PeterCPC

Hello and welcome.

I use a manfrotto - I wanted the seestar to be at waist height.

14 hours ago, Flame Nebula said:

Hi Peter, that is helpful. I guess that the other useful thing is that StarSense can also be used with the celestron mounts. 

That's true but IMHO it's not worth it.

If it's any help, I used my C9.25 quite successfully for AP on my AVX mount. I also use the AVX for AP using 80Ed and Esprit 100 with no problems.

Hello and welcome.

1 hour ago, powerlord said:

Hi Peter - latest version is v1.14 as far as I can see ?

https://www.seestar.com/download

stu

 

Interesting. All I can tell you is that when I click on Firmware it says 2.25 and that it's the current version.

From someone on CN - "Hi, the current firmware version is 2.25, just checked on mine."

Just to save any confusion the latest android update is 2.25 not 1.14. I had to get it from Google Playstore - it did not update automatically as it has done before.

@jweaver100

I find that a tripod leveler is really useful. In spite of in built software I still want it level if possible.

1. I think that you will only get a reminder to level if it is out of level over the allowable amount.

2. Sounds about right to me.

3. Don't think you can do that. I would like to know.

Will a USB cable not work?

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Hello and welcome.

Hello and welcome.

I just got the Doogee - works really well with Seestar.

10 minutes ago, nitram100 said:

Thanks again, this imaging is definitely addictive!

and expensive.

Great first attempt!

Some suggestions - you need to get the focus right so I suggest a bahtinov mask. With M42 you need long exposures for most of it but short exposures for the core. You then combine them.

Getting the colour right can be a bit trial and error but you don't say what camera was used. Was it the 183c Pro? Did you use an IR filter?

I had a weird issue last night with the Seestar. I asked it to GOTO the Moon and it struggled and only showed me a very bright area - I tried moving it but could not get the Moon. I tried this twice with no success. Then I asked it to GOTO M1 and it did it flawlessly. Then I asked it to GOTO the Moon from M1 and it worked perfectly.

Seems that once it had gone to M1 it knew where it was.

Anyway this is what I got.

I am having all sorts of trouble transferring files from Tablet to PC but I won't bore you with that.

This is what it says on the Forum:

There is a certain risk of falling when using the Seestar in a tilted state. At the same time, the internal motor will be unevenly stressed, which will accelerate the aging of the equipment.

18 hours ago, powerlord said:

 

Looked on the Seestar Forum and they don't recommend using it at an angle as it can cause undue wear on the gears.

On another point - has anyone tried the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Equatorial Wedge on a tripod to turn the seestar into EQ?

Has anyone found a lens hood that would fit the seestar?

5 minutes ago, powerlord said:

2 hours with the Seestar S50  last night in EQ mode.

Could you explain how you used it in EQ mode - I see nothing on the ZWO website about this. Good capture by the way.

Although there have been some improvements, I am still unable to lift anything much. So I got myself a Seestar and it has been cloudy ever since. No change there then. 😒

If you only want to do planetary imaging then a GOTO AltAz would do but an EQ would give you more options for the future. For planetary you want as big a scope as you can manage/afford and I would go the Sct route. It gets expensive.

I'll be 73 in April. Not much fun is it.