Effortless Telescope Alignment: Your Guide to Electronic Polar Alignment

Effortless Telescope Alignment: Your Guide to Electronic Polar Alignment - Is ASIAIR the master?

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Astroworkz presenter Simon Lewis guides us through the basics of polar alignment for equatorial mounts.
Why do we need to polar align?
What does it mean?
What tools are available to achieve it ?
We take a look at polar aligning using a compass, what are polar scopes and how are they used and how do electronic polar scopes can make life so much easier! We examine each and what they can offer.
We'll show why we think the ASIAIR is THE tool to use in the field for polar alignment and why if you use a mirrorless camera or DSLR then the ASIAIR Mini should be your tool of choice.
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@MrGp3po Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Very good description of PA. I got very good at PA with my Sirius mount and could do 3-minute exposures unguided. When I wanted to guide and get longer exposures, I tried a PC but hated staring into a bright monitor. So I got the ASIAir Pro and love it. Never knew what plate solving meant until the AAP. Now, I never use the polar scope or a finder. If I want to do visual, I just designate the guide scope as the Main and replace the main scope camera with a diagonal.What a treat!

@TeamAstroworkz Жыл бұрын

platesolving is up there with sliced bread :)

@trevorgreen2232 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon . Another very helpful presentation

@TeamAstroworkz Жыл бұрын

thanks Trevor :) appreciate the feedback :)

@paskoh Ай бұрын

Which electronic assisted polar alignment is most accurate? Not sure if anyone has done a thorough comparison but anecdotally? Thanks for the video. I like the tip about extending the exposure time in ASIAIR PA. I was doing it wrong with the NB filter in place. Doh!

@patricksAstro Жыл бұрын

Great video Simon. Using the asiair plus and the AM5 polar alignment has never been faster usually under 5 min.

@TeamAstroworkz Жыл бұрын

I usually don't have much of a problem on the AM5 either ... I have PA'd it far too many times during testing LOL

@viewintospace Жыл бұрын

Good video! But just saying - the ASIAir is also kind of a computer. So if you have NINA on a MiniPC like the Quieter or an ASIAir results in the same - a mini device on your scope and a device with a screen needed to contol it....

@andreasreiser314 Жыл бұрын

and on top of it you are not limited to use zwo hardware

@kevinhanley3023 7 ай бұрын

Is the ASIair the alignment master? NO. If you are using a mount with a polar scope, use it. It is much faster.

@TeamAstroworkz 7 ай бұрын

if you like messing with polar scopes on your hands and knees you're welcome to ... ASIAIR is certainly more accurate and here in the southern hemisphere a polar scope is a lesson in frustration - I don't own a polar scope for good reason :) Any electronic means ... sharpcap ... Ipolar...ASIAIR are all far better and easier methods than messing with a polar scope IMHO