Dithering with the ASIAir Plus & EQ6-R Pro

[@whitefluffydogs3129]

Welcome to Washington and greetings from Port Angeles! Thank you for such informative videos and for breaking things down step by step. Hurricane Ridge is usually open all night for astronomy.

[@TexAstrophotos]

this video has me very excited about the ASIAir Plus.. the programs that i have dreaded to learn have been conquered... the ASIAir Plus should make it easy to dither and stack.. thanks for the Tutorial Mr Zelinka.

[@kylecormier9930]

I really appreciate the way that you both verbally and visually show everything and describe things. It’s very concise in it gets me to understand things much better than somebody just talking about it or just showing you. I like the amount of detail you put into your videos and I hope to see more of yours in the future.

[@M4st3rDuck]

I just started the plunge into astro. This video is a great way to see what my next steps will be. And the donkey Kong music is just icing on the cake lol.

[@GrowingAnswers]

I recommend turning off dec mode in the graph. It will still dither in dec, but won’t guide in dec. as long as you are polar aligned well, dec guiding is not needed. It just makes stability take longer and also complicates stability during shots. Sometimes it will move the dec when it doesn’t need to because of the seeing. And seeing is rarely good unless it’s on a mountain or maybe if ur lucky, closer to overhead. I know you probably already know this, but I just noticed it was on auto in the vid. Might be helpful for longer focal lengths though.

[@robertsipes7391]

Such a wonderful video. You are a great teacher. I am creating a "cheat sheet" for a workflow with the ASIAir Plus. This filled in a lot of gaps on dithering and guiding for me. Thanks for sharing! I hope you are enjoying Washington.

[@jeremy2296]

THANK YOU PETER! My ASIAIR PLUS and EQ6-R Pro JUST arrived! I can't wait to enjoy your deep sky tutorial from your website as well. Your content is detailed and I love it 👍 looking forward to your videos dealing with light pollution.

[@fa_engineer3687]

Helpful as always, Peter! I'm just getting started in astrophotography and find it all quite intimidating. Your videos are an excellent source of help and inspiration to me.

[@TandemAdventures]

Welcome to the PNW! I'm just over on Vashon Island. Really enjoy your videos! I'm just getting started. I certainly do appreciate your presence here as it helps me justify starting all this in the rain! Appreciate all your tutorials. Just a suggestion- socks with sandals are acceptable out here. ;-) Clear skies?

[@mikelockwood2104]

Good to have you back....I have not tried dithering because of your comments from a year ago. But I primarily watched your vids because I had a Sky Guider Pro and ASI Air Pro with DSLR, your vids were custom made for that setup. Since then, I purchased an iOpton GEM45 Goto and a StellarVue refractor with a ZWO 294MC Pro. Now....I think it's time for me to try dithering. Thank you for a well timed video.

[@richardshagam8608]

At 7:00 you make reference to setting up the mount in daylight towards Polaris. If you are repeatedly setting up in the same place, marks on the ground where the tripod legs sit are a great help.

[@darkskyimages5911]

Sometimes I forget about my own references myself. Thank you for inadvertently reminding me!

[@darkskyimages5911]

@tradde11 That is also a fantastic idea, especially since I always do imaging in the desert, this would make it easier. Thank you. 🙏🏻 Please let me know how it goes for you.

[@marksimonson5491]

Peter Greetings and welcome to Washington from the Lost Ridge Observatory on Camano Island.

[@joshuadqueen]

Just finding this video tonight. I moved from Northern CA where it's almost never cloudy to Tacoma area in WA. Sucks a lot so far. The last couple weeks have been so so, but only on work nights it seems. But tonight is supposedly clear, so I'm setting up.

[@chuengueyhwang8558]

The footage is beautiful, Very good shot! Thank you very much! I wish you a peaceful day and good health! A new friend

[@teslar1]

If you drill three shallow dimples in that concrete path it will speed up your set up even more. Makes it very easy to locate the mount and it’s hardly noticeable when the mount isn’t there

[@Orozco_PNW]

Nice touch with the DKC music 😎

[@TheBignick243]

You move to Washington! Heck yes! I hope you caught the Aurora on Monday night!

