Thanks for the great common sense advice. I got into astrophotography a few months ago. Just recently bought an ASIAIR Mini which is awesome. A neighbor told me about a great spot on a hilltop just outside of town. Super dark with 360 degrees of unobstructed visibility. I plan on taking my gear out there tonight which will be my first imaging session away from my house. This video was just what I needed.
Good advice Kurt! When at home I use staton mode on the ZWOAir plus to get extra distance from my home Wi-Fi ,which works well. I recently had problems with the mosaic function on the ZWOAir plus a silly boyhood error (all ready had a plan setup just had to delete) That what happens when you start rushing things,as you mentioned take your time and check. CS my friend Tam.
Kurt one thing on your tablet issue at least I have ran into it before. Sometimes I've had issues where the network connection would switch on me (or at least attempt to switch) if there was a stronger signal and/or there was a network that I had auto-connect enabled (ie: home network). This wound up dropping my connection to Eagle3 WIFI but even if checking the networks it would switch back (had to go disable auto-connect for every network in the list and also change the orientation of the antenna's. Not 100% sure this is your issue (or mine for that matter) but it did stabilize things that night for me.
ZWO has it on special for $89 rather than $99 although they will probably charge shipping. One of the main reasons for the extender is it will give some aded protection the camera will not hit the tripod legs. Cheers
Glad I found your video. I want to do this for outreach next month. I will cast my tablet to a Smart TV for public viewing. I mostly wanted to see if you needed the calibration frames. Good to see you do not, it will make things simpler. Thanks.
Hi Kurt. Question/Opinion: I just purchased an ASIAIR MINI to help me reduce my power needs when i go remote imaging. Ill be running an AVX mount and an ASI533 (without cooling). In your experience, do you think a 17 amp/hr (Harbor Freight 😊) car jump battery would give me 3-4 hours of capture time? I always enjoy your videos. 👋
Thanks Tom. The important thing for batteries is it should be a Deep Cycle (Marine type) as these batteries have a consistant power flow until they run dry. The 17 amp/hour should be good enough for 3-4 hours. Those Celestron Power Tanks are only 7Ah. My new one is 20Ah and ~$75 on Amazon. Cheers Kurt
i am wondering if you tablet does not have enough Ram? asi air needs at least 4 gigs my old ipad had the same issue and it had just 1 gig. thanks for some good suggestions.
Thanks for the great common sense advice. I got into astrophotography a few months ago. Just recently bought an ASIAIR Mini which is awesome. A neighbor told me about a great spot on a hilltop just outside of town. Super dark with 360 degrees of unobstructed visibility. I plan on taking my gear out there tonight which will be my first imaging session away from my house. This video was just what I needed.
Glad it was helpful! Good Luck on the session. Cheers
Good advice Kurt! When at home I use staton mode on the ZWOAir plus to get extra distance from my home Wi-Fi ,which works well.
I recently had problems with the mosaic function on the ZWOAir plus a silly boyhood error (all ready had a plan setup just had to delete)
That what happens when you start rushing things,as you mentioned take your time and check.
CS my friend Tam.
Thanks for the info about the station mode Tam. I have a wifi extender which works really well. Cheers Kurt
Hi Kurt. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing buddy!
You bet Mike, Thanks for watching! Cheers
There is really a big need for such handy and useful tips 👍🏻
Thanks Mohammad, glad you think so! Cheers
Thank you very much for this video.
Thanks, Glad it was helpful! Cheers
Kurt one thing on your tablet issue at least I have ran into it before. Sometimes I've had issues where the network connection would switch on me (or at least attempt to switch) if there was a stronger signal and/or there was a network that I had auto-connect enabled (ie: home network). This wound up dropping my connection to Eagle3 WIFI but even if checking the networks it would switch back (had to go disable auto-connect for every network in the list and also change the orientation of the antenna's. Not 100% sure this is your issue (or mine for that matter) but it did stabilize things that night for me.
Thanks for the info Mike, that never occured to me. Cheers
Thank you. I guess I should get that riser!
ZWO has it on special for $89 rather than $99 although they will probably charge shipping. One of the main reasons for the extender is it will give some aded protection the camera will not hit the tripod legs. Cheers
Glad I found your video. I want to do this for outreach next month. I will cast my tablet to a Smart TV for public viewing. I mostly wanted to see if you needed the calibration frames. Good to see you do not, it will make things simpler. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful Carol and good luck!
Hi Kurt. Question/Opinion: I just purchased an ASIAIR MINI to help me reduce my power needs when i go remote imaging. Ill be running an AVX mount and an ASI533 (without cooling). In your experience, do you think a 17 amp/hr (Harbor Freight 😊) car jump battery would give me 3-4 hours of capture time? I always enjoy your videos. 👋
Thanks Tom. The important thing for batteries is it should be a Deep Cycle (Marine type) as these batteries have a consistant power flow until they run dry. The 17 amp/hour should be good enough for 3-4 hours. Those Celestron Power Tanks are only 7Ah. My new one is 20Ah and ~$75 on Amazon. Cheers Kurt
i am wondering if you tablet does not have enough Ram? asi air needs at least 4 gigs my old ipad had the same issue and it had just 1 gig. thanks for some good suggestions.
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Thanks for mentioning, I did not that! Cheers