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Correcting with flats is I think missing the point. The area affected has a lower SNR so you need to avoid vignetting happing in the first place not correct for it

Thank you for your detailed consideration and response it’s been really helpful, and seems a simple solution, I am on the Ethernet limit but do have the ability to boost signal half way. Thank you

Thanks I’ll check it out, networks aren’t really my thing so all help is appreciated - thanks

And what sort of range from the house is your rig, still concerned that 100m may be too far ?

Thanks a really useful video, all I need to do now is try to understand it ! 😀

Hi I have an imaging rig that is typically set up at the end of the garden about 100m from my house. I have and Asiair pro which handles the imaging sequencing, mount, camera, guiding, focussing etc etc. I can obviously control this all via my iPad if I’m standing next to the rig, but my question is how can I control it all from the comfort of my home 100m away? My home WiFi obviously doesn’t reach that far nor can broadcast a signal that far from the Asiair. if it helps at all there is mains power at about the halfway point. Any suggestions gratefully received thanks

Thanks David, I’ve heard about directional Ariel, but will this cope with the distances I’m considering do you think ? Thanks

Thank you much appreciated, I’ll take a look at the group. Thanks

Hi Everyone, I’ve recently purchased an Asiair and absolutely love it, but would like to control it from further away. My imaging site is about 120m from my house, I would like to control it from indoors if possible rather than walking up there and connecting to see what’s going on in the imaging session. My question therefore is how can I access the Asiair / control the session from 120m away. Is it a combination of extenders and cables? And if so how must they be connected. If it’s any use there is mains power access at about the halfway point. Does anyone have experience of controlling the Asiair at this range. Thanks in advance

Hi Stu, simple answer is yes you can. I have a red dot finder attached to show using those attachment points which leaves the handle as the mount point for my guide scope 😁 hope that helps

The other consideration is in terms of simplicity, an Astro cam will require a laptop, plus additional power. Might be a consideration if you are having to travel to your imaging site

Here’s a single 1min sub from a stack of Andromeda. One of Elon’s many creations scores a direct hit on the core. Shot with Canon 600d, attached to WO ZS73 ISO 800 60s F8D77C5D-0962-4FE0-963B-28982C0C0268.tiff

Hi John, Both models are 240Wh (Watt hours), the expensive one just seems to have a higher peak output, which I doubt you will need for Astrowork. Watts hours by themselves are irrelevant without knowing the voltage supplied. Lets say this is 12v DC as per the outputs on the power bank required to power the mount. So this gives 240Wh/12v = 20Amp hours . So if your rig drew 2amps, you would get 10hrs usage. (2amps x 10 hours = 20amp hours) All theoretical of course and cold weather and other factors inevitably mean you will get less, but that's the theory. Hope that helps.

Hi, I purchased mine about 6 weeks ago, but you are quite right to point out that gremlins may yet appear - time will tell on the one and my fingers are crossed. I take you point about the obscure seller in my link, I would never purchase from them myself , having never heard of them, was just trying to provide an example of what I was talking about in the link,- That's a lesson learned for the future for me I think. Cheers

Thanks that's very interesting - will investigate, thanks so much for taking the time to post this

Thanks that's really helpful! Ill focus on the £10/year, and try and forget about the £250 for camera/ guide scope

Well that's news to me - I thought the step in the PA routine where you swivel the mount in RA, calculates the centre of rotation of the mount irrespective of where the OTA is pointing. Thanks

Thank you- how do you find the 120MM? - you use this guiding / platesolving ? - And Sharpcap pro- is this a straightforward as it looks on Youtube. ??

The right angle will cure my knees, but still left with my dodgy eyesight . Are you saying Guide cam & scope + sharpcap vs Polemaster or ASIAIR then ? hmmm what do you use ?

Ill take a look - Thanks for the pointer

Thanks that really useful to hear, I had assumed with ASIAIR that it would be a "one stop shop", but interesting you prefer the PA routine in Polemaster. - it obviously must work well for you. Thank you

No, I thought that was just for Guiding, I haven't progressed to that just yet : )

Everything i read online seems to say Sharpcap doesn't support DSLR, maybe I've missed something - but will check out EKOS _ thank you for that., I don't use guiding at present, so has to be via the dslr or a stick on solution like polemaster i think.

No, I thought that was just for Guiding, I haven't progressed to that just yet : )

Hi Guys, My knees always complain when trying to polar align and my eyesight isn't so great that trying to move the little white dot around the red screen is easy. So i am looking for an electronic solution. to polar alignment. I've heard Sharpcap works well, but as I use DSLR I think that is out.? So what does that leave? Ipolar ? - wrong mount with my HEQ5 Pro and Polemaster seems so expensive i might just as well get an ASIAIR for the functionality at similar (ish) cost. What do you guys use ? - is there anything I am missing which I should consider ? Thanks in advance.