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[bradhaak]

I’ve been testing the Seestar S50 for a few weeks now, and while it's impressive for quick imaging and sharing, it doesn’t really match the instantaneous feedback you'd get through night vision gear. Night vision is more immersive and real-time. I have some thermal equipment too, and although that's a different use case, it makes me appreciate how direct and responsive those devices can be compared to smart scopes.

If you read through this thread, you'll find that was specifically stated multiple times by multiple people.

[BrentKnight]

You made me think about something. You mention the image won’t improve with time, but also that you will see more details over time. So we might consider that improving over time. 

 

So then I got to thinking about how that happens. Is it possible our brain is, in its own way, stacking photons over time? Is there some sort of “processing” going on as we let a faint fuzzy linger in our vision? 

There might be some type of persistence of vision going on in the minds eye, but what I really meant was that as you learn to see more (from experience) you will pick out more in any static image just because you learn what to look for.

 

Show a beginner a visual view of M51 and they may see nothing at all, but show an experience observer and they will see the hints of spiral arms and many other details.  These details often won't show up at first glance though, we have to spend some time looking to actually see them...