ASIAIR based workflow

Target Planning with ASIAIR and SkyAtlas

updated: 2025-07-15

Purpose

Use one of several target planning tools:

  • Search an object (available in Focus, Preview and Video mode)
  • SkyAtlas (available in Preview. Autorun, Plan and Live mode) always at the bottom left side of the screen
  • Open the SkyAtlas from Plan Mode to get all features like mosaic planning

Previous Step

Equipment SetUp

Next Step

Capturing Frames


See the GoTo function of the Preview mode (available also in the Focus and Video mode) 

  • Target planning using the SkyAtlas (available since Version 1.9 of the ASIAIR SW).
  • Mosaic planning is available since version 2.0 of the ASIAIR SW.

Tap on the at the bottom left side of the screen to open the SkyAtlas.

Functions:


Blue rectangle: represents the actual Field of View (FoV) of your telescope (where your scope is pointing to)

Red rectangle represents the target frame (where could want to point your scope to)

Also the relative orientation (camera rotation) is shown.


  • Center: will center a selected object (31 Orionis in this case) in the middle of the screen but will not move the telescope.
  • Sync: will use the coordinates from the actual blue target and transfer them to your mount (similar to a star alignment!)
  • GoObject: will move the telescope to the selected object (in this case the star HD 5848 is the target!)
  • GoCross: will move the telescope to the red target center (red cross inside the red target frame)
  • Search for an object by name, this will open the My favorites list of objects, from where you can search or select other objects. see the description in GoTo function of the Preview mode
  • Starts the compass mode: you can move though the sky by moving your tablet or mobile phone
  • Rotate the red target frame for a better alignment with the target object
  • Open the Mosaic planning mode (only available in Plan mode)
  • Turn equatorial grid on and off
  • Turn landscape on and off
  • Add to plan (mode)


Both actions (GoObject and GoCross) will start a plate solve to verify the exact position of the scope.


Please read these articles in case you are planning a mosaic image consisting of multiple frames covering a larger area than the FoV of your scope.




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