[@chaddennis9289]

Greetings from Tacoma, Washington! Dew can be tough this time of year and as others have stated our weather can be pretty tough for astrophotography. If you are out of the Port Angeles area there are tons of dark sites inbetween there and out to Forks. Not sure if Hurricane Ridge is open at night but that might be an interesting place. DM if you want to do a star Party!

[@shaunlever]

Thanks mate - some great tips in here!

[@AdvancedVisuals]

Welcome to the west coast. You'll have many relaxing cloudy nights here.

[@fazergazer]

Dithering make a huge improvement on my noisy full spectrum modded canon T3i

[@HogarthsAstrophotography]

That focus with the bhatinov mask is slightly off, the centre line isn’t centred

[@figzastro-photography]

Hey good video. Thank you. Curious to know what your dithering and guide settings on your ASI Air and AM5.

[@poolsidestargeezer9338]

Peter, I always slew using the AA+ straight to the object I want to image right after polar alignment. The ASIair plus moves to the object and does a plate solve to see if it’s on the object, corrects itself and is locked on (eq6r-pro and ASIair plus). I’ve not needed to move off polar north and do a random plate solve. Great video and sorry that you’re in cloudy damp Washington state.

[@sdfontanini]

great video, thanks for the walkthrough

[@bryanphanvn]

Welcome to WA, Peter. I sold all of my gears because of the NW weather 😅

[@sailingfromswitzerland]

Hi Peter. Isn't the setting of 10 pixels for dithering a MAXimum pixel movement, meaning it may be anywhere from 1 up to 10 pixels per dither?

[@deep-skyastrophotography475]

Hi Peter, thank you for posting this video. I have an HEQ5 Pro ASIAIR and I have continous settling timeout errors. Any advice on how to resolve that? Maybe the timeout settings need adjustment?

[@davidbright8978]

You videos got me to started in this process.only problem I have is trying to set up the zwo 120 mini and the guide scope. Seems I can't get it to focus or pick up stars while my canon can pick up stars no problems. Would be nice if you covered getting thst little bugger set up.

[@fazergazer]

I’ve found that my camera lenses have to be set to F/4.5 or slower else the light cone is steep enough for typical narrowband data to go off-band, and very little light makes it through.

[@area51xi]

Awesome content.

[@TheHelicapt]

Can you share all your asiair plus settings. I’ll be getting a very similar setup. I have the same mount, what did you select in the drop down menu for mount as well?

[@jarrettbrown2839]

Thanks for the video, love the DK music.

[@dietrichkracht3830]

I do not use Autoguiding here in the lightpolluted city of Hamburg. But how to use dithering without autoguiding With a ASIAIR Plus)?

[@woody5109]

Did you plug the EQ6r directly into the ASIAIR ? Mine has a cigarette plug, very frustrating.

[@markwelsh9068]

Super photo. Out of interest, what size of print could you make out of this photo? I'd be getting so many prints made of my photos (if I could make them as good as this) but I'd like to think they could be blown up to a decent poster size.

[@billvinson7859]

I grew up in Washington but my time in the army took me around the world. My last assignment was in Ft Irwin, California. It was right in the Mohave desert. A ten minute drive from my quarters and I was at the Goldstone radio antenna. B1 sky’s. When I retired I came back to Tacoma Washington. I belong to the Tacoma Astronomical Society. We go every summer to Goldendale Washington for our annual event. I also go to Mt Rainier Paradise Washington. It is around 6000 ft elevation and has Bortal 2 too 3 sky’s. Not as good as California but it works.

[@dogdronesearchdd3782]

Awesome description about my noise problem I was wondering why they looked do blotchy.And why my mount wouldn’t sync I wasn’t moving it and plate solving I went right to object.Also I keep losing connection and it loads pictures slow since last app update in October.I restarted iPad and deleted app and reinstalled it and it isn’t connecting now.If I look in my settings my WiFi says connected to asiair but when I open app it says asiair not found.🤦‍♂️..Do you have any idea why that is happening Zwo Asiair customer service sucks .🤷‍♂️

[@luboinchina3013]

What happened to the RASA? That is my dream telescope.

[@aamir122a]

What is the difference between Auto run and Plan

[@faizanrao3574]

Hi Kindly share which ZWO ur using with Redcat 51?

