Discovery Astrophotography with ZWO ASTRO

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My experience with ZWO AM5 and AM5N mounts

By Rumen G.Bogdanovski, Software engineer, PhD in Astrophysics and astrophotographer Introduction I am an astrophysicist, software developer, and astrophotographer. My passion for astronomy dates back to my earliest memories. One of my fondest recollections is watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos with my father on a black-and-white TV. I understood next to nothing and I asked many

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Seestar S50 All-in-One Smart Telescope Antarctic Tour

The South Pole stands as one of Earth’s most enigmatic realms, where mesmerizing auroras dance across the sky, vast expanses of icy terrain stretch as far as the eye can see, and the sun’s glow blankets the horizon for months on end. As the Chinese New Year approaches, I wish to extend my gratitude to

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The Differences between ASI220MM Mini and ASI290MM Mini

ZWO’s guide cameras are impressive for their small size and portability. Especially ASI220MM Mini and ASI290MM Mini, these two cameras that have been loved by many enthusiasts since their launch. Since some people might be curious about the differences between these two cameras, here we would like to give a detailed introduction to help you

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What are the differences between ASI662MC and ASI462MC?

The ASI662MC and ASI462MC are both entry-level planetary cameras from ZWO that can meet the needs of beginner astrophotographers. They are cameras that you can easily use even if you don’t do too much research. In fact, the ASI462MC has been discontinued and replaced by the upgraded ASI662MC, and the performance improvement is definitely worth the money. First, compare these two cameras side by side to see the differences. The

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Discovery of the M31 [OIII] emission arc

Recently, a major discovery by an international team of amateur astronomers and scientists has become a huge online hit, and this new discovery is just located in one of the most studied celestial bodies: the M31 Andromeda galaxy. The team started this research in August 2022. People generally do not use narrow-band filters when photographing

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A Planetary Camera for Long-Focal Length Guiding: ZWO ASI432MM Review

By: Rouzbeh Bidshahri Large aperture reflectors with long focal lengths can be great for imaging small objects. Many SCTs, RCs, IDKs, and CDKs have focal lengths greater than 2000mm, but they do require guide cameras for autoguiding most of the time. ZWO recently introduced a planetary camera, the ASI432MM, that seemed to me like an interesting

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ASI432MM Review

—— Wrote by Yixing Zhang, translated by ZWO team. In 2022, ZWO released a new monochrome planetary camera, ASI432MM. It features the global shutter and especially suitable for solar imaging, as ZWO stated in the product description. Yet somehow it seems that solar imaging is not that popular compared to other sorts of astrophotography, such

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[ASIAIR] How to quickly stack and process your data on your phone? 

For a long period of time, astrophotographers have to face the dilemma between spending a long time flattening the steep learning curve of astrophotography and just giving up to let go. The software too complicated to start with, the tedious imaging settings and post processing and so many other problems are what astrophotographers deal with

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