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Seestar S50 - first light and review

Started by Rasfahan , Oct 03 2023 07:58 AM

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#26 Dwight J

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Posted 24 November 2023 - 05:34 PM

Just got my SeeStar and tried out the solar filter. I put it down just outside my door and sat on the couch. It found the Sun on its’ own and I auto focused. Done.

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#27 Rasfahan

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Posted 25 November 2023 - 01:16 AM

Judt as a heads up: After posting the review I contacted ZWO concerning the tilt. It has been a very tedious business trying to get definitive answers from them. Contact only occurs when I send another e-mail. Opening the Seestar and adjusting yourself is not possible according to their info. I‘m thinking to RMA but so far they haven‘t even answered the question if they consider that a defect (I do). I‘m hoping service could be done locally via TS but not holding my breath. Not a good customer experience so far, considering this has been going almost 3 months now. If you really have to buy ZWO (I won‘t again), buy locally.

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#28 SeymoreStars

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Posted 25 November 2023 - 08:31 AM

Is the solar filter an extra purchase or does it come with the Seestar?

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#29 Psion

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Posted 25 November 2023 - 10:24 AM

Solar filter is included with the telescope.

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#30 Dwight J

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Posted 25 November 2023 - 02:45 PM

Took some night time images at our club site which is just outside of the city. Despite the moon being almost full deep sky objects showed well in just minutes. Five members were there and they were stunned at the quality of the images and how stupidly easy it was to get them. It was a frosty night (-7 C) but no frost on the body of the unit or lens. The battery life was shorter as expected but no surprise there.

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#31 Dwight J

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Posted 25 November 2023 - 02:49 PM

And the usual suspect M42. I had to crop in a bit to meet size guidelines. Darn god with an almost full moon.

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#32 mark379

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Posted Yesterday, 11:47 PM

What skies are you in? City? Suburbs? Bortle7-8? Or darker?

In case you haven't seen these posted elsewhere, these are the results of my 2 weeks ownership of a Seestar. All images are straight from the Seestar, no post-processing. This is really a good introduction to EAA for beginners, or even an experienced user who wants an ultra-portable rig to take to deep sky sites. Stacked FITS files also available at https://drive.google...6yX?usp=sharing

EDIT: And after some basic post-processing in Siril.