[@physmc1]

Welcome to Washington (from Seattle). With some luck, we may get 2 nights of clear sky in the next 6 months XD

[@diggerlenox]

Dude what laptop software do you use to control your d780 settings ?

[@elmikol2443]

Why did you leave the dark skies for Washington?

[@tombock336]

Hi Peter -this is super helpful! I have a very similar set up so this is GREAT stuff. I did have a question for you....what external battery are you using to power your EQ6-R Pro? I am doing more stuff away from my house and really need a solid portable battery to run it. At least around 5 hours, or an average night of shooting, capacity. I see you are using a portable battery there but can't see what it is!! Thanks for your help!

[@schleicher12000]

HOw does the polemaster and the ASIAIR work together? Tutorial?

[@luboinchina3013]

Polemaster can be run by Android app through phone USB if I can remember

[@erikmardiste]

Is dithering worth it ? Dont no what it actually does.

[@hurdpcs2802]

Peter, Where did you get the knobs for your OTA clamp? I would love to replace mine, the are hard to tighten decently. I'm in Boise and I'm starting to get a little dew on the grass. I have a Celestron Edge 8 HD with a 60mm guidescope. I have Astrozap heater straps on both tubes connected to a Astrozap controller. I run them at about 50% and they seam to do quite well

[@hurdpcs2802]

Peter, I took a little bit better look at your mount.... is that an ADM saddle?

[@vrajeshpatel5026]

Welcome to Washington. Yep, the dew heater is mandatory here outside of a month in summer.

[@area51xi]

That's a LOT of guide stars. I barely get 10 (edgehd 8, 0.7 reducer, 174MM mini on an OAG for guiding).

[@marvinwhisman3333]

Peter, it appears you are plugging into the USB connection on your mount head. I believe ZWO has put out a patch to deal with some problems using the USB port that requires a download of a file that gets burned to an SD card for the ASIAir pro. Did you do anything special to make the USB plug work? I think you discussed this issue in your Full Workflow video you did in March but wondered if you have done anything different since you now have the Plus version. Another great video. Your demonstrations on using the ASIAir have been very helpful.

[@briankotak403]

I had a problem connecting my Orion Atlas Pro mount to the ASI Air Pro using a USB. They would not connect in the software. The fix was simple - instead of choosing your mount from the drop down list, choose EQMOD. Works flawlessly. My AIrPro works flawlessly most of the time. Dithering works really well too!

[@marvinwhisman3333]

@@briankotak403 Thanks so much for the suggestion.

[@briankotak403]

@@marvinwhisman3333 No problem. I can’t take credit for it. I learned it from another person! Hope it works for you.

[@AdvancedVisuals]

You can't power the dew heater from ASIAIR, it draws too much current.

[@MrSkySharks]

Is this Donkey Kong Country music? Lol

[@AndreasHoecker]

Yes my friend!!!

[@vaunsphotography6820]

Welcome to Washington! Someday I'll get a better telescope. In the meantime I'll continue to use my Meade with my cellphone.

[@Rubik3x]

Welcome to Washington State! Will ASIair Polar Align (PA) and Plate Solve work correctly with my alt-az mount? So far, I've been successful using the Celestron SkyAlign 3-star alignment procedure with the hand controller but I would like to know a better or easier way to align. I know the mount is compatible with the ASIair because once aligned, the ASIair Pro GoTo function moves the mount correctly. I am not using a guide scope (yet?) so no dithering. Here's a link to some of my recent targets shooting from the Puget Sound area (Bortle 5): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGSYnpufidSXb7M

[@markr6777]

How is the top comment not related to the Donkey Kong Country Coral Capers music?

[@defyent]

This video gave me Donkey Kong country vibes.

[@efx245precor3]

Why did you move since this hobby is so important to you. Why would you move to a light polluted area with humidity?

[@ZWO-ASIAIR]

Seems you are far way from the devices?

[@QuadraPixel]

I don't doubt the importance of dithering, but dithering after every exposure seems a bit wasteful of time. But I could be wrong. Thanks for the video, you're doing a good job of convincing me to upgrade from my little Star Adventurer Mini to setup like this, hahaha

[@ZWO-ASIAIR]

What? Where is your shoes? Peter. We lost connection with you on Ins - cos the account was stolen... Sorry about that. Yep, nice vedio!