ASIAIR 17+

Amazing in a limited way, but could be so much more

If you live the ZWO life, then this is your one stop shop, especially for a portable rig. This really does it all, or at least everything ZWO does. However, you’re locked into the TERRIBLE customer service and exceptionally limited ecosystem if you go this route. Say goodbye to other cameras or filter wheels. Forget about custom flat rotator solutions. For a branch of an open source software, they have limited it so much. It’s great for what it does, but the limitations become infuriating after a while.

Makes Astrophotography fun again

Can’t say enough good things about ZWO and the ASIAIR. It makes astrophotography so much more pleasant, taking the drudgery out of polar alignment, star alignments, plate solving & target acquisition, camera control, guiding, and now planetarium support! All that is integrated. The AIR is allowing me to do things I couldn’t do before because I was spending so much time going through procedures to get my equipment working, talking to each other, resolving issues. Of course there have been issues, and ZWO has been very responsive and fixed bugs fast. And they keep adding features, which I love. I had my ASIAIR modified to add an exterior Wi-Fi antenna, which works great & solves the issue with short Wi-Fi range. Seriously considering buying another Air to leave on my observatory telescope, ditching the PC entirely. The other night at my astronomy club star party we ASIAIR guys were trash talking with the NINA guys, and we were cracking ourselves up. All fun. Seriously, the AIR is an excellent device, and the app is great.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your love. We will continue to strive to do better. Clear sikes~

Astronomy, Astrophotography, EAA for the masses!

I have been using ZWO ASIair for about 3 years now with the original ASIair, ASIair Pro, ASIair Plus, and now the ASIair Mini. The ASIair app has evolved quite a bit over the past 3 years. The developers, the BETA team, and the ZWO user community are all very responsive when it comes to responding to questions and working out “bugs”. ZWO has consistently added features to the platform.
The ASIair app simplifies control of Telescope Mounts, DSLR and dedicated Astronomy Cameras, Focusers, Filter Wheels, guide cameras, and dew heaters.
The app makes polar alignment easy, the all-sky polar alignment routine allows for accurate polar alignment with a view of any part of the night sky. Multi-star guiding allows for accurate tracking and long exposures. The recent addition of the Sky Atlas makes finding objects in the sky a breeze!
I wholeheartedly recommend ZWO’s ASIair to anyone looking to begin their journey into Astronomy, Astrophotography, or Electronically Assisted Astronomy.