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Never too late friend and thank you. This is very useful. I did manage to rectify the problem through trial and error, but I think a bit of knowledge goes a long way.

Managed to to grab one before Christmas! Smaller than a debit/credit card but with all the required bells and whistles. Review to follow.

Tis image was a tough one! The Heart Nebula, taken under the worse conditions. Intermittent cloud cover, full moon, poor guiding, Bortle 7 skies and with a boxer dog trying his best to knock the mount flying! 30 x 300 with calibration frames and a quick bit of post processing (which I'm not very good at) in Ps. Equipment: William Optics Z61, ZWO ASI 533 MC Pro, ASIAIR Plus and AZ EQ6 Pro mount.

My first go at live stack function on ASIAIR Plus. Quick 60 Sec video in AVI with post processing all done on ASIAIR (basic sharpening and saturation/contrast etc). Really impressed by the utility and ease of use of this superb little device. 💪👍

Superb job Steve. “This is the way!” 👍😃

That’s a good point Steve, and I think the coupler for the WO Z61 fit has the same diameter holes on both ends, which coincidentally are the same diameter as the EAF barrel. 👍

Hi Steve, That does help sir and TY. Great suggestion WRT extending the bolt recesses on the bracket, I never thought of that 👍. I went for same intermediate solution with the washers. Seems to be a good solution. All looks flush Clear skies buddy☘️

I was fitting my ZWO EAF to my William Optics Zenithstar 61ii yesterday and came across an issue. various YouTube tutorials showed that the EAF bracket fits absolutely flush with the EAF. But when I placed my bracket onto the focuser, there was several mm of gap, which caused the EAF to become skewed when attached to the bracket. I’ve supplied a few photos as an example. The first few shows the correct fitting of the bracket, and the next series the mm gap that I believe shouldn’t exist, followed by a final series of images showing the resulting skewing when EAF is attached to bracket. On looking online I can’t see that ZWO produce a specific bracket for the Z61ii? Also, my fitting of bracket is correct. Has anyone else with a similar setup came across this issue?

Yes, it works fine so long as I don’t attempt to plug anything else into the power tank. If I connect the ASIAIR or a few heater, then that’s it. Crazy Ivan time! I now need to bring two power tanks into the field. The Power Oak solely for the mount, and the Jackery for everything else

Hi guys, Not sure if it’s just my own experience, but having used the SW AZ EQ6 Pro along with the Power Oak 500W power tank, if I attempt to plug in another device, the mount auto guiding goes bananas! If I’m just running the mount it is perfect. I therefore run all my other bits off my Jackery 250W. Just a note on the Jackery, I attempted to run the mount off this power tank and once again the EQ6 started doing odd 360 rotations! I’m assuming the EQ6 models are power hungry beasts?

Hi guys, Not sure if it’s just my own experience, but having used the SW AZ EQ6 Pro along with the Power Oak 500W power tank, if I attempt to plug in another device, the mount auto guiding goes bananas! If I’m just running the mount it is perfect. I therefore run all my other bits off my Jackery 250W. Just a note on the Jackery, I attempted to run the mount off this power tank and once again the EQ6 started doing odd 360 rotations! I’m assuming the EQ6 models are power hungry beasts?

Grabbed a few hours on this DSO over the past few nights. Taken using ZWO533 MC Pro, LeXtreme filter, C9’25 and ASIAIR+

Hi Rossco, I had the original ASIAIR and it was a nightmare to get operational. Wouldn't connect, didn't recognise my mount etc. A royal pain, so I sold it and swore i'd never look back. I have to say, the 'plus' is a completely different beast. Perfect connection, not a glitch in the matrix and 100% functional control over all equipment. Set up took about 1hr, from out of the box to first image. I haven't used my Laptop since. No more APT, PHD2, Sharpcap etc. Also, the new firmware update that allows you to frame up your target is a fantastic tool. I can only speak from my own experience, but it has totally simplified my imaging sessions. Love it.

Image captured in less than ideal conditions. Frequent clouds, full moon and only 1.5hrs usable data. That being said, I'm happy with the result. Equipment: WO Z61 ED Frac, ZWO533 MC Pro, Opto-Long L-eXtreme HA/OIII filter, imagining session guided and controlled using ASIAIR Plus. 41 x Light Frames, (300sec) 10 x Dark, 20 x bias.

M57, or the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a sun-like star. The tiny white dot in the centre of the nebula is the star’s hot core, called a white dwarf. M57 is about 2,000 light-years away. C9'25, ASI533 MC Pro.

Ever notice that when the sky is predicted to be clear and you have all your gear set up; and then conditions degrade and clouds to roll in? However, when conditions are predicted to be overcast, the forecast is 100% spot on? 🤔

NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a about 25 light-years across blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. A triumvirate of astro imagers ( Joe, Glenn, Russell) created this sharp portrait of the cosmic bubble. Their telescopic collaboration collected over 30 hours of narrow band image data isolating light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase.

Collected over numerous visits to Kennedy Space Centre. Love the whole Space exploration thing😃👍🚀

Superb 👍🍺

Thanks Alan👍🍺

Classic 🤣👍☘️🍺

Here you go! 😃💪👍🚀

The ‘Space Wall’ in pub shed. We love it😃🚀

I’ve got to say. The ASIAIR has revolutionised my AP sessions. Everything you need to control the entire setup in one box. PA and plate solving is effortless. Controlling the focus via EAF is high precision and can be set to change as temperatures fluctuate. Targets bang on centre FOV and ability to plan entire sessions. Also, an ability to stack frames is excellent when planetary or lunar imagery. Auto guiding uses the same PHD2 interface and is superb. Highly portable, all control functions in one package and much cheaper that a laptop. Love it.

Hi Folks, Many apologies for the delay in responding. I got it sorted. My spacing between the Reducer and censor was off by approximately 6-7mm. Once I solved that and increased exposure time to 300sec per frame as a minimum, the images stack with no issues. Also, I discovered that my collimation was a little off which wasn't helping. Thanks again for all the assistance and clear skies.