Jupiter with a Seestar s50.

[powerlord]

If not aware, this is the zwo robotic telescope. Yours for under 500 quid. It's FL and sensor are not intended for planetary, but frankly I'm still impressed. Detail on jupiter visible, and the moons.

 

[dweller25]

That’s surprisingly good 👍

[PeterStudz]

I’m not knocking the Seestar, it’s a wonderful bit of kit and as you say it’s not for planetary but then I can get something like this by just sticking my phone on a good old Skywatcher 200p Dob.  Editing in the stock iPhone camera app (it’s basically a live view) and converted to gif.

[powerlord]

Sure, I've got big scopes that give me great views too. But then yer 200p doesn't fit in a carryon bag to take on holiday. 😀

[PeterStudz]

Well, it depends on what you want and I can see that it could be fun on holiday.

But I’m more of a visual observer and I’ve taken a small telescope on holiday on carry-on to a bottle 2 location. The views through it were stunning! 🤩 

Edited January 17 by PeterStudz
Not sure what happened there!