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Love the ASIAir Plus 256. Makes things so much easier. As a relative newbie, it helped get me up and running with astrophotography. I already owned ZWO products, so being stuck in their ecosystem wasn't an issue.

I've managed just one night of imaging through the autumn and December! But, dare I say it, it's looking like we might get some clear and frosty nights over the next couple of weeks. Heading to Wales for Thursday evening/night.🤞 I liked your galaxy images. 👍 Let's hope for a good 2025 of imaging for one and all.

I have exactly the same camera, EFW and Antlia 3nm filters. No haloes whatsoever on any of the filters. I also have the ASI294MMPro and that is a great camera too. Thanks for the video.

It's not an investment, rather toys

Cool! I'm considering getting a dedicated camera for my nexstar 4se, so I don't have to use my canon m50.

Nice Video astro chap. Am I riight to say that you took the tilt plate off? Is that the recommended approach? I'm asking because I switched my standard tilt plate for a 'free offer' rear side adjustable tilt plate (that came with my ASI 2600MC DUO as an early pre-ordering bonus). I'm wondering if I made a wrong turn there, and that this decision has impacted my back-focus? Doubts arose when I discovered that the darkening rings blocked two of the neccessary mounting screws and needed to be punched through. I figured filter drawer (20mm) = EFW (20mm) so I did a straight swap and didn't re-measure. Still waiting for clear skies for a test run.

Don't use electrical tape, use gaffers tape. No residue, very black. Used by movie makers great stuff

Thanks for the information. I am considering this camera as my first dedicated astro cam.

the 2600MM Pro is a beast !

Which spacers did you buy?

lol tip #1 😊 But if your counterweight in the 2 axis are good, should allow for some extra weight? The system does not really have inertia… mass vs weight principle…

Good tips but the one about leveling is deceptive. Once a mount is polar aligned the leveling has no effect. The axis of rotation is not dependent on whether the tripod and head are level. Where is does matter is getting to polar alignment, like any alt az adjustment being level keeps vertical adjustment only vertical (alt) and horizontal only horizontal (az).

What is the fish eye bit used for ?

I just discovered your channel while looking for HaRGB tips and i will definetly stay here for a while

Good video. Quick adder: make sure the gloves you use are powder free. The nitrile type are sometimes available as "powdered" and nitrile is my preferred material.

Dont like purple blobs in galaxy images, personally. Lots of people do it though and yours looks about the best ive seen very nice job.

Many thanks for doing a great video 😀. My only observation was that I tried imaging a target very near Polaris and my guiding (with ASIAIR Plus) said there was not enough movement in the stars. Your advice is spot on in that your guide scope should be relatively well aligned with your main scope with the exception of any targets near Polaris where I would try setting the guide scope a few degrees off the main scope. Keep the great videos coming 👍

Can you use the red wire to plug into your laptop As I don't have the asi WiFi box yet As they are quite expensive and need to save But I do have the camera And a laptop

The weather in the South West has been crap as well. Geo engineering according to my Allsky camera is being sprayed above the normal cloud layer and it leaves a Tupperware lid layer for later on.

Whenever you're not actively working on a piece of the imaging train, just put it inside a plastic Ziploc bag. This pretty much eliminates dust settling on anything. The plain ol' Ziploc bag is better than any dust cap or cover. When you use the blower, hold the equipment upside down, away from your table, and blow the air *up* into it. You want the dislodged dust to fall down, out of the equipment, and not allow it to settle on anything below. If you blow sideways or down, you might just scatter the dust elsewhere inside the equipment.

Lovely image mate well done

i am beginning and all of my gear is from zwo with the am 5 mount. tips 1-4 i was aware of but # 5 i will have to check that out. i live in the us on the north east and our sucks too. thanks for the video

No ragrets here with the same loadout 🙂

Thank for sharing. I am on the fence. I do have ZWO294MCPro and want to uprade. Dont want to spend a lot of money on color and then regret it. Will see how you like yours.

Great stuff Astro chap! What size filters did you go with?

