MarinersinSpace

Just screenshotted this reply. Will do! Can't wait for the next clear night.

You guys are absolute geniuses. I added about 10 mm worth of extenders to my 533 and put the gain to zero, and I found focus on my 533 finally on a tree line about 200 yards out. I feel like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Thank you all so much! It's a little step, but feels massive to me

my gain was definitely not zero. That could be the issue. Going back out now lol

So I was able to find focus using my Nikon 5300 through the ASIAIR, but still failed to get any focus using the 533. Every picture I took was pure white and distorted with green blobs, no matter the exposure or auto-histo. I was also cooling the camera this time. I am sure it just beginning headaches, and the more I experiment, I should be able to figure it out.

I really do appreciate all of the help! I am a full-time doctoral student and full-time teacher so I don't have all the time in the world to get outside and practice my craft (Although I would like to), so getting answers to these types of questions helps me out TREMENDOUSLY. I am going to head out and do some day-time focusing practice here pretty soon so I will keep you all updated

thank you guys for the responses! I am not 100% if the histo was set to auto, but I sort of have a feeling that it wasn't. I was not shooting at anything in particular, just a bright group of stars that were visible in my suburban New Jersey light. Wanted to test the new setup with just the camera, telescope and tripod before adding guidescope, mount etc.. First thing in the morning I will be going out and testing in the daylight. That is a great idea!

Hey everyone! So I am a massive newb to astrophotography, so I apologize if this is a an easy fix or a silly solution, but i cannot get a good picture out of my ZWO ASI 533 and Zenithstar 61. I am using an ASIAIR Pro to image, but I can only get pictures that look like the one pictured below. I am not sure what I am doing wrong on my end. Any help Would be amazing! :)