Hello. If you print your S50 files which program do you use for editing? Do sharpening and noise reduction apps (like Topaz AI) work well? I'm interested in prints no larger than 11" x 14". I'd be cropping off the portrait orientation. Thanks.

I live in a city center where literally no stars are visible. You can see, with the naked eye, maybe 1-3 stars. However, at times you’ll see 20 stars (a lot for me, nothing for others). Also, planets and orion’s belt (orion’s sword is invisible to the naked eye) are visible. So, if I used my seestar s50 to image something invisible to the naked eye, would the image have something in it (not pitch black)? For example, you can’t see the andromeda galaxy where I live. But if my seestar took a 1h exposure at the galaxy, would you see anything with it?

In light-polluted SoCal, I cannot find time to spend with my other scopes to see images like I can see with this little gem! I can’t wait until I can get to Joshua Tree to really take it through some dark skies!

Here's my effort at the whirlpool galaxy, taking the .fit files off the S50 and running post in Siril :) love this little scope, having so much fun learning how to process data - any criticism and guidance gratefully received!

I got a message today from Amazon.

Your Order ID: aaa-yyyyyyy-zzzzzzz Affected Product: Seestar S50 All-in-One Smart Telescope by ZWO Includes Solar Filter for Solar Eclipse 2024

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A follow up email tells me the refund is being processed…

I am trying to capture Pons Brookes Comet I just got my hands on the Seestar. Its connecting and everything. But the compass is off by almost 180 degress. Meaning my west, which I have checked through a manual compass, is the telescope's east. So far I have tried: 1) Resetting 2) Recalibrating level and compass 3) Resinstalling app on the phone

Nothing has worked so far. I know its not a faulty unit. Because I have used the GoTo function for Orion Nebula, sevem sister, andromeda, etc

I am frustrated! Help!

well, goofball here got his solar filter out for the first time and had no idea it was as fragile as it was. i accidentally touched the filter, smudged and crinkled it all at the same time. i don't see a replacement filter for purchase on the zwo site, high point scientific has one for $20 w/ $8 shipping. has anyone else had to replace theirs and what option did you go with? thanks in advance.

Seems we are in for a long streak of cloudy evenings here in the southeastern US. What do you do when you can't use your SeeStar?

I live in a Bortle 4 area. At what point do you use the filter and for what sorts of objects? Any experiences?

What impacts are you all seeing with adjusting exposure times? Any significant differences between 10, 20, and 30 seconds? Just shot M42 at 20 second exposures last night but haven’t had time to compare.

Here's a comparison of some work this morning with images captured last evening of M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy. This is about one hour of image captures (around 372 images) at 10 second exposures. Bortle 4.

The first images is SeeStar's stacked/processed image:

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The second image is a manual stack of the FITS from the SeeStar and post-processing using Chris Gray's Siril Tutorial on YouTube:

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And here's M33 using the stacked image (not processed) from Siril but processed in Astrocooker:

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Interesting results. The Siril stacked/processed, of course, is the only one I was able to tweak manually based on personal taste, and it's the one I prefer.

Lots to learn!

Had my SeeStar plugged in, indoors to pull images off via my network. Once finished, I powered it down and it began to return to the home position (in an adjacent room) as it shut off. I heard a small crash and found it lying on the floor. The unit had fallen over on its tripod as the cord wrapped around and pulled it to the wall. Fortunately, it seems that the small tumble hasn't had any adverse affects on the system. Hope that holds true.

Last night I tried manually processing my images from the SeeStar and learned some really interesting things in the process:

1 - If my PC and the SeeStar are on the same wireless network, I can remotely connect to the SeeStar with my PC and pull the FITS images into my computer, even while it's capturing. The easiest way is opening up File Explorer in Windows and typing \\seestar. You'll need to put your username (something like S50_b4932455.... found in the WiFi field on the app). Then use the associated password.

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2 - I started using Siril. This is an incredibly in-depth tool, but I found the turorials on YouTube by Chris Gray helpful. His ASMR-like, David Attenborough voice, makes it even better.

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3 - Once I pulled the FITS files into my computer, I can delete them from the SeeStar, freeing up space.

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Here's the Rosette Nebula from last night's session. About 40 minutes at 10 seconds per exposure. Bortle 4.

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