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Awesome bro!!!

I am late to this party. After a few years with SASW 2i and 135mm lens I finally stepped up go a SA GTI, Redcat 51 and Asiair Plus. And now have finally decided to learn to guide and ordered a ZWO 120mm cam and 30mm scope. Found this video and it was a real eye opener with how to's and suggestions. Am chomping at the bit to get out for a session. Wanted to just tell you thanks for a great and informative video. 🤘 Hook Em Horns.

Will this fit on the 6pro tripod?

Very helpful!! Can i ask if it is possible to align the AM5 on the Skywatcher with a scope pointing north over the tripod leg as you have already indicated with the N on the tripod in your past usage? My current setup has the legs with north over the leg. Also with your EDGE set up do you use an OAG - i heard that harmonic mounts tend not to play nicely with such set ups due to their short exposure in the autoguider mode? Thanks again.

It's absolutely awesome to see a metal man do astrophotography like myself. I am a custom ductwork sheetmetal fabricator/installer by day and an astrophotographer by night. most known astrophotographers are in the IT field. I think that says something about guys like us that are up at 530am for work and finishing our dark frames by 4am/shooting flat frames while the truck is warming up to leave to our day time profession. TOGA!!! CLEAR SKIES.

I read online several reviews saying that the adaptor from the pier was designed to fit an EQ5 tripod, and that it was slightly too large diameter to fit the HEQ5 pro tripod. This obviously wasn’t your experience? Thanks, nice video

Trying to get my 8 inch EdgeHD set up and the filter wheel is contacting the EAF. I see that you have the .7 reducer that makes it fit right. Bummer that it doesn't work without the .7 reducer. Thanks for the vid.

I learned so much!!

This is incredibly helpful, thank you!

Looking forward to the imaging. Thx for the year:)

According to ZWO the Skywatcher adapter plate is also compatible with the Celestron AVX tripod head. The AVX has a similar depression. I've seen the Astroblender youTube on his modification using a threaded rod. I find it funny you would think ZWO, a Chinese based company, would use all metric dimensions and parts. The AVX mount has a metric thread for the tripod rod but the AM5 uses a non metric thread in the base of the AM5. I have on my AVX a C8 (non HD). I use a Starizona reducer/corrector, Celetron OAG an ASI174mm for guiding and a ASI071MC for the main camera. A Mele Win11 miniPC with NINA runs everything. My OTA weighs close to 19lbs. I'll be interested in the guiding results you can achieve at the higher focal lengths. I read on CN some saying the AM5 isn't suitable on focal lengths greater than 900mm yet I read others having good consistent results with C8 and larger. Will you be able to achieve total RMS error below 1" with the AM5? I want to upgrade my AVX eventually as PHD2 guiding application always complains of the calibration. I'm still new at guiding and trying to figure out which parameters to adjust is frustrating. I've read most users report the AVX is not the best choice but I manage to collect light frames, mostly galaxies at the moment, and get the guiding to work adequately. Good luck in your astro come back. I just subscribed. Thanks

thank you

Stay strong and clear skies. Besides the full Askar Astro rig we also have a Seestar and vespera for the quick setups and grab and go when time is tough and clouds are coming in.

I just got an EdgeHD 8" and the first night out was short but I had great seeing. AM5, TC40, ASIAirPlus, 50mm guide scope w/ ASI120MM (yeah, I know) and I managed 0.49" for 1hr 21mins (balanced RA/DEC). What counterweight is that? I'm considering one even though I always put 12lbs in the sling under my TC40.

Very helpful video - I have a used Explore Scientific Twilight - Heavy Duty mount with the same peg - and wanted to see if the Pier would work with my mount. You answered my question that hte PE200 has an adapter!

WOW. I really enjoyed this one. Thx and keep them coming.

Hey man I'm your next door neighbor in Putnam, NY. I'm just getting started and been watching videos- a lot of them. I just came across yours. You got to give me a year at least. I have so many questions? how do you set up for the data capture- IE exposure times, how many images, etc and processing. Can you do a full start to finish process using your various software? Any examples of your work out there to see? So many questions... thanks in advance and I look forward to your new videos. And work I hear ya. RN in NYC. The two best parts of my day are driving in and driving back out....

Love it, brother!

very useful information, thanks

I hope other companies are making good options too, this company likes to crank the price up.

Weather and work has kept me from shooting for nearly 2 years now.. recently fell victim to selling almost all of my gear as I take up a new hobby. A week later, I'm already regretting it. Will keep watching though. Hope you get clearer skies.

Cool video. Really liked that 1930s aerial shot.

I fumbled around for months and ended up with a setup almost identical to yours, only difference being the main camera. This video is a great resource for checking if ive been doing anything wrong, thanks for putting it together.

Spetacular!!!!!!!!!!!++++

Oh man that looks like a heavy payload for that poor star adventurer.

Bob, we loved watching this video on the old factory and have often wondered about its history. Many thanks and best wishes.

Agent orange works well for gardens btw ;)

Noticed some confusion during guiding setup. What you did first was calibration. That takes a few minutes as it steps through NSEW. Then it begins to guide. Because you calibrated, your guiding was quite good. And you lowered the gain appropriately. Multi star is automatic. It will pick the star it likes.

Gonna get off my knees now…. If I can. Laughing and thinking “oh yeah, polar alignment will surely tell you your age and joint health. Thanks for a mellow, accurate AIR tutorial. Very good stuff.

Where did you order your cables from? I hate all those long cables too! Looking for reliable, reputable brand and seller.

