Thanks RoRo, great video for the beginner. Lots of videos on UA-cam on the various programs but nothing as in depth or as clear to what you need and how to set it up.
Thought my mount was PA in NINA (< 1 degree fro both), but when I slew to coordinates, the camera is way off; I did get a warning it didn't slew far enough or something, to somehow change slew rate? but that warning went away when I next PA; what could be wrong? Used an L bracket for the camera, but that shouldn't be a problem
I've come from using EQMOD and stellarium scope over to just using NINA and importing my coords from stellarium so I've had to disable stellariums telescope control to avoid conflict. My only question now is how is star alignment done? Previously I'd slew to a few stars using stellarium, center them up and send alignment points to EQMOD using Ctrl+3. Pointing accuracy would increase as I add more stars. Now I'm not doing that I'm not sure how it's handled? Does NINA send alignment points after plate solving?
You can send alignment points in the nightly version of NINA after a plate solve. I actually do a drift align in PHD2 before starting my run. Is quite accurate and pretty fast once you’re familiar with it.
Hi there thx 🙏 for this video , have one ☝️ question , is plate solving is an alternative to star alignment , or we have to star alignment and later link the amount to pc and use plate solving after.
Yes plate solving is an alternative to star alignment. Your mount doesn't need to know where it is because the plate solving will work that out. You do still need to be polar aligned though.
You shouldn't need a driver. You will need a cable to connect your camera to your laptop (unless your DSLR has wifi/bluetooth). You will find the camera connection under Equipment -> Camera. More details can be found on the NINA website: nighttime-imaging.eu/docs/master/site/quickstart/equipment/ I'd also suggest reaching out to the NINA discord team who are fantastic and know a lot more about this: discord.com/invite/rWRbVbw
It’s unfortunate that some of us can’t race through a computer like many for information videos on how to download software for hobbies like astrophotography. Watching it 50 times . Maybe.....
It's helpful for beginners Great Tutorial
I am also an astrophotographer ♥️🇮🇳
Thanks RoRo, great video for the beginner. Lots of videos on UA-cam on the various programs but nothing as in depth or as clear to what you need and how to set it up.
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for this, it has filled in a number of important gaps of what to install and how to config,. you are a life saver !!!
So glad it helped!
i would check to see if that mount can carry that huge payload!
It is JUST within margin
Excellent walk through. Thank you.
Thought my mount was PA in NINA (< 1 degree fro both), but when I slew to coordinates, the camera is way off; I did get a warning it didn't slew far enough or something, to somehow change slew rate? but that warning went away when I next PA; what could be wrong? Used an L bracket for the camera, but that shouldn't be a problem
You mentioned installing EQMOD for Celestron mounts, but the EQMOD page doesn’t mention any support for Celestron that I’ve seen….?
Correct. EQMOD has nothing to do with Celestron.
Hey, with ASTAP i constantly get the error: No star database found after installing both ASTAP and H17 database. Reinstalling sadly didn't work.
what about pipp and imppg - both useful for planetary, lunar and solar imaging/stacking...
I've come from using EQMOD and stellarium scope over to just using NINA and importing my coords from stellarium so I've had to disable stellariums telescope control to avoid conflict. My only question now is how is star alignment done? Previously I'd slew to a few stars using stellarium, center them up and send alignment points to EQMOD using Ctrl+3. Pointing accuracy would increase as I add more stars. Now I'm not doing that I'm not sure how it's handled? Does NINA send alignment points after plate solving?
You can send alignment points in the nightly version of NINA after a plate solve. I actually do a drift align in PHD2 before starting my run. Is quite accurate and pretty fast once you’re familiar with it.
Hi there thx 🙏 for this video , have one ☝️ question , is plate solving is an alternative to star alignment , or we have to star alignment and later link the amount to pc and use plate solving after.
Yes plate solving is an alternative to star alignment. Your mount doesn't need to know where it is because the plate solving will work that out. You do still need to be polar aligned though.
How do I connect my DSLR to NINA? Do I need to install driver of DSLR?
You shouldn't need a driver. You will need a cable to connect your camera to your laptop (unless your DSLR has wifi/bluetooth). You will find the camera connection under Equipment -> Camera. More details can be found on the NINA website: nighttime-imaging.eu/docs/master/site/quickstart/equipment/
I'd also suggest reaching out to the NINA discord team who are fantastic and know a lot more about this: discord.com/invite/rWRbVbw
It’s unfortunate that some of us can’t race through a computer like many for information videos on how to download software for hobbies like astrophotography. Watching it 50 times . Maybe.....
Sorry if it was too fast!
Surely you don't expect this to be shown in real time? I'll let you into a secret, it's called the pause button...