Remote Imaging: Avoid Problems & Live Stacking - ASIAIR

[@txdave2]

Thanks for the great common sense advice. I got into astrophotography a few months ago. Just recently bought an ASIAIR Mini which is awesome. A neighbor told me about a great spot on a hilltop just outside of town. Super dark with 360 degrees of unobstructed visibility. I plan on taking my gear out there tonight which will be my first imaging session away from my house. This video was just what I needed.

[@AstroQuest1]

Glad it was helpful! Good Luck on the session. Cheers

[@tamrich7762]

Good advice Kurt! When at home I use staton mode on the ZWOAir plus to get extra distance from my home Wi-Fi ,which works well. I recently had problems with the mosaic function on the ZWOAir plus a silly boyhood error (all ready had a plan setup just had to delete) That what happens when you start rushing things,as you mentioned take your time and check. CS my friend Tam.

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks for the info about the station mode Tam. I have a wifi extender which works really well. Cheers Kurt

[@mohammadhoseinzade4807]

There is really a big need for such handy and useful tips 👍🏻

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks Mohammad, glad you think so! Cheers

[@elmikol2443]

Hi Kurt. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing buddy!

[@AstroQuest1]

You bet Mike, Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@serkanboydag]

Thank you very much for this video.

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks, Glad it was helpful! Cheers

[@Mike-li3ni]

Kurt one thing on your tablet issue at least I have ran into it before. Sometimes I've had issues where the network connection would switch on me (or at least attempt to switch) if there was a stronger signal and/or there was a network that I had auto-connect enabled (ie: home network). This wound up dropping my connection to Eagle3 WIFI but even if checking the networks it would switch back (had to go disable auto-connect for every network in the list and also change the orientation of the antenna's. Not 100% sure this is your issue (or mine for that matter) but it did stabilize things that night for me.

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks for the info Mike, that never occured to me. Cheers

[@Captain326]

Thank you. I guess I should get that riser!

[@AstroQuest1]

ZWO has it on special for $89 rather than $99 although they will probably charge shipping. One of the main reasons for the extender is it will give some aded protection the camera will not hit the tripod legs. Cheers

[@carolsantulis1990]

Glad I found your video. I want to do this for outreach next month. I will cast my tablet to a Smart TV for public viewing. I mostly wanted to see if you needed the calibration frames. Good to see you do not, it will make things simpler. Thanks.

[@AstroQuest1]

Glad it was helpful Carol and good luck!

[@tomwall8403]

Hi Kurt. Question/Opinion: I just purchased an ASIAIR MINI to help me reduce my power needs when i go remote imaging. Ill be running an AVX mount and an ASI533 (without cooling). In your experience, do you think a 17 amp/hr (Harbor Freight 😊) car jump battery would give me 3-4 hours of capture time? I always enjoy your videos. 👋

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks Tom. The important thing for batteries is it should be a Deep Cycle (Marine type) as these batteries have a consistant power flow until they run dry. The 17 amp/hour should be good enough for 3-4 hours. Those Celestron Power Tanks are only 7Ah. My new one is 20Ah and ~$75 on Amazon. Cheers Kurt

[@magicmountainpercussion3336]

i am wondering if you tablet does not have enough Ram? asi air needs at least 4 gigs my old ipad had the same issue and it had just 1 gig. thanks for some good suggestions.

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will check into that. Cheers

[@mikeh9180]

live stacking removes meridian flip.. becareful

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks for mentioning, I did not that! Cheers