ZWO ASI Air Tutorial: Polar Alignment

NOTE: The ASI Air software has improved substantially since this video. I now no longer manually move the RA-axis, I let the software rotate it 60 degrees for me.

In this video, I show you how to properly set-up your telescope mount to do a polar alignment using the ZWO ASI Air. What I like about this method is how accurate it is! Each time you think you have things centered, the software narrows the field of view, allowing you to increase your polar alignment accuracy even more! It usually takes me about 5 to 10 minutes to get a tight polar alignment. With autoguiding added on top of it, you should get nice, round stars in your astrophotographs. If you're a visual observer, a good polar alignment also goes a long way in getting accurate go-to slews.

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