ASIAir Plus - DSLR Workflow

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If you've got a Nikon or Canon camera, then you can use your ASIAir to control the entire workflow at night. (Unfortunately Sony cameras are still not supported)
The main reason you'd want to use this workflow is for the Sky Atlas feature. Assuming you have a Go-To Mount, you can quickly find any nebula or galaxy in the night sky. Plus, you'll see the composition before ever taking a photo! This will really speed things up.
Another benefit of this workflow is that you can monitor the images in real-time. If you notice some blurry stars, you can head outside and fix the problem. Without the ASIAir, you have no idea what's going on with the camera until you stop the interval and inspect the photos on the back LCD screen.
For more information, including links to all the products I mentioned, visit my howtube channel:
www.howtube.com/channels/Pete...
00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Initial Setup & Cables
02:43 - Auto-Guider Configuration
05:27 - Get DSLR Ready
07:11 - Connect to ASIAir App
08:37 - Main Camera Settings
09:05 - Take First Photo & Plate Solve
10:15 - Polar Alignment
12:28 - Find Object with Sky Atlas
14:45 - Focus Lens
16:25 - Begin Guiding & Dither Settings
18:36 - Shooting Schedule
21:40 - Take First Image
22:18 - Stop and Refocus
23:54 - Outro

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9 июл 2024

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@MrJomoboy 5 месяцев назад

This is the best how to use Asiair video I've seen yet. I wished I watched it properly before heading out for the first time last night.

@dschenk952 Год назад

Thank you so much for your contributions, Peter.

@yervantparnagian5999 Год назад

I used my Air+ for the first time the other night following this tutorial and I had great success. Thanks for making this video.

@jeroenfrijhoff8392 Год назад

Nice video! When it comes to attaching guiding gear, I’ve seen other using a longer dovetail, and mounting the guide-cam and scope at the front of the dovetail on the bottom end. Works quite well.

@mjsweeps 5 месяцев назад

This was such a great video Peter! Thank You so much, just what I was looking for!

@dougiesmart1623 8 месяцев назад

Great video there. Thanks very much for making it 😊

@user-lt9py2pu6u 7 месяцев назад

I have had no end of trouble with USB cables. It's really weird a cable that works when connecting to a Laptop doesn't when connected to an ASIAir . Cables that work on an Eagle don't work with anything else, others only work when connected via a mini hub. Bottom line, always have an assortment of USB cables to hand!. This is a great tutorial, I've just bought the ASIAir Mini for controlling my Canon 600D (Rebel Ti3?) With a Samyang/Rokinon 135 f2 and Skywatcher S.A. GTi mount with the same guiding set up as yourself so this has been very helpful. Thank you. Currently I have rigged up a remotely operated focuser but it is not compatible with the mini ( or any other control software ) but it does prevent shake when focusing.

@mariospenard5125 Год назад

Very interesting information

@petermoy7934 Год назад

Thank you for this. I'm a Nikon user with a 500mm (800mm coming soon) looking to get further into astro imaging with the ASI ecosystem. I had no idea how the ASIAir would work with a camera like a Z6. Now I do!

@englishfires6728 Год назад

Hi Pete, nice to see you posting this. Be careful about placing the Asiair on the side of AM5. ZWO has issued a warning not to do that due to possible cable snags and antenna bending for AA+. They have updated AM5 user manual yo reflect this as well.

@Aerostar509 Год назад

Good job showing your workflow. I would love to see a video on the alternate polar alignment routine.

@billkonkel6325 Год назад

You can use a slightly longer dovetail bar and attach the guide scope underneath at the front of the bar. This would fix some of the balance issues and would be a simpler attachment option.

@BernardSolomon Год назад

Yup, this is what I did too.

@NebulaLuna Год назад

That is what I ended up doing

@SuperibyP Год назад

Same, I ended up doing this. I kept my L bracket in the end anyway in case I needed to balance the weight on the Dec axis.

@mikehardy8247 10 месяцев назад

That's how I mount my asiair mini. I'd like to mount the guidescope as well, but until a better solution presents itself, I'll mount it to the half cage as Peter does.

@Orozco_PNW Год назад

Thanks for your detailed instructions here Peter! I live in Sequim, wish our winters weren't so overcast 😭😭 Luckily this weekend was fairly clear for shooting C/2022 E3, while shooting it early Sunday, I actually decided to bite the bullet and order the AM5 and upgrade from my Star-Adventurer

@mikehardy8247 10 месяцев назад

I'm waffling on going from SW SA GTI to AM5. Hmmm?