Interesting video! What tablet are you using?

Hey, Thanks so much for this great tutorial on the Asiair plus. You have a great way of explaining things that even I can understand. I have a quick question on how you zoomed using the AA+ app. On the video starting at 11:09 you zoomed in on the star and I wasn't sure how you did this. Did you zoom in using your fingers on the tablet screen or are there zoom keys in the app that you used?.... I have a AA+ coming soon. Thanks again, great job!

I just used the same app on my backyard without the asiair. My flags were all green. When I used my asiairi was not able to connect to it outside at the location I wanted. It does connect outside too close to the house. Now to see what can I do about it.

Good luck finding the antenna links

Thank you

Awesome video thank you 🖖🏼

I wanted to go through Cherokee on our way back from TN this past month, but we found out that our son gets carsick around curvy mountain roads and he is 1.5 years old. We didn't want to chance it with 4 hours of a drive. I will visit one day! :)

Love the tests. Great video

I keep watching all of these AISAIR videos but I don't see anybody talking about the fact that they don't send the power cable and what we newbies should buy to be able to turn it on because none of the other parts of the video matter until I can plug it up and turn it on. Next video.....

I recently bought a second hand HEQ5 pro, and with it i was given an ASI AIR, the red and white original. although it only supports 32gb cards, there is a setting to save files to the camera, if you are using a DSLR to image, and as i use a full frame camera with 47mb file size, it comes in handy

I just bought the Asiair and this video has been so helpful. Thank you for putting so much effort into this video. Keep up the great work.

I've been struggling with asiair and new image train due to several factors, probably the biggest challenge being clear skies and bitter cold, with snow. Anyway got out last Saturday night. Finally achieved focus, and successfully did PA, polar alignment! Took about 3 or 4 hours with brakes to warm up. Later Sunday powered everything up, and couldn't get my tablet to communicate with asiair. WTF, My Jackery, and tablet was at 50ish% charger, and Jackery ab70%. I charged everything, and it all Comunidad even 40 feet away through 2 walls. So I assume full power is pretty important. Just thought I'd let you guys know my experience. Good luck.

I have an ASI AIR Plus. First.....get the 3.1 cable to the camera away from the antenae (this is per ZWO latest info). Next....connect with 2.4 G and not 5....2.4 isn't quite as fast but goes much further distance. I experimented with Station Mode and found that evidently when using that the speed of download is lower than connecting direct to ASI AIR wifi. I got more drop outs in Station Mode although I was pushing the connection distance for my home WIFI connection. An extender would probably help in that case. Final suggestion.....when slowing down or dropping connections, try rebooting the ASI AIR. Note that when you do this you will have to reset your password unless you are using the default 12345678. I found that a reboot and avoiding Station Mode made the connection very robust. I run my setup from inside my house and through a glass doorwall and about 40' distance. Also make sure you have the latest firmware update.

Some people think that a higher gain antenna will give them the strongest signal and highest quality connection. This is true in some cases, but in certain applications too much gain can be a bad thing. The truth is, the answer to whether you need a higher or a lower gain antenna lies in your application. You want to focus all of the signal to direct it to a distant target, then the high gain antenna is definitely the best choice. High gain antennas need to be pointed in a preferred direction to send RF signal so that limited signal can be intensified in desired location. Antennas only divert, direct, or concentrate radio energy in some direction, they don’t create it. In my application I was able to go in my house with the stock antenna which was about 70 ft away, give or take and I had poor signal going in and out. You should of tried walking in another direction when having the blade antenna connected. Rf shoots off the blade sides on a 40 degrees lobe. You got worst signal with the 9db antenna because it only shoot out 25 degrees in both directions. The regular 2db antenna that came with the plus has a 360 degrees radius but not as far out. The blade antenna would be the best antenna in the application but you have to make sure it pointed in the right direction blade side in your direction. It's all about staying in the signal lobe of what direction your antenna application is shooting the RF.

Thanks for the video! I tried the WiFi AR app on my iPhone and found it totally unusable. But I found the "Airport Utility" app much more user-friendly after setting WiFi scanner to "on" under iPhone settings. The stock antenna seems to work fine, increasing the signal next to the ASIAirplus from -71dBm to -26dBm. At 40 feet the signal was about -60dBm. I was able to control the ASIAirplus from my iPad from about 100 feet (not measured). So I think the WiFi of the Plus works pretty well.

I am looking to get a filter wheel either the 7x2" or the 5x2". I also have a ASI 294MC pro, so i hope you can help me with some of my questions. Do i need to buy anything extra to contact the camera or can i do it with the accessory coming with the camera and the filter wheel? I saw they show a T2 tilter between the filter wheel and the camera on their website, do i really need it? Thanks in advance if you can help me with these questions!

Thanks for the tests. For me, it's a mix of distance and download speeds. Fact is, the asiair system is primarily, for me, a system that allows me to image from the comfort of my couch. I can't do that, 20 feet away from the scope and stay connected. I have to use a wifi extender.

Isn't the 294mc an uncooled camera? How are you cooling yours?

Did the AIR polar align thru the guide scope and camera? If so, is the guide pointed to the same location the main imager scope is pointed to?

Excellent video!!! I just got my ASIAIR PLUS and some other ZWO equipment. I'm brand new to astrophotography and still waiting for a clear night to get out and check it out. Keep the videos coming. Also I noticed that when you went into the telescope section prior to bring the scope to the home position the "Tracking" was turned off. Does that need to be off when I use the Guiding mode? Thanks.