What software should you use to image the planets? If you are a user of ASI cameras, then you are lucky, today we will show you the automatic shooting planet function of ASICAP, the original shooting software of ASI camera. The auto guiding and plan shooting function in ASICAP is very easy to use! Look at the […]
Hello Konstantinos, thanks for accepting our interview invitation. Congratulations on winning the ASIWEEK competition in week #30/2023! Q1: At first, congratulation that your nice image won #ASIWEEK. Can you introduce yourself to us? Thank you very much. My name is Konstantinos (Kostas) Beis and I live in rural Wiltshire, UK. I am originally from Athens, […]
ASIStudio software is a welcome addition to the astrophotography software workplace. It integrates various astrophotography software into one easy to use system. The results are rather pleasing. ZWO has decided that a few camera functions are too complex for amateur astrophotographers and provide factory set defaults. This version (1.4.1) is essentially a beta should continue […]
What is pixel binning? What can you do? How do you do it? We see astrophotographers from all over the world asking these questions everyday. In this article we are going to explain how you can start binning your astro photos. 1. What is it? Binning is when you merge adjacent pixels into one […]
What’s ASIStudio? ASIStudio is an astronomy software package developed by ZWO, which currently including ASICap, ASIImg and ASILive. ASICap——specialized in planetary imaging, with an earlier release date, has experienced multiple iterations and gains a lot of popularity. ASIImg —— specialized in DSO imaging for desktop platform, is a great attempt to create a software […]
The EAF focuser can be used for deep sky astrophotography and for planetary/lunar imaging and supports focusing using both manual and autofocus modes. For deep sky photography, the user may use either manual or software autofocusing, while planetary photographers may only use manual focusing at this time. Let’s take a look at how you can […]
Q1: Which focusers are supported? The current EAF bracket is compatible with SkyWatcher Astrograph reflectors, SkyWatcher Black Diamond, SkyWatcher Dobsonians, SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonians. SharpStar Telescopes SkyRover Telescopes TS Optics Astro Tech Feather Touch Some others such as Explore Scientific will fit with longer screws (not supplied) More focusers will be supported in the future as we […]
ASCOM Installation The latest version of ASICAP has native support for the EAF. Other software packages will require the use of an ASCOM driver. EAF ASCOM drivers can be found on the ZWO website: https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/software-drivers Download and install support for EAF, then launch the EAF dashboard from within your astronomy software. Introduction of ASCOM […]
1. Wireless focus control You are free to control EAF on your phone with the help of ASIAIR now. 2. Plug and play As an HID USB device, EAF can be directly used and works well with ASICAP or ASIAIR, while it does not need any diver software installed. Note: You’ll need to install ASCOM driver […]
ZWO team in April 2017 visited two very popular exhibitions in US, Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference (NEAIC) and Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF). On both exhibition floors, we showed our products; planetary cameras , cooled cameras, filters,filter wheels and our wide range of accessories for astrography. On exhibitions, we also show two new ZWO products. We presented our Android application ASICAP which enable ASI […]