@saurabhbhide4620 5 месяцев назад

Great video Peter! This is exactly how I am planning to advance in DSO astro. I already own basic MW setup with Canon 70D and planning to buy AM5 and Asiair.. Good to know that 70D is also compatible!!

@cherylwilcox9648 Год назад

Really appreciate all you've unknowingly done to help me image since getting the ASIAIR Plus for Christmas. You mentioned the amount of vignetting you got after your first image being a concern, but you didn't go back and talk about it after talking about dithering taking place after that first image. Is there anything you can do about that? Sounds like you really like the AM5 mount. I use a Redcat 51 with my Nikon Z6ii but have an old Celestron go-to mount. Really thinking about the AM5.

@callicratesevlogemenos Год назад

Very nice video man! Thank you! Do you stop the star tracker too when you pause to refocus? And at what point do you turn on star tracker? right after you finish polar alignment or when you start autoguiding?

@refetastro 9 месяцев назад

Great video My 20 Years old canon 20Da I’m not on the list but I do have canon 1100d that is on the list can I use 1100d controlling the focus and just switch camera for shooting

@nrmakan1 2 месяца назад

why is it that my ASIair PLus does not recognize my guide camera ASI120mm with the two attached. Tried multiple cables to no avail.

@sailingfromswitzerland Год назад

Hi Peter. Do you have a video explaining how to decide the optimum exposure time for your lights? I heard that it you go too long, then some of the star colors get washed out (to white) and you have a higher potential of bloating your stars. And, conversely, if you go too short, then of course you risk clipping the blacks. I also understand it really depends on the amount of light pollution, and I imagine a whole host of other variables, like your aperture setting (DLSR), etc. By the way, speaking of aperture, I've noticed on my Tamron 150-600mm that if I shoot 600mm at f6.3, I get coma (egg-shaped stars) and I need to go to f9 to get pin-point sharp stars. That means I have to shoot much longer, but I prefer sharp stars. Soon I'll upgrade to a dedicated ZWO astro-camera and a real telescope (as opposed to the Tamron 150-600mm).

@refetastro 8 месяцев назад

The best tutorial Questions When do you y Use bin 2-3-4?

@BernardSolomon Год назад

Won’t a dew heater do for counteracting the effect of cold on the focusing?

@sp32793 Месяц назад

Thank you very much for this video! One quick question: in your opinion, does the automatic recording of flat frames work? (auto exposure time)

@Ashinperth 7 месяцев назад

Can you not mount it to the camera flash point?

@johnrsims43 Год назад

Peter, is there a reason you do not fasten your guide scope the top plate of the AM5? There are two drilled holes that I think would take a clamp. You seem to have them filled with two hex top screws.

@philweight3480 Год назад

Is there not a way to connect the guider to the camera's hotshoe mount on the top of the camera - that would be perfectly centred?

@drrobertgoldman1806 Год назад

Hi Peter, do you know whether the new iOptron Sky Hunter works with the ASIair plus (with a dslr)?

@michaelogle638 Год назад

Peter: How did you get from 60 deg from the NP to while adjusting the Alt/Az screws to the NP after achieving PA in the video (approx 12:20 in the video)? Did you use a hand controller to return to the "home" position?

@davidletz9123 8 месяцев назад

So..once you have selected Lights and Calibration images in Autorun, and start the whole process, does the ASI Air give you time to put on the lens cap after all lights have been done (assuming you have scheduled your darks to run after light frames)? How about flats? In other words, does the ASI Air have a pause between the different types of calibration frames so one can adjust things?

@rvoykin Год назад

For those curious the Z7ii Nikon works great. It shows untested but I alternate it with my 2600mc pro for full frame and it’s good to go

@NJ_Galactic Год назад

My Z7 and ASIRAIR plus can't go above iso 400. Have you run into this issue?

@keiththompson7291 Год назад

Hi Peter I have recently bought a Aisair plus, I'm using a DSLR with a Sky watcher F5 200p Newtonian on a skywatcher Heq5 goto mount. I have watched your videos and I'm still a little confused as to when to sync the mount. Great videos by the way. Regards Keith Thompson England

@Upuauta 8 месяцев назад

Regarding the cable length issues - wouldn´t it be easier to mount the ASIAIR onto the rotating part of the setup? To the telescope/camera or the rotating part of the mount? Then only the power cable for the ASIAIR needs to be long enough.

