[Aavso-photometry] Mira 7

[Michael Koppelman]

Just a note that I finally upgraded to Mira 7 and after the usual 
confusion surrounding a major revision of the software I am finding it 
to be a very, very powerful package. I know there are a lot of good 
packages out there, each with their pros and cons, but I continue to be 
very impressed with Mira. The feature that continues to set Mira apart 
is this "Image Set" concept where it treats a group of images as a 
single image in a sense. It makes it very easy to add/update headers, 
do reductions, perform photometry, etc. on a huge series of images. 
Among many, many new features in version 7 is the ability to use 
elliptical apertures. Michael Newberry has been very responsive and 
helpful and I am compelled to recommend Mira 7 highly.

http://www.axres.com/

Cheers,
Michael Koppelman
http://www.lolife.com/astronomy/