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When you are starting out with PA, having to rely on a view on the south celestial pole without a star to guide you can get frustrating and annoying. The beauty of platesolving and star alignment is that you only have to know roughly where south is and your telescope only needs a view of some of the night sky to polar align. This can be North, South, East or West. Therefore, polar aligning using programs/hardware like NINA or ASIAIR can be the best option for beginners and pros alike.
The issue with the ASIAIR is that it will force you into the ZWO family. This is a fine decision if this is what you want to do. However you will not know if this is the right fit as a beginner. Therefore, I would recommend you use NINA which is free and works with most equipment. The PA routine is super easy to use and and a great user interface. I am PA in under 5 mins most of the time. If you find yourself loving all ZWO products that by all means go for ASIAIR. At the moment my setup uses hardware from 7 different brands and it all works seamlessly with NINA.
Best of luck,
Dilshan
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