Dithering with the ASIAir Plus & EQ6-R Pro

Dithering is a great way to reduce walking noise patterns and color mottle from your astrophotography images. Provided you have an auto-guider, Go-To Mount, and the proper software (in this case the ASIAir), you can do dithering quite easily.

Dithering just moves your camera and telescope very slightly in a random direction between each exposure. This random movement will help to remove distracting noise problems from your final image. Since the stars all need to be re-aligned during stacking, this should smooth out the color mottle splotches and walking noise patterns, leaving you with a noticeably cleaner image.

00:00 - Intro
1:06 - Go-To Setup
5:04 - Focus Telescope
06:16 - Polar Alignment
07:58 - Plate Solve
08:40 - Go-To Heart Nebula
9:35 - Dithering
11:55 - Begin Guiding
13:04 - Camera Settings
14:19 - Dither Test
16:49 - Walking Noise & Color Mottle
18:32 - Dither Comparison
22:00 - Outro