Great video! You did an awesome job of covering all of the things a mew mono user needs to consider when planning to make the transition. I do think you have made an incorrect assumption about increasing your image quality though. I have been using a ASI2600MM for the last two years and an ASI2600MC for about 18 months. With proper dithering they produce the EXACT same image quality for the amount of time spent gathering images. I agree with what you said about the mono pixel array 3 to 4 times the green or blue or red and any given time, but then you need to go and do it 3 different times. For the equivalent amount of time with an OSC sensor you end up with the exact same resolution and data density. In certain LRGB situations where you are gathering much more luminance there can be a small time advantage for mono but narrowband there is not. Ultimately with mono you end up having a lot more control over your final product and that is why most mono users love it. Just found your channel and look forward to more videos!

Excellent final image! I'd love to go mono, just to need to a bit more to the piggybank first though 😂 bit of a random question - what monitor do you use? I'm looking to get a wide curved monitor and yours looks decent.

Subscribed - as I am considering going mono so I wan to see your content - good luck !

I much prefer imagining in mono with narrow band filters but I am currently using OSC cameras for my galaxy season imaging. As I use a camera with a183 sized sensor for my mono imaging I can get away with 1.25" filters, though the camera is prone to some serious amp glow so a good set of dark frames are necessary. I actually captured the same target the other night but haven't processed it yet. If it turns out half as good as yours I will be very happy.

Hi. Have you tried a Focal extender instead of a Barlow? I don’t the exact details, but it shouldn’t extend the back focus.

I'm pretty new to the whole astrophotography game so I'm still getting my kit built out and learning very basic things. I was baffled by whatever space-age polar alignment you had going on until I looked it up and found out there were cameras for polar alignment. I've gotten used to the polar alignment scope in my mount and can align pretty well in roughly 5 minutes after the mount is set up, but man this would take so much guesswork out of it! Always learning, and clear skies!

The picture looks realy good. I just bought a OSC IMX571 for my widefield setup. I have a second setup with an OSC IMX533. This one I want to upgrade to a mono IMX533 to test it out. The cam and also the filters are cheap because I can use 1,25" filters. I hope they bring a IMX585 cam in mono for a good price like the color one. That would be realy nice. Did you make the flats after each filter was done or did you make the flats after the session for each filter?

I have also upgraded to the 2600MM and 36mm Antlia filters/ZWO 7 position filter wheel. Will not go back. The images are easier to process and have much more pop. Dust issue the only issue I need to fight with and hope to better seal my filter wheel. You can be proud of your M81/M82 image. well done!

Congrats on the 2600MM. I’ve had mine for almost a year now and loving it!

Just starting my mono journey coming from 2600mc and 533mc. Ordered 2600mm and filter wheel still deciding on filter set big choice

What about guide scope FL? Should the guide scope be 25% of the main scope focal length for example? Or doesn't that matter for guiding?

This is a great reminder for me to check up on all these points. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips. Very helpful. One negative comment though - the background music doesn't add anything. In fact it can make it a bit hard to hear you clearly.

I hate to be the one to say it, but your imaging setup is so messed up. Certainly there is lots of room for improvement there.

Thanks for those tips!

Please be aware that Sandisk has had a recent ( year+ ) batch of bad flash storage -- resulting in data loss. Do a search for 'sandisk data loss' for more details. I highly recommend not using them for anything you care about. ( astro data included ) Hope you get some clear skies soon!

Love the vid so far. Those "missed stars" are actually galaxies so this did a tremendous job. NGC 5198, NGC 5173 and NGC 5169 are the ones that I can see in your image. Time to watch the rest of the vid!

It’s beautiful!

amazing.. just got into astrophotography on a very basic level.. 2nd hand dlsr and 55- 250 mm lens.. I was so surprised what that could do (just got my first ... Orion neb..). and seeing the results from your setup just inspires me more cheers

ah wow, what's a wonderful result, you must be thrilled!!!! I am Just starting my astro journey and I am delighted to have come across your channel. I was hoping to try capture the Horse head soon myself. I look forward to following along your deepsky adventures. Cheers

Awesome image! This is really professional.

I like when the algorithm recommends me small channels, always good stuff.

Beautiful color and detail! Nice image :)

beautiful image! nebula detail is so good!

This tool is so amazing! XDD