@wdhale14094 Год назад

Is a guide camera required when using this setup? I want to use the same setup but without a guide camera

@choppermontana8212 11 месяцев назад

Which camera port are you plugging the cord into? Remote Control Terminal? Mic? AV and USB? HDMI?

@drandrewclarke Год назад

just to say that the live view on Nikon does not work when USB connected

@davelaw2321 Год назад

I followed your workflow (although I have a Sony A7IV) and I keep getting "Exposure Failure" when trying to take an image. Ive tried different USB cables, different USB ports on the ASIAIR...any other tips?

@tma2001 Год назад

couldn't you just attach the guide scope to the DLSR horse shoe with an adapter usually used to screw on mics, led lights etc ?

@NJ_Galactic Год назад

The ASIAIR gives me issues with my Z7 even though they state it is tested. I cannot change the ISO other than 400 and it really sucks that such an expensive device limits my camera this much.

@oaritaphotography6281 Год назад

Hola Peter Where can I find that mount that is so better from the StarAdventure,I want to invest in a tracking kit and a mount but I think the most difficult thing will be how to set it up Thank you for your videos I really learned a lot

@BasheZor Год назад

ZWO AM5, which should be better than the Star Adventure considering it's about 6x the price :)

@arpadjakab-peter5431 Месяц назад

Hi! That is really awesome! I am trying the same settings on my asiair mini and nikon d3300 in bulb mode but I am limited on 30s subs, do you know how could I take 120s subs? I am clearly missig something

@nwcs2 Год назад

With the ASIAir using the USB port on the Nikon, does it also power the Nikon?

@sailingfromswitzerland Год назад

I have a Nikon D600 and the mini-USB cable that allows the ASIAir to control the camera does NOT also power it. Instead, I have one of those "dummy" batteries with a USB cable on it, and I attach that to 1 of the 4 available 12V power outputs on the side of the ASIAir to power my camera throughout the night.

@nwcs2 Год назад

@@sailingfromswitzerland Thank you! Just what I needed to know!

@CM-2000 Год назад

Hello Peter, thank you very much for your very informative video and your good tips. I have a Nikon D750 and I can't connect it to the ASIAir Plus. The AA+ has a DSLR input (2mm jack 3Pol) and I use a corresponding cable on the accessory input of the camera. But it does not appear in the main camera setting of the AA+. Can you help me? Thank you Helmut

@RobertKarlBerta Год назад

If it is like my D800 there is a usb 3.0 cable from the Nikon to the asiair usb 3,0 port. That cable came with my camera. The other port on the camera you mentioned isn't used.

@CM-2000 Год назад

@@RobertKarlBerta Thank´s a lot. It is running ;-)

@rockman2758 Год назад

Agena Astro has a triple finderscope mounting bracket. Mounts where the Air Plus mounts and provides three dovetail clamps. #: OFIN-AG-TRIBRACKET works great and is inexpensive. I have a Sony, so no joy. Mounted two finderscopes and the Air Plus.

@AstroRoof Год назад

Hi Peter ... I have a Nikon D7500 .. I have attached ASI AIR through a Shutter release cable N3 ... But ASI AIR app is not showing this model... Am I doing anything wrong ? or need any different type cable for ASIRAIR to Camera ?

@anuranjan0101 Год назад

Did u try connecting the dslr to asir by the usb cable for camera that came with dslr

@AstroRoof Год назад

@@anuranjan0101 with asiair no usb cable come... Though I ultimately connect it through microusb cable

@anuranjan0101 Год назад

I was talking about computer cable that came with camera

@GediAstro Год назад

Nice one! Have you ever experienced that the preview isn't updated on autorun? I have a huge problem with that in my workflow.

@mikehardy8247 10 месяцев назад

Just last night when doing calibration frames, I saw that the light frames (Andromeda) stayed on the screen! I know I had the dust cap on etc.? Never happened with m8 OTA.

@GediAstro 10 месяцев назад

@@mikehardy8247 Yeah, just use the USB2 port and you’ll be fine :) learned it the hard way

@mikehardy8247 9 месяцев назад

@@GediAstro c Confused, I have the asiair USB 2 (mini) plugged into the DSLR. Not the shutter cable.

@mikehardy8247 9 месяцев назад

I never have this with asi 533MC pro and asiair +