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Complete Guide to Star Adventurer Mini (S.A.M.)

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The Star Adventurer Mini, or SAM, is a portable system that attaches to your tripod and camera to allow you to take extremely long (such as 60 seconds to 5 minutes) exposures without star trails. In this video I explain how it works, show you how to set it up, provide examples and share tips like using your own software and polar alignment.
00:53 Tracked vs. untracked exposures
01:54 What's in the box
02:37 What it looks like assembled
02:49 How it works
03:50 How to assemble
06:06 Connections and power
06:59 Power and WiFi indicators
07:14 WiFi options
07:51 Manual control of the motor
08:20 Astrophotography settings
08:55 Tip: keep motor running while controlling the camera with other software
09:53 Installing the declination bracket
11:39 Astro-timelapse settings
12:40 Framing using a ball head (or trigger) adapter
13:16 Regular (daytime) time lapse photography
14:29 Polar clock utility
15:17 Installing the polar scope
16:42 How to orient the tripod for polar alignment

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28 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 38

@MohammedAhmed-mx4rp 2 года назад

This video doesn't get enough appreciation. Thank you sir, you're a lifesaver.

@DeepSkyWorkflows 2 года назад

You're very welcome!

@carolgruhn1214 Год назад

Wow...thank you... hoping for clear skys..

@ricardoagullo7222 5 дней назад

You are my new deity. Thanks a lot for this materpiece of a video.

@JamesRiter 2 года назад

This is by far the best video I have found on how to use this thing. . . . and I am still lost! Thanks for the simple break down on how to use the SAM.

@lortzo573 Год назад

Very informative Video here. I learned a lot from you that others never explained.

@DeepSkyWorkflows Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@milocat007 Год назад

Very good video. Thanks so much. BTW, when I saw how you connected the illuminator to the dec bracket, I realized why I was never able to connect the illuminator to the scope or the bracket. I received the wrong piece; it doesn't connect to the scope, the bracket or the illuminator. After seeing many videos and using the unit for several months, the mystery is solved! Whew; now I just get to get the right piece from Sky Watcher. You're great.

@jparra2K 4 месяца назад

Amazing video, thanks for sharing it. There are not many videos on the SAM. I use it only during Winter, so it is great to have this and do a quick refresh of the whole process.

@yipkk 2 года назад

Just got the SAM today, thank you so much for your video

@DeepSkyWorkflows 2 года назад

Glad I could help!

@KingsleyGeorgePouponeau 4 месяца назад

awesome, just bought SAM....

@uglyoldblindbloke8298 Год назад

Ah, man. What was that music playing over the video when installing the declination bracket? Amazing.

@Ploverman 4 месяца назад

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.

@user-er9cn2lw8c 5 месяцев назад

Great video ! Thank you 😊

@xavi5048 2 года назад

Thanks for you video! Perfect for solution of skywatcher puzzle!

@DeepSkyWorkflows 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@danielashleybaker 7 дней назад

My plate that mounts to the tracker at 5:00 is 3/8" but the hole in the tracker is like 1/4"... This is interesting

@irandar Год назад

Very nice and complete video. I wonder about the use of the compass. Do you not get any deviation caused by the metal in the mount? Generally it is a problem. I also like to use a digital inclinometer to adjust the latitude correctly. Thanks and regards

@Owen.W.O.Chiang Год назад

thanks for the video a lot clear right now, may i ask if you know the polar lens model no. Is? Somehow i got a 2nd hand mini come with most of the stuff except the polar lens, from the user manual it didnt tell which model it is and official website seems got a few model to choose, hope you can shed me the light as I seems stuck on this part, or is it possible i use ig without the polar lens? Thanks for reading, appreciate!

@EGYHER0 2 года назад

thank you very much

@DeepSkyWorkflows 2 года назад

You are welcome

@SaurabhShukla_22 4 месяца назад

does anybody know, if I can buy this somewhere second hand at a reasonable price. I really think it will help me get better astrophotos, but unfortunately I cannot afford a new one!

@wezzzor 8 месяцев назад

My mini, only 3 weeks old, has developed a problem. It wont power up via the batterys. It shuts down after 1 second. Also the batterys get hot after a 20 mins of been in the unit. It works fine via the usb port. It had been working fine up until today. Any ideas?

@Ploverman 3 месяца назад

Had the same problem. My UK retailer arranged with the UK distributor to collect the SAM and it was replaced free of charge. New one works fine.

@wezzzor 3 месяца назад

@@Ploverman Same. My unit was replaced with a new one.

@Snip3rita Год назад

I've got my SAM and I wonder if anyone tried to go over the 4kg weight limit with the counterweight. Does it suffer?

@DeepSkyWorkflows Год назад

I haven't pushed it past 5kg.

@catrionathomson8981 2 года назад

Thanks for the video but maybe turn the music down a wee bit. Now, how do I track the Milky Way given that it is in the opposite direction to the pole star?

@tehrsbash Год назад

Not sure if you've figured out a solution yourself already but thought I'd drop a reply. The Milky Way will still track with siderial movement since it's part of the deep sky - so you'll likely want to use a ball head to rotate the camera to be looking backwards, however using the DEC + ASC on the dec bracket you can with a little bit of manipulation allow the camera to face backwards towards the milky way core.

@caseybranigan1795 2 года назад

Is it possible to just avoid using the polar alignment tool, if you just use the compass? Also, do I need to match the degree of polaris

@DeepSkyWorkflows 2 года назад

It depends. For wide-angle shots (< 50mm focal length) a rough alignment should be fine. If you are trying to photograph at higher magnification then polar alignment is a must. I find it only takes me a few minutes to get really good alignment. One tip is to do it at dusk when Polaris just becomes visible. Not only are you less likely to confuse it with other stars, but you can see the alignment graph without having to turn the red backlight on.

@silvrface Год назад

The short answer - yes but you'll get star trails (streaks at every point of light) on your video. Magnetic north (with a compass) is NOT the same as "polar alignment north" because the earth doesn't rotate straight up and down - it's at an angle; and Polaris happens to be very, very close to the "north" sky objects appear to rotate around (the earth is actually doing the rotating).

@shivaschimera6101 2 года назад

G thanks for defending my bread crumbs witch!

@lortzo573 Год назад

Even after 2 months with my New Teleskope and hundreds of hours of RU-vid Videos, i still get confused by the amount of axis i have, which axis on a telescope needs to be setup, which ones are free to adjust the framing or do i have any, cause even following your setup, pointing north and Set to 52° because thats my longitude, i still cant seem to follow the Stars i still need to adjust 2 axis at the same time to keep following the Star cause it slightly moves from bottom left to up right in my scope and it messes with my head

@DeepSkyWorkflows Год назад

Do you polar align?