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Can anyone tell me if the SeeStar app / smart scope will run on the Apple ios 17 yet ?

I just ordered one from Amazon.

For me it seems to be 25-35' max, up till now, the other night I lost my connection a half dozen times but I quickly restored it, the SS keeps taking shots once its on target though even with the loss of connection. I sit in my house with backdoors, walls between us.

Last night about midnight the skies were getting pretty humid and the quality was dropping, the Orion Neb was about 10° off the horizon and it was peeking around the side of my shed but I gave it a try anyway and sure enough it took it even though it was cut off ! This SS is amazing, I did a little touchup in Lr, just the basics. PS: This was a 4 min. enhance, can you believe it, thats because my battery voltage dropped below 15 % the dew heater uses a lot of power !

Tonite skies in my backyard, in town, are going to be clear and Bortle 4-5 so out comes the SS at about 7:30 to let it have some fun after a good 2 weeks of poor conditions. As a change I am going to compare the photos of some objects ie galaxies using my 2" Burgess Optical CX-4 Contrast Filter to none save for just the built in filter. It will be interesting !

Thanx but I already have these save for the mask !

You are correct, I used to use a reusable shower cap over the bottom of my dobs, I just ordered an oversized, elastisized one from Amazon for $15 C. Thanx ! PS: One of these days they will come out with a cover specificly for the smart scopes, no doubt but at a premium price.

Here is another question / issue that I might have missed, has anyone found or have a water / moisture proof cover / hood for the SS or D2 scopes ? Something just the right size with a draw string or velcro fastener. Just to protect it before or after a session, I don't mean leaving it out in a rain storm.

Even in Canada they are only $350 and everything you say is exactly my thoughts. Try it with a couple of Morpheus eps, for that price it's pretty big competition even for my NP101 but at lower powers. I wish every fellow refractor astronomer could see what the future has in store from Svbony and I am not the only one.

Watch an episode or two of ' Suits ', lol !

You'll get it and it won't take you as long as you think ! Its basically a version of plug n play, really !

I do but with a little touch up with my ipads editor and now a bit with Lightroom, you couldn't get much better with my eyes but then again I am not real fussy. I bought it to have some fun as an alternative to my refractors and ha work, its a great, new field of astronomy ! The amazing thing is that the SS is so simple to learn, to use !

And my iPad, works perfectly !

It maybe a bit loose but when the SS lens is pointing straight down the cap still holds tight. That tells me it was designed to that diameter. ** Sorry wrong cap, I got mine at AliExpress, has the name ZWO SeeStar embossed on it ! It fits perfectly.

I install mine inside my house before going out, I activate my SS, hit solar mode and the SS starts to find the sun while in the house, when it reaches about 45° I hit stop and put on the filter, then I carry it outside and finish doing my setup and solar work. Works great, works fast, not one issue, every time !

You must have really been chompin' to get out there and use it to have even bothered, in those sky conditions ? Nice try though !

The nebulosity in the larger Pleides stars is unreal, I know its been edited but its still unreal ! Even with my NP101 conditions have to be just right with say a Morpheus ep.

I have to ask, has anyone grabbed / picked up the Central Star in the Ring Nebula with their SS ? It would be a real challenge, even with some pretty good conventional scopes it is / can be ! Usually conventional AP has been the answer.

Thats a nice filter holder, just less time consuming and simple than the one I just bought. Does it fit snug enough ? I shouldn't ask here but I will, would you ship to Canada ? I don't care the cost !

Just remember ' you only live once ', lol !

You are on the right track, I am 75 yrs. old and my thoughts coincide with your post. Either smart scope is a great compliment to lugging around a telescope, its a new challenge, it can create excitement ! You will know the time to jump in and you won't regret it.

I am thinking the same, is this not the SeeStar posted thread ? All 26 pages. Many times I really can't understand your posts save to denigrate the SeeStar and its great performance, there has to be something good to say on its own thread, surely ! I am bewildered !

Do all these ....... guys not think that SS will come out with the same capabilities as DII probably only better as they are doing now ? If you don't, your dreams continue, lol ! The proof is in the pudding, naysayers or no naysayers ! Interestingly you haven't shown anything but idle words, lol ! PS: Carry on McDuffs !

Take it as you want ! But you know exactly my point !

The terrestrial work (stuff) is top of the line in every way !