Astera at Prolight+Sound 2024 Astera will showcase a full range of its wireless LED lighting solutions on Stand B30 in Hall 12.1 at the 2024 Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany, next week, including the award-winning PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel fixtures and the new ProjectionLens for PlutoFresnel. The slick and contemporary stand design will enable sales director Sebastian Buckle and the team to welcome visitors and highlight numerous current Astera products like the HydraPanel, PixelBrick, AX9 PowerPAR, and AX2 PixelBar, the NYX Bulb and, the flagship TitanTube family -- Titan, Helios, and Hyperion. The Astera booth will feature eye-catching 4-sided LED screens at the top. The space has subtly been expanded with more room for products, while the overall style is consistent with other Astera booth designs. The HydraPanel Flexi Series will be incorporated on the back wall. The two Astera Fresnels currently available were both launched in the last 12 months. The PlutoFresnel is for medium to small spaces and applications and the larger LeoFresnel is a cable-free LED alternative to the classic 1K Fresnel. These are the first battery powered fresnel lighting fixtures developed by Astera, and come with a complete package of barn doors, a full yoke with TVMP adapter for stand mounting, removable handle and several other super-useful accessories. Designed under the mantra "Fresnels Made Portable," the PlutoFresnel weighs just 4.6kg and can be easily transported and installed in a range of contexts that would be more challenging for conventional tungsten fresnels. PlutoFresnel offers a 15° to 60° beam angle without any color fringing, both wired and wireless DMX control and an inbuilt battery with up to three hours run time. The full spectrum high rendition Titan LED engine provides a output comparable to a traditional 300W Tungsten fresnel, with power consumption of less than 80W, and the fixture weighs a tidy 4.5kg, ideal for small and less accessible spaces, the company says. The removable handle, foldable legs and YokeBases make mounting and adjustment straightforward. The larger LeoFresnel while comparable in light output to a standard 1K Tungsten lamp, actually has an even higher lumen value than this industry benchmark when running in 6,500K daylight white, the company says. Last month, Astera launched a ProjectionLens for the PlutoFresnel, with precision optics, 16° to 36° manual zoom, accurate shutters for highlighting specific areas, plus gobos, all adding to the value and multifunctionality of the Astera Fresnel. The ProjectionLens is quickly installed by being slid in / out of the luminaire. Zoom is simply adjusted by twisting the lens barrel -- like a camera zoom lens -- and two focus wheels assist in producing sharp, clear gobo projection at any distance, one for a standard focus and the other for close proximity work. The E-Sized gobo holder means that projection of shapes, breakups and other effects and custom logos / gobos are seamless and eye-catching, with the projected beam or gobo image aligned and focused by rotating and tilting the lens barrel. 
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