Bazz

On 28/03/2024 at 16:01, 900SL said:

He's in a minority for sure. The minority of highly experienced well heeled telescope connoisseurs who also dabble in astrophotography who know their sheet.  😉 

 

I think a certain amount of snobbery and purchase cost justification of high end equipment versus this brilliant little scope comes into play here.

2 hours ago, paulastro said:

On the contrary, I'm delighted to see an observing report on this forum.  

Lately it's been  hijacked by a few people (mostly traditional imagers with extensive kit) telling folks who are using  and enjoying the S50  that we don't know what we are doing and wasting our money.

It's the best waste of money Ive ever spent 😊.

Anyway thanks for your post, it shows what can be done in difficult and trying conditions.

Well said. 👍

3 hours ago, 900SL said:

Where are the diffraction spikes coming from in these images?

I get how this would appeal to somebody looking for a do-it-all box that will point and shoot. No argument there. It's a low cost gateway into imaging.

Seems to be quite popular with the visual crowd, who don't want the time, headache or expense of a full astro-imaging set up and processing learning curve. Also may appeal to some imagers who want a quick grab-n-go, or a n00b looking to get into imaging. 

But those low-res images confirm what is my opinion. It isn't for me, I went past that level a couple of years ago with a APSC DSLR and tracker, and I agree with Ed Tings opinion. But hey, horses for courses. You want to use this, not my concern. I just know I'd be looking to move on within a few months, and this thing is not upscaleable. 

 

I think looking at the reviews Ed Tring is in an extreme minority with his opinion.

12 hours ago, 900SL said:

Feel free to post an example astounding image, with supporting details to confirm it is from a Seestar. 

Quite astounding without any proper processing either and to think only £500 

22 hours ago, 900SL said:

I'm not getting into a debate about this, as we have clearly different opinions, but it is a one trick pony, with a fixed 2 mp sensor, fixed lens, limitations on exposure, field rotation etc.

This may appeal to a novice imager who just wants a point and shoot solution. It has zero appeal to me, as somebody who has done his apprenticeship. And I totally understand why Ed Ting wasn't a fan boy

 

   

 

Ed Ting was comparing many thousands of pounds worth of Astro gear with an amazing £500 piece of kit. I am a member of some Seestar FB groups and some of the images people are getting are truly astounding.

Experienced imagers are also shouting the praises of this scope. So I am not sure what your beef with it is

Quick question. What is an affordable power bank for the Seestar S50?

A break in the clouds last night. Taken straight from the Seestar:

7 hours ago, 900SL said:

Hey Bazz, have you checked out the spaceship Oompaloompah? It came from outside the solar system and is heading back. Everybody is terrifying disaster!

Hi 900SL, in your calculations when might it go supernova as I am getting the feeling some of the good people here are being condescending without actually knowing anything?

Unfortunately the WWW is full of keyboard experts that tend to make their opinions as a fact. Me I tend to dream of what we don't know and what just might possibly happen in our lifetime. It makes life so much more interesting do you think?

The Moon from last night

My first Deep sky image from my Seestar tonight. M81 Bodes Galaxy.

Wouldn't it be fantastic if it blew. Let your imaginations run wild on this one instead of speculating on just how long as no one knows. 

Just now, dweller25 said:

Betelgeuse is around 650 light years away, so it would have had to have blown up 650 years ago for us to see it now -

Question: what are the chances of that ?

Answer: no one knows, not even Brian Cox !

So let's just look at the feed and wonder. Does no harm.

Just now, Mr Spock said:

Anytime in the next 100,000+ years. We simply don't know.

Thank you

Just now, Astronomist said:

The sky background never seems to get brighter or darker... maybe the scope is in the arctic. Also, this youtube guy has been posting betelgeuse-related sensationalism for over a year, and making a big thing over betelgeuse changing in brightness- its called a variable star for a reason.

nobody knows...

Thank you

1 minute ago, Mr Spock said:

It's completely fake, nonsense and clickbait. Calling it what it is isn't being negative 

When is it going to happen?

1 hour ago, bosun21 said:

Totally clickbait and the amount of gullible individuals who sit and watch said videos inevitably depart disappointed. Meanwhile you have just earned the poster more revenue from YouTube.

It's a live feed of a star possibly going supernova. What harm is there in that?

I am quite shocked at the negativity here.

52 minutes ago, 900SL said:

Ahh, another you tube Doctorate.

Can you point me to a clear statement from Brian Cox that this is likely to go pop in the next ten years, and not some alarmist click bait youtube that has any of the following in the title : lied to us, they, extinction, destruction. 

Once again no one knows when but it is thought sooner rather than later.

13 hours ago, Paul M said:

I'm a Libra, so you'll find me sitting on the fence.

But yeah, define "soon" in astronomical times scales?

Aa in nobody knows it could be today, tomorrow or 10 years.

10 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:

I'll wait for the livestream of when black holes start to evaporate due to Hawking radiation.

Betelgeuse is an odd one, it often comes up in discussion from non astronomy folk i meet when i mention that im in the hobby. It seems to me that most people think that it will go bang any time now, no doubt due to clickbait articles that translate "perhaps in the next 100 000 years" to "next tuesday".

I'm sorry but it seems it could go at any time now and no one seems to know! Even scientists are divided......I respect Prof Brian Cox with his view that it's imminent.

17 minutes ago, DaveS said:

OK, carbon fusion ending not starting. Dr Becky put up a video a while ago but plenty of caveats and maybes

And that's my last post on the subject which I think has run its course.

Oh I think it's an interesting discussion and wouldn't it be fantastic if it did go in our lifetime.

Just now, Paul M said:

Every now and again a YouTube channel rocks up on my feed supposedly showing some comet or other in real time.

Usually click bait, a loop of some other comet from some time ago. The purveyors have no shame.

Still, comentors talk excitedly as though it real and live.

Who'd have thunk it..?

 

hello Paul I think many astronomers and scientists believe it will happen much sooner than anyone thought originally

37 minutes ago, DaveS said:

In every which way.

It's not happening anytime soon. Minimum of decades away even if carbon burning has started, and that's not certain.

According to the scientists I have read no one knows for sure. Dr Brian Cox might disagree with you.

Just now, DaveS said:

Clickbait.

In which way

32 minutes ago, jjohnson3803 said:

Reinforces the belief that there's a lot of rubbish on the Web.  OTOH,  I'd hope that somebody somewhere is monitoring it, just in case.

According to science calculations, it's time for my breakfast.

How is it rubbish?

28 minutes ago, Naughty Neal said:

Bazz you will be in your grave when it happens, it has many 1000's of years to go yet. Estimates from the scientists are  anything from 1000 - 100,000 years before it exhausts all of it properties.

Sorry but I believe that no one is sure what or how long this is going to take with some experts saying it is imminent and could happen today tomorrow or in a hundred years. Of course it might already have happened but we just do not know yet.