I agree 100%, Simon: this is a really great piece of software. About the only part I used (until last week) was the FITS viewer, but I had to delve into it a little when you asked me to send some images to check my new camera and -- I was very impressed! It has a very intuitive interface and is no slacker in terms of capabilities, either. I'm looking forward to the other videos on ASIStudio. Thanks for the great information!
Thank you sir! I just got my 662MC camera and downloaded the ASI Studio to my Mac. A friend is trying to get me to use Sharp Cap on a PC. I want to see what I can do with the native ASI Studio first. I also own a Seestar S50. It was my first ZWO product and I am still amazed at how good it is for the money. I actually bought a second S50 and now have it set up at a remote observatory. Yes, a Seestar. It works great!
ASI Studio is a good package for starters till you get more experienced - still love the SS50 and been testing the SS30 here .. more coming on that soon with some exciting news on new features!
Thanks for the video, I checked for videos getting more into using each piece of the software. Just getting started so complete newbie on planetary photography, so would love to see in depth on what setting should look like, etcetera when I'm taking those pictures. Thanks
Just received ( 1/28/2023)my ASI planetary camera and loaded the soft ware. Will be getting out and getting some images. Got a great shot of my ceiling fan.😁😁😁
nice! its a great handy tool and its simple - quite often people complain things are broken but as soon as they move to studio they find the issue isn't with that specific component but their software setup . And likewise its easy to confirm there is an issue and then focus on fixing that .... ASI FitsView is just worth installing studio for too!!!
I still use FitsView as my default viewer and occasionally use the Deep Stacker too ( fast and simple to use). By the way, (hint, hint 😉), it would be great if a blink(ing) tool were added to the FitsView.
I've not found the solar stacking feature to work well using the Asi Videostack program: the stacked images (of solar prominences) are actually worse than the best of the individual frames of the Avi videos. Maybe because it requires a full-disc view of the entire sun?
Hi Great video Question what is different if I use asi air pro app On asiair pro app my avi files got stacked automatically and my avi files look only black and white Any ideas 💡
Thanks! I assume the ASI Studio software will work for stacking files from the SeeStar? And in the DeepStack module is it possible to permanently apply the auto screen stretch to a saved file? I could not see a way to do that. Or will the live stacked and stretched image that the SeeStar provides be as good as stacking the individual FITS files later? I suspect that will not be the case.
Any word if ZWO will have adjuster to the rgb after autorun stacking? I sometimes notice my reds are way more predominant than the blue or green. It would be a great tool in their studio app.
Thanks for the great video. Always good to hear a Kiwi voice from back home. Does ASILive have the ability to monitor a folder and stack from there? Thank you
Thanks Simon! I’d love to see you do a video specifically on ASICAP for solar/lunar/planetary imaging. There are so few options available for Mac that it’s great to see the ASI Studio suite come along.
Would something like this work to auto run a sequence for a ZWO OSC camera for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse? If so any thought on what a good sequence would be? Thx
Thanks for the email help, Tom. This really did help, and since it has a 1.25 inch thread, the asi120mc-s will work perfectly for the NexStar 4se telescope, the only real astrophotography I have done is photographing the moon with my Canon 90D, now I can broaden my horizons. Donny
Would ASI Studio work better for me for DSO than my ASIair Pro? I have a Celestron NexStar 6" Evolution mount that does a good job of maintaining alignment. I also have ASIair Pro and ASI 462 camera. They work great shooting moon and planets in video mode. But, without a guide camera, it appears impossible (?) to take hundreds of 15 second exposures automatically and save them to the USB drive for off-line stacking. Would one of the apps in Studio make this possible? I can connect the camera to a laptop next to the scope vs. remotely with WiFi. Will Studio work with the ASIair pro?
Studio is a stand alone suite of software - it doesnt actually interface with ASIAIR at all - Pro will do what Studio does for capture and stacking to be honest - Alt Az mounts will be limited in exposure times - the issue with the evo and 462 is that it will be limited in field of view and also plate solve will be a prob given the tiny field of view - studio relies on PHD2 as an extra to guide for example ... not sure why capturing 15s frames would be an issue but likely the issue is star drift (?) no easy answer for alt az on a fork mount or arm like the evo
Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, plate solving with ASIair hasn't work for me with this setup. I've stacked video files of nebula using ASIair Pro and Autostakkert! with limited results. The short exposure time of video frames makes for noisy images. All I really want is a way to automate the process of taking hundreds of 15s (+/-) exposures so that I can stack them in AutoStakkert! Possible?
@@TeamAstroworkz I use it also. Perhaps the OP meant that it would be nice to be able to plug in the S50 and control it via the ASI Studio program versus the S50 app? Features such as automatically storing the FITS and RAW files on the PC or MAC would eliminate a step or two.
Great info! Thanks. Diana
You are so welcome!
Excellent information. Thank-you sir.
Glad it was helpful!
Looking forward to future Videos Simon , ASI studio is so simple to use and much underrated.
Absolutely
For me, ASIFitsview is the most useful program in the suite--use it all the time!
me too!!!
I agree 100%, Simon: this is a really great piece of software. About the only part I used (until last week) was the FITS viewer, but I had to delve into it a little when you asked me to send some images to check my new camera and -- I was very impressed! It has a very intuitive interface and is no slacker in terms of capabilities, either. I'm looking forward to the other videos on ASIStudio. Thanks for the great information!
Totally agree! Its a v underrated package and very much overlooked - and its free too .... can't get better than that!!
