Using the ASIAIR Plus to capture 4 targets in 20 minutes

[@rightarmofwyoming]

I like the feel of this video. It's soothing astro ASMR that just happens to have the info I need.

[@astrojourneyuk]

That’s a lovely comment, and thank you.

[@GarnettLeary]

Fun video. Glad I found your channel.

[@astrojourneyuk]

Glad to hear you liked it. 😃 This video was done just to highlight how quickly you can image different targets.

[@KalashKat]

Very impressive. Thx.

[@astrojourneyuk]

Glad you liked it.

[@andreguttesen8982]

First of all, I have followed your journey and find your videos easy to follow. while I'm waiting for my EAF, I wanted to know if you use a bathinov filter to set the focus.? I myself have a standard telephoto lens Canon 100-400 mm and Eos 5D mk III, where I found a setup where you could put the lens and EAF together with a belt. In theory it should work, but I need to get the pieces home and assembled & then there will definitely be a starry sky :o)

[@astrojourneyuk]

Sometimes I use a bhatinov mask but sometimes I just do it manually. It depends on the lens and situation really. If I use my dslr and camera lenses I just zoom in 10x but if I use my telescopes I use a mask. The EAFs are great though. I keep meaning to set mine up with my redcat, although it’s a dream to focus manually.

[@mcmullanliam]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@carlosrojasrodriguez930]

Do the narrowband filters having different focal points has to do with the telescope (ex. Focuses colors in different places) or does it have to do with the filter itself?

[@ignaceu]

it depends on the filter brand and if all the filters are the same.

[@astrojourneyuk]

I’ve heard it also depends on the telescope as well. Something to do with parafocal filters and lenses.

[@GarnettLeary]

Definitely they arrive at different focus positions if not par focal. For example: I have a full set of LRGB and SHO filters by ZWO. They all have slightly different focus points. I have to refocus every time I switch. With planetary you can get away with focusing only on green and aligning to green but dso is a lot less forgiving. Good thing we have EAFs these days. Takes the guesswork out.

[@vladi2539]

Nice video, but you may want to remove your precise location. You never know who's watching and how they may take advantage of knowing where to get a couple of thousand pounds worth of kit from.

[@PrayagPandey]

Hi Astro, Any way you capture meteor showers?

[@astrojourneyuk]

To be honest I've not thought of using this device for this use case. I guess you could use it to continually take images, but it wouldn't replace dedicated meteor detection and recording systems. It's more for deep sky astrophotography in my opinion.

[@PrayagPandey]

@@astrojourneyuk ahh i see..but its a powerful telescope..it can easily have raw footage of night sky during showers

[@PrayagPandey]

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[@PrayagPandey]

@@astrojourneyuk sorry to disturb ya..but the purpose i am asking this is that i have a large YT channel. I would to have you their as a guest for commentary and also provide live streams :)

[@astrojourneyuk]

I appreciate the approach but it’s not something that I’d be able to support at the moment. Thank you though.

[@gjman1972]

If I use this does it bypass the focus knob on the telescope or is it still used but with a focus motor perhaps? I have a Celestron 8se, thanks

[@astrojourneyuk]

If you are referring to the Electronic focuser then it does connect directly to the focuser and you cannot focus without using the motor. I hope that helps.

[@gjman1972]

@@astrojourneyuk so I would need the focus motor which I have already and which will be controlled by the ASIAIR PLUS? I mean the ASIAIR plus doesn’t come with something that connects to the focus knob on the telescope? The knob that you turn left or right with your hand to focus if you have no motor?Thank you 🙏

[@astrojourneyuk]

You need a ZWO EAF device. The downside to the ASIAIR device is that it only works with ZWO products (apart from Canon and Nikon cameras and EQMod compatible mounts)

[@gjman1972]

@@astrojourneyuk ok I have been using my Canon 5D Mark IV for lunar and planetary photography it has done a nice job with the moon but of course my pictures of Jupiter and Saturn are so tiny with all that wasted black space around them. Having said that is there a ZWO camera that would be good for both lunar and planetary photography? Id rather get a camera that is really good for lunar and one camera that is really good for planets rather then get just one camera that is kinda good for both if it works that way. One of my goals is to try and capture video of Artemis orbiting the moon. Thx

[@astrojourneyuk]

I’ll have to start this with I’m so expert. But, planetary needs a lot of focal length and a small sensor to get the crop factor too. All my kit is to image things that are relatively big in comparison to planets. Partly why I’ve never tried it.

[@woody5109]

Am I missing something, the image never changed from the first one…?

[@astrojourneyuk]

Where was that? I just had a quick look and couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

[@Mistr_A]

whispering too much mate you need better sound

[@astrojourneyuk]

That is true. I felt I had to because the neighbours window was open and their kids were asleep. :(