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I think you would enjoy Affinity Photo much more.

Hi folks, I recently made a Youtube showing how to use Affinity Photo 2 to edit a single 10s FITS from Seestar. Affinity will also stack multiple FITS. Astrophotography with SeeStar: Affinity Photo for FITS File Editing https://youtu.be/mP7-M7TWV_E

Hi folks, Would someone like to send me some avi video files from Seestar for me to practice on. About 3 GB worth would be fine. I am waiting for my Seestar. Thanks and regards, Irving

I would like to report that Facebook has a new astro group, Affinity Photo Astrophotography. It is obviously devoted to all those good things that James Ritson brings us. Hope to see you there. Regards, Irving

Hi Seestar folks, Could anyone please send me some avi Seestar video files? Maybe a few GB. Thanks a lot. Irving

Hi folks, I am trying to connect my Asiair mini with my Sony a6000 camera. This camera is on the list of tested compatible cameras for the AA. I think the camera settings are correct but the AAmini does not recognize the main camera by name as it does with my Canon 1100d. This I see on my iPhone AA app. I only see a USB connecting message on the camera, but I cannot take a preview photo. I do know that this camera is being used successfully with the AAplus. Does anyone use the AAmini with the Sony a6000? Thanks for any help, Irving

I am a beginner but I do know a bit about Affinity Photo. With the macros of Affinity there is an easy way of stacking images from different filters and then choosing a composition (SHO, HSO, LRGB etc) followed by one of many stretching methods. Also the calibration files are easily included. I have made Youtubes on this. Also there are many by James Ritson, the developer of astro with Affinity. Here is a recent one of mine. Hope this helps. Regards, Irving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMzr5EQbbQA Astrophotography for Beginners: Affinity Photo Editing of Telescope Live Data of SMC

Are you using Affinity Photo 2? I got it recently and it does have a lot of good JR macros available, that AP1 does not have. Regards

Thanks for the detailed explanation of Slooh services. They do not seem to explain it so well. I have been using Telescope Live to get sets of about 12 fits (HSO and LRGB) for about $1. Then stacking and editing with Affinity Photo. It gives practice with processing but without the excitement of scheduling your own mission. I would want to get fits files for editing. Does Slooh send a set of fits files for stacking and editing? Best regards and thanks again.

Hi folks, As I suspected, I need some help with my new AAmini. I am testing the DSLR camera connection without any guide scope or mount. I connected my Canon 1100D successfully to my AA mini. I took some photos that looked to be ok since I could see they were downloading to the AA mini. I found that the Canon would sometimes reset itself from Bulb to 1/1000 but I could put it back to bulb. Sometimes the camera after taking a shot would continue with multiple shots every second or so. Looking at the SD card of the camera I could see 2 shots but not all of them. After plugging a cable into the PC slot of the AAmini and into my Mac, the memory of the AAmini did not show any recorded shots. There are 6 subfolders and all of them were empty. That surprised me because each of my shots showed that they were being downloaded during a few seconds. Grateful for any advice. Thanks and regards, Irving

I was able to connect my ASIAIR mini with my Canon 1100D using a micro usb with normal USB on the AAmini side. I am pretty sure that guiding requires the ASI camera and scope. Would be happy for any advice on using the AA mini with cameras, Canon and Sony (a5000 and a6000) and with the ASI guide camera. Thanks and regards

ASIAIR mini activation on iPhone problem. I was able to connect my iPhone SE2 and activate ASIAIR mini only by turning off the Mobile Data. Some phones call it cellular data. Since this phone does not remain connected to the Internet I needed to turn off the AIR and reconnect to the Internet and back to the AIR. But for this to succeed the Mobile Data needed to be off. Hope this info helps someone.

I was able to connect my iPhone SE2 and activate ASIAIR mini by turning off the phone's Mobile Data. Some phones call it cellular data. Since this phone does not remain connected to the Internet, I needed to turn off the AIR and reconnect to the Internet. But for this to succeed the Mobile Data needed to be off. Hope this helps somebody.

Hi paulastro, I would be glad to remove it and put it elsewhere. Although I do not consider it to be an advert. Please tell me how to go about it. Thanks and regards

Wanted also to say that if you rig up a holder for your iPhone, then FinderCam can be used on any scope without the StarSense mount.