Thank you sir! I just got my 662MC camera and downloaded the ASI Studio to my Mac. A friend is trying to get me to use Sharp Cap on a PC. I want to see what I can do with the native ASI Studio first. I also own a Seestar S50. It was my first ZWO product and I am still amazed at how good it is for the money. I actually bought a second S50 and now have it set up at a remote observatory. Yes, a Seestar. It works great!
ASI Studio is a good package for starters till you get more experienced - still love the SS50 and been testing the SS30 here .. more coming on that soon with some exciting news on new features!
Thanks for the video, I checked for videos getting more into using each piece of the software. Just getting started so complete newbie on planetary photography, so would love to see in depth on what setting should look like, etcetera when I'm taking those pictures. Thanks
Just received ( 1/28/2023)my ASI planetary camera and loaded the soft ware. Will be getting out and getting some images. Got a great shot of my ceiling fan.😁😁😁
That's a good start I always setup inside first and bench test ...next stop a dark sky ..good luck :)
The ASI Estudio saved the hobby for me and helped me to easily transition to the ASIAIR.
nice! its a great handy tool and its simple - quite often people complain things are broken but as soon as they move to studio they find the issue isn't with that specific component but their software setup . And likewise its easy to confirm there is an issue and then focus on fixing that .... ASI FitsView is just worth installing studio for too!!!
I still use FitsView as my default viewer and occasionally use the Deep Stacker too ( fast and simple to use).
By the way, (hint, hint 😉), it would be great if a blink(ing) tool were added to the FitsView.
I love ASI Studio. What does Debayering mean when using a OSC camera?
Very informative! Would this work for EAA astronomy? Can the live version stack in real time for a better view of what you’re observing?
Yes it will - live stacking means a 30s frame then becomes 1m ...5m ... 10m.... 60 :) as long as your patience lasts :)
I would love a video on how to use the ASI Meteor Cap program.
sounds like a video subject we can cover off :)
thanks for this tutorial! I was trying to use ASIStudio but it kept freezing and the planetary imaging app was so jank. thanks again for the tutorial
very welcome!
I've not found the solar stacking feature to work well using the Asi Videostack program: the stacked images (of solar prominences) are actually worse than the best of the individual frames of the Avi videos. Maybe because it requires a full-disc view of the entire sun?
Hi
Great video
Question what is different if I use asi air pro app
On asiair pro app my avi files got stacked automatically and my avi files look only black and white
Any ideas 💡
Thanks! I assume the ASI Studio software will work for stacking files from the SeeStar? And in the DeepStack module is it possible to permanently apply the auto screen stretch to a saved file? I could not see a way to do that. Or will the live stacked and stretched image that the SeeStar provides be as good as stacking the individual FITS files later? I suspect that will not be the case.
Any word if ZWO will have adjuster to the rgb after autorun stacking? I sometimes notice my reds are way more predominant than the blue or green. It would be a great tool in their studio app.
Thanks for the great video. Always good to hear a Kiwi voice from back home. Does ASILive have the ability to monitor a folder and stack from there? Thank you
Thanks Simon! I’d love to see you do a video specifically on ASICAP for solar/lunar/planetary imaging. There are so few options available for Mac that it’s great to see the ASI Studio suite come along.
Great suggestion! I feel the need to aquire a Macbook permanently - I have borrowed one in the past :)
Lol I just did a video on the Deep Sky Stack section of this software.
I didn't know that .. great minds think alike LOL - its a very underused tool
Would something like this work to auto run a sequence for a ZWO OSC camera for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse? If so any thought on what a good sequence would be? Thx
Thanks for the email help, Tom. This really did help, and since it has a 1.25 inch thread, the asi120mc-s will work perfectly for the NexStar 4se telescope, the only real astrophotography I have done is photographing the moon with my Canon 90D, now I can broaden my horizons.
Donny
Would ASI Studio work better for me for DSO than my ASIair Pro? I have a Celestron NexStar 6" Evolution mount that does a good job of maintaining alignment. I also have ASIair Pro and ASI 462 camera. They work great shooting moon and planets in video mode. But, without a guide camera, it appears impossible (?) to take hundreds of 15 second exposures automatically and save them to the USB drive for off-line stacking. Would one of the apps in Studio make this possible? I can connect the camera to a laptop next to the scope vs. remotely with WiFi. Will Studio work with the ASIair pro?
Studio is a stand alone suite of software - it doesnt actually interface with ASIAIR at all - Pro will do what Studio does for capture and stacking to be honest - Alt Az mounts will be limited in exposure times - the issue with the evo and 462 is that it will be limited in field of view and also plate solve will be a prob given the tiny field of view - studio relies on PHD2 as an extra to guide for example ... not sure why capturing 15s frames would be an issue but likely the issue is star drift (?) no easy answer for alt az on a fork mount or arm like the evo
Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, plate solving with ASIair hasn't work for me with this setup. I've stacked video files of nebula using ASIair Pro and Autostakkert! with limited results. The short exposure time of video frames makes for noisy images. All I really want is a way to automate the process of taking hundreds of 15s (+/-) exposures so that I can stack them in AutoStakkert! Possible?
I cant get the mount to work in this software
which mount ?? AM5??
After watching your video I realized I don't have the mount that would be controlled by that program I have the EQ6R pro
Not very useful if you’re interested in SeeStar S50 post processing.
hmm and why not ??? if you save the FITS or RAW video files than Studio works fine ... I use it to process my seestar data!
@@TeamAstroworkz I use it also. Perhaps the OP meant that it would be nice to be able to plug in the S50 and control it via the ASI Studio program versus the S50 app? Features such as automatically storing the FITS and RAW files on the PC or MAC would eliminate a step or two.
My asi cap have only raw format ....it' ok ?