ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256Gb. From unboxing to a first light stacked image of the sun within no time.

[@KopLamp]

Thanks for watching this somewhat slow-paced video. Strangely meditative in some sense... Still, within the 22 minutes of (almost uncut raw) video you'll see me unbox the device AND shoot a video of the sun, stack it and edit it. I am fully aware that the ASIAIR is not the best way to go about shooting video of planets, the Sun or the Moon, but the ease of it all is almost compensating for that (IMHO).

[@johnmheaton]

Very interesting Martin. Thank you for showing the process.

[@KopLamp]

Thank you. I have another video in preparation that will dive a bit deeper into the process of shooting solar images. That will take some time though as I am new to it myself :P

[@joelewandowski8232]

I have the same equipment ( a different mount though ) so the next sunny day I'm going to give it a try . Thanks for the tutorial.

[@KopLamp]

Please share your results. I am a complete noob at solar. Yet I have a video in preparation that will show me stumble to a more proper image. Hope to learn along the way (and teach by documenting it)

[@TexasEngineerScotty]

Nice video! Beautiful Acer Palmatum in the foreground. I wish mine was that tall!

[@KopLamp]

It is a nice tree indeed. I once cut all roots in a circle for the tree to be moved to my front yard, but that never happened. Cutting the roots didn’t affect it in any way. The tree is actually the perfect spot for a permanent pier 🧐🤓

[@TexasEngineerScotty]

@@KopLamp 3 years ago I planted a very mature Red Oak (about 15cm caliper trunk and 5m tall) in my back yard to give privacy from next door neighbors second story windows into my back yard. Now it is in the perfect spot to obstruct almost my entire western view from about 70 degrees above the horizon from my best spot to set up! I know exactly how you feel

[@Naztronomy]

Ahh so that's what you got! Very nice video, I agree that it was kind of meditating. Clear skies!

[@KopLamp]

Thanks. I have a more detailed video in prep where I do some more serious imaging of the Sun. I have filled the entire 220+ gigabytes to the brim on the device ;-)

[@Naztronomy]

@@KopLamp Very cool! Can you attach a hard drive to that thing and save there? I use a Raspberry Pi for astroberry so I have a few 256gb flash drives that I save data to and transfer out when I'm ready to process them.

[@KopLamp]

Yes you could do that. Although the onboard eMMC storage should theoretically give you the best performance. Actually you should run everything off of a laptop if you want the highest FPS. But I like the ease of the ASIAIR so much.

[@absorbingphotons]

I’ve been wondering about this myself so thank you for sharing! Hoping to get into solar soon :)

[@KopLamp]

I’ve found it is - as is planetary - a whole different ballgame compared to shooting/processing DSO.

[@refetastro]

One thing I can’t find yet on my app asiair is stacking mode i will try your steps and find out Thanks so much for a great video

[@KopLamp]

If you have the ASIAIR Plus or mini, you should tap the eMMC icon in order to find the Stacking options. On an ASIAIR Pro there will be another icon in that same spot (either USB or the SD card). See 18:22 and onward in the video.

[@refetastro]

@@KopLamp I’ll take a look Thanks

[@refetastro]

Wow Excellent tutorial I wish I saw this video before I struggle how to store my live video on mp4 to share with others I ask all around platform No one gave me the right answer one of them said your asiair pro doesn’t have mp4 option But 2 night ago I tried those three lines and it was there . Ii fact I love the music of it It sounds so astro I was in Europe there I have same scope like yours I had asi120mm and I had asiair pro and i didn’t know i could do what you are doing now man I missed big opportunity

[@KopLamp]

Thanks. I am happy my videos help.

[@carefreeastro]

Neat vid Martin 👍🏼

[@KopLamp]

Thanks Ollie!

[@toddweiler227]

Nice video! How did you get Focus? Was it a lucky guess and it just hit it first try? Have you used the focus function? I can get the gain down in focus mode. May be I’ll try in video mode next. Hummm......

[@KopLamp]

I mounted the PST with the camera attached already. The focus of the PST as well as the position of the camera in the PST was still the same as with my last session with the scope. Focus was therefor already very close. Focusing on the sun is best done in video mode I think. The focus function in the ASIAIR is more tailored to focusing on stars.

[@travelanddrones]

Very good video Martín, I’m planning to get a similar setup. Which tripod model/brand do you have? It seems more stable for the AM5? Thks for sharing.

[@KopLamp]

It is the LiteRoc tripod which originally belonged to a CEM40 mount (iOptron). In order to mount the AM5 on it I use the PE200 pier extension.

[@travelanddrones]

Thks for answering Martin. I’ll try to get that tripod here in my country.

[@eprohoda]

Like-you made perfect view!bye, colleague~🔥

[@HenkDuivendrecht]

De 120 mm mini komt in focus op de PST? Goed om te weten.

[@KopLamp]

Dat doet ie! De 290MM mini ook en de 174MM mini ook. Op de 120MM mini heb ik wel een extra busje op de camera geschroefd (die meegeleverde). Daardoor komt de camera iets verder naar buiten.

[@frankguyton9596]

Hot spot and newton rings was pretty bad after stacking need to use flat frames and tilt adapter.

[@KopLamp]

The PST doesn't allow for fitting a tilt adapter AFAIK. Flat frames is something I know how to do on nighttime astrophotography, but solar has me stumped ;-)

[@supergamer3186]

How many you pay for the AsiAir ?

[@KopLamp]

I got it for 459 euro’s. It retails in European webshops for 480-510 euros

[@KJRitch]

With the ability to insert a micro SD or a USB 3 stick into an Asiair Plus what are the advantages of getting the 256g version vs 32g version? Thanks.

[@KopLamp]

The 256gb version is a new iteration ASIAIR if I am not mistaken. It has higher computing power. I think astroworkz on KZbin has an explainer.

[@LeeeB0]

@KopLamp ​ Hi, i am hearing that the new 32GB versions have the same computing power now as well.

[@KopLamp]

@@LeeeB0 I am not amazed, as the original Rpi boards are getting pretty rare nowadays.

[@CDigata]

you buy a new asiair plus and cant afford shoes?

[@KopLamp]

You should Google my surname 😇😎

[@CDigata]

@@KopLamp lol.. u da man