Imaging the Moon with the ASIair Pro

Imaging the Moon with the ASIair Pro - video mode

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m Ian and I live in Surrey in the UK.
In this video I explain how to use the video mode in the ASIair Pro to capture planets or the Moon for example. In this case I took some images of the Moon.
It very easy to do and I think it produced a fairly good image, even though I wasn’t using a dedicated planetary camera.
I also show how to stack the images within the ASIair Pro.
The final image is a mosaic of two 1 minute stacked images taken on the 14th January 2022 from my back garden.
Main Equipment:
• Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED (Super APO Triplet)
• Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Field Flattener
All above acquired from FLO
• Sky-watcher EQ6-R-PRO equatorial mount
• ZWO ASI 294MC-Pro single shot colour camera
• ZWO 60mm Finder/Guidescope
• ZWO ASI 120MM Mini
• Baader 610mm Longpass Red Colour Filter
• ASIAir Pro
• ZWO IR/Cut Filter
• Image Composite Editor
• Photoshop
Music (at the beginning):
Isolated by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com/
Music (at the end):
Wander by Emmit Fenn

Пікірлер: 68

@MrKeithcl Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. You covered so many topics in one short video. Now I feel a little better trying to take a video with my new plus. I was intimidated trying to stitch together images but you made it so say to follow along, thanks.

@bennikley2728 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Clicked on it to figure out how difficult it will be to capture a video with the Asiair and stayed for the awesome tutorial and experience of taking a picture of the moon. Very enjoyable, thank you!

@minkey1972 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe I haven’t tried this yet! I have the exact same set up as well!

@SimonsAstro

Hey Ian, thats amazing! ive never used the video mode on either of my ASIAIR'S before! but know I know how, the moon is my next target! Thanks for sharing

@mazinalmoumen 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic 👏👏👏

@refetastro

Excellent pictures too

@astronutski

Excellent video, thank you SIR!!

@OutlandishJourneys 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Ian! Nice work! :)

@riccaruf

Really nice video ! Thanks very much for this great job.

@gregorymckenna6609

Excellent video. I can’t wait to try it out for myself.

@brianfromsyr

Thank You!!!

@AstroCrescent 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I’ll follow your tips when I capture moon later next week (almost full moon). Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏼.

@LemureDeiCampiElisi

That is an impressive result! And without using PIPP and all the other programs. Just with the stack feature of the little red box. Really great image.

@craiglowery4427 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice. I may have to get an ASIAIR. I do planetary and lunar imaging with a dedicated planetary camera. I stack with AutoStakkert and sharpen with PIPP. Your approach is more modern, just as good and quicker

@doubledark2 2 жыл бұрын

great video; well explained. Having just started in this hobby, what I find lacking is real step-by-step videos for total beginners of the ASIair explaining how to get from switching on the unit thru to PA, guiding, etc etc There are plenty that quickly move thru the features but its super frustrating that key steps showing EXACTLY how to jump from one function to another are missed out....I think your presentation style would suit to make these videos - maybe something you could consider :) cheers from Down Under

@davidleejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I’ll have to take a break from imaging DSO’s and try this!

@AstrocandyTV

Quite a good result although I think stacking stills is the way to go for sharper results, particularly given that modern mirrorless cameras can take stills exceptionally fast. Take care.

@Microtonal_Cats

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@nitin_tag 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video step by step well explained.

@astronebulee578 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Last week I took ixdos with my asiair pro and 294mc pro with my sw 72ed AzGti eq mode. The results are very very good in my opinion and sharp like yours though I used autostakkert 3 for stacking and registax for sharpening. One thing I couldn't get any colour into my image of the moon to bring out the no mineral colours. Still trying to sort that but will see if stacking with the asiair pro enables me to colourise the moon. 👍