I have one as the autoguider for my Celestron Nexstar 8SE (which I have moved to a GEM mount for better imaging). It's really good at keeping my scope on track.
Yeah you can use this camera for plenatary and moon work. In fact this camera is primarily designed for plenatary work. Guiding is just another plus :)
Is there programs you have to download? I have heard there are 2 or 3 different programs or downloads. I have the sky watched heq5 mount and it works good just curious to know if this is worth the money
I recently purchased this camera/scope combo for auto-guiding but I'm not able to get very sharp stars using PHD2, with HFD numbers typically 4-5 (rarely under 4). Am I expecting too much or is there an issue? Guiding seems to reasonably well.
@@AstroOnBudget Even tried a Bahtinov mask so I don't think it is focus. Objective lens was loose on arrival but I was able to tighten the ring holding it. Going to try camera on a different scope and scope with a different camera.
Hi and thanks for your video. Nonetheless, I have a question on this topic. You said the ASI120 has a low read noise, but its specifications on the ZWO Web site list it at 4.0 to 6.6 e. I'm a beginner in astrophotography, but it's one of the worst read noise I have seen on astro cam specs. Am I mistaken ?
I think you are right. In terms of guiding, I think it makes absolutely no difference. But you might notice in planetary. What other cameras have you looked at?
@@AstroOnBudget Hi ! As I choosed to use the AsiAir, I stuck with ZWO cameras and had a look at a few other models from QHY. I tough that read noise was an important criteria for guiding as well, can't the noise alter the precision of the centroid detection ?
@@AstroOnBudget Once you've learn how to use it (and it's pretty easy), it's really helpful with the great automation of the process as a whole (focus, polar alignment, planning of the targets, etc.) I didn't use it much until now (cloudy is the usual recently), but so far so good. For a beginner like me, it's a big help.
@@jcreuels that's the beauty of ASIAir that you can automate the whole process. Must make things easy and straight forward. Have you found anything annoying about ASIAir yet :)?
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I'll have to try some moon astrophotography with it myself, I didn't really think about using it.
I have one as the autoguider for my Celestron Nexstar 8SE (which I have moved to a GEM mount for better imaging). It's really good at keeping my scope on track.
Its pretty good :)
What are some "better options" Loved your review. Very well done
Glad it was helpful. I think this camera is the best but if you want something better perhaps try QHY?
@@AstroOnBudget Is the QHY compatible with ASIAIR Plus ?
would SVBONY SV106 be a good guiding scope for this? what is your guiding scope?
Yeah SV106 should be fine. Although you have to make sure your guide scope matches your main scope setup.
What is the best way to get focus on this
Can I use this camera for planetary and moon pictures or just for guiding on the side telescope?
Yeah you can use this camera for plenatary and moon work. In fact this camera is primarily designed for plenatary work. Guiding is just another plus :)
Is it O.K. to use with OAG?
Is there programs you have to download? I have heard there are 2 or 3 different programs or downloads. I have the sky watched heq5 mount and it works good just curious to know if this is worth the money
Can this camera be used in PHD2 running on an acer computer using windows 7.
Yeah definitely.
I recently purchased this camera/scope combo for auto-guiding but I'm not able to get very sharp stars using PHD2, with HFD numbers typically 4-5 (rarely under 4). Am I expecting too much or is there an issue? Guiding seems to reasonably well.
Focus could be off?
@@AstroOnBudget Even tried a Bahtinov mask so I don't think it is focus. Objective lens was loose on arrival but I was able to tighten the ring holding it. Going to try camera on a different scope and scope with a different camera.
Hi and thanks for your video.
Nonetheless, I have a question on this topic. You said the ASI120 has a low read noise, but its specifications on the ZWO Web site list it at 4.0 to 6.6 e. I'm a beginner in astrophotography, but it's one of the worst read noise I have seen on astro cam specs. Am I mistaken ?
I think you are right. In terms of guiding, I think it makes absolutely no difference. But you might notice in planetary. What other cameras have you looked at?
@@AstroOnBudget Hi ! As I choosed to use the AsiAir, I stuck with ZWO cameras and had a look at a few other models from QHY.
I tough that read noise was an important criteria for guiding as well, can't the noise alter the precision of the centroid detection ?
@@jcreuels Yeah fair enough. It makes perfect sense if you are on ASIAIR platform. How are you finding ASIAIR? Is it worth it?
@@AstroOnBudget Once you've learn how to use it (and it's pretty easy), it's really helpful with the great automation of the process as a whole (focus, polar alignment, planning of the targets, etc.) I didn't use it much until now (cloudy is the usual recently), but so far so good. For a beginner like me, it's a big help.
@@jcreuels that's the beauty of ASIAir that you can automate the whole process. Must make things easy and straight forward. Have you found anything annoying about ASIAir yet :)?
What about ASI120MM-S ?
That's a good camera too
just buy one there the dogs