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The ASI AIR Improvement Wishlist

The ASI AIR is a great device that can help get the ball rolling for anyone getting into deep sky astrophotography. But what’s missing? Some of those things are available in other programs, others are just features that would be nice to have. Let’s go over that. In this post, we’ll go over my ASI AIR Improvement Wishlist. Now, some of these ideas are some things they could add in fairly quickly. Admittedly a few are some things that should be considered for future iterations, even if it takes a few years. These additions will ease the transition between beginner…

How to Set Up the ZWO AM5

Introduction In this article, we’re gonna go over how to set up the ZWO AM5 so we can get you up and running. Whether you already have one or you’re looking to buy one, hopefully this will help you out with exactly what you need to capture some great images. As of the time of publishing this article, ZWO has announced the AM3. You can follow the same steps below for that mount too! Tripod The first thing you’re going to need is a tripod. This guide uses the tripod that was designed for the AM5, but you can use…

Updates are a-comin! Status of the updates

I mentioned I’ve had goals for this site and the YouTube channel, and they are coming together. I’m reworking some of the pages that exist. Anything that was a guide or review video will have an accompanying text version, complete with pictures. That way, it isn’t just a post with a video link. Some people may prefer reading over watching, and I get that. Hopefully, for the guides, it helps out. After all of those updates are finished, going forward I’ll start to slightly split the topics. Some will be video, some text, and some a mix of both. I…