Seestar S50 images

[M40]

New topic for a new device. Hopefully we will see lots of images as time goes by of what the Seestar is capable of and give others ideas of targets.

[M40]

From 9th September,  24 x 10 second  images, poor seeing. M31 galaxy with M110 above. Aprox 2.5million light years from Earth. M110 is a dwarf galaxy and a satelite of M31

[PeterC65]

It will be interesting to compare the Seestar with conventional assemblies of EAA kit.

[Jules Tohpipi]

I’ve been loosely following the SeeStar story and it seems like they’ve nailed it. Early reports saying it’s a total doddle to use and the gear you get for the money is incredible. I mean, it’s not that much more expensive than just a camera. 
 

It’s not for me because I prefer some extra flexibility. But it’s a massive achievement being such an easy and user-friendly package. Or a quick grab and go for the more experienced. 
 

 

 

[M40]

From 13th September, M27, Dumbell nebula. 24 x 10 seconds, with integral LP filter. 1240 light years away, M27 was the first planetary nebula discovered. From hubblesite, oxygen is blue, hydrogen is green and combination of sulphur and nitrogen is red.

[PeterC65]

M27 looks very impressive, M31 less so, but I think M31 can sometimes be a difficult target even with EAA.

 

[M40]

31 minutes ago, PeterC65 said:

M27 looks very impressive, M31 less so, but I think M31 can sometimes be a difficult target even with EAA.

 

Nice clear night last night but it was very cloudy when I took that M31. Going to have another go at M31 soon 👍

[saac]

That is not shabby at all, very good. The SeeStar is going to deliver a lot of fun I think. 

Jim 

[seven_legs]

8 hours ago, M40 said:

From 13th September, M27, Dumbell nebula. 24 x 10 seconds, with integral LP filter. 1240 light years away, M27 was the first planetary nebula discovered. From hubblesite, oxygen is blue, hydrogen is green and combination of sulphur and nitrogen is red.

nice shots.

i've never really been bothered about theses new electronic thingys. but watched a youtube vid with the zwo seestar s50 and must say  i really like it for solar imaging, i would buy it just for that considering how fairly cheap it is, for astronomy gear that is. maybe in the future when i can afford it

[Stonecutter]

Here are a couple more images the Pelican nebula and Elephants Trunk.

Pelican is 7 mins exposure time and Elephants Trunk 90 mins.  

My latest thoughts -

1.  field rotation seems to kicks in ( ZWO uses an algorithm to combat this ) after an hour of capture time.

2.  High zenith targets cause it to loose more stacked images ( this is why there is an exposure clock on display as opposed to images counter )

3.  The voice announcing what it is doing is too loud (option to mute ) neighbours must wonder what is happening in my garden.

4.  Still very exciting and so simple to use, I have it on a very high tripod with a heavy battery pack in a stone bag, which raises the unit above my head ( I have lots trees to combat ) and works fine, and makes it easier to see.

[LaurenceT]

M27 is superb!

[JeremyS]

These images are looking very promising 👍🏻

[DaveL59]

On 16/09/2023 at 09:07, Stonecutter said:

 

3.  The voice announcing what it is doing is too loud (option to mute ) neighbours must wonder what is happening in my garden.

 

Is the voice from the tablet/phone app or the S50 itself?

Perhaps a headset would be worth considering if out late and disturbing the neighbours is a consideration?

tbh I found similar with the starsense explorer app when it bings etc but at least managed to turn off or quiet it enough, hopefully similar can be achieved.

[Stonecutter]

The Seestar S50.  On first setup you get a Chinese voice saying something, then once it has connected to the app it changes to region i.e English in my case.

From then on it talks to you for every instance i.e "connected", searching for target, target acquired, shooting, shutdown etc....in a very loud English voice the "target acquired" sounding out loudly from my garden gave me some concern

You can mute the voice as I have done......

 

Here are a couple more images the Pelican nebula and Elephants Trunk.

Pelican is 7 mins exposure time and Elephants Trunk 90 mins.  

My latest thoughts -

1.  field rotation seems to kicks in ( ZWO uses an algorithm to combat this ) after an hour of capture time.

2.  High zenith targets cause it to loose more stacked images ( this is why there is an exposure clock on display as opposed to images counter )

3.  The voice announcing what it is doing is too loud (option to mute ) neighbours must wonder what is happening in my garden.

4.  Still very exciting and so simple to use, I have it on a very high tripod with a heavy battery pack in a stone bag, which raises the unit above my head ( I have lots trees to combat ) and works fine, and makes it easier to see.

[M40]

A gap in the clouds so I went for it, the speed at which the ss50 can be setup and working is phenomenal. 

Another go at M31 as a much clearer albeit cloudy night. 30 x 10 seconds, no LP filter

Then M33, tringulum galaxy, again 30 x 10 seconds, no LP filter

And then lastly complete with clouds big time,  M57, ring nebula. 20 x 10 seconds, with LP filter

All the above are simple screen grabs of the final picture. 

 

 

[Stonecutter]

firmware update available now....

the main features are Station Mode to connect to home network if desired, and the big one in advanced settings there is now the option to save individual fits frames that it auto stacks for stacking externally from SeeStar S50.

Can't wait to try them out, seeing above I think M33 will be next target.

 

Cheers

Chris