have been working hard for more than one year to replace the old SpiderMonkey 24 engine, which has been powering our JavaScript runtime since 2015, with a completely new, entirely redesigned, and fully rewritten runtime based on V8, Google's high-performance, open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. This monumental work is now complete, and the new runtime, available in version 1.9.4 Lockhart of PixInsight, has been thoroughly tested for stability and...

Since the initial release of our MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch (MAS) tool in December, we've been reading many reviews and observing some very interesting reactions. I must say that the reception of this new tool has been, overall, very positive. There's one line of argument, however, that has surprised me quite a bit. Well, not really surprised in the sense of something unexpected, but the kind of surprise one experiences whenever faced with certain types of arrogance and insolence that are...

Hi all, We are glad to announce the release of a new image processing tool on the PixInsight platform: MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch. MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch (MAS, for short) is an image delinearization (stretching) tool based on statistical and multiscale analysis. MAS implements a set of rigorous, robust, yet easy-to-use, image stretching, contrast recovery, and color saturation algorithms within a dedicated PixInsight process with full real-time and static preview capabilities. Thanks...

PixInsight Class Library (PCLL) 2.0 is the software license under which we'll release all new versions of PixInsight from now on, including all modules and scripts included in the official PixInsight distribution on all supported platforms. PixInsight Class Library License Version 2.0.1, 29 December 2025 Copyright (c) 2025, Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. All Rights Reserved. Redistribution and use in both source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the...