I bought your book for kids to work through with my daughter. It’s great!

@@taxninja2519 wow, thanks!!!!!!

Excellent book! My absolute go to Astronomy book!

@@Boxxkarr Thanks!

Anytime!

Thanks for the feedback! I wish it wasn’t so cold that night, I would have taken far more images. Enjoy the Bortle 2!

Indeed!

Снимать можно хоть из подвала. Главное, чтобы была достаточная скорость интернета для загрузки изображений 😂

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks Peter! Great to hear from you!

Clear skies!

You’re welcome!

Yes! Dave C was asking us to do that too. (He’s coming around on EAA)

That’s a really good point, Alan! I could also see considerable field rotation in Pac-Man that was less obvious with Orion.

Hi! I tried to cover that in my “how to eq” video. I believe we filmed an additional section, further explaining it, and then cut it. Using the RA and Dec for visual observation is super ineffective, and the only reason to do it is for novelty. These days you just use a star map, and point the finder (or ideally a Telrad) accordingly. That’s why there are no videos on using the numbers. Unless you have a very fancy eq mount from the 1960s, the mount probably doesn’t have the accuracy to actually find targets anyway. (Modern mounts like the EQ6R-Pro could probably do it, but that mount has go-to anyway). Basically you point the scope at a reference star, set the dials to the RA and Dec of that star, then quickly move the telescope to the RA and Dec of your target. That’s really all there is too it. That said, it’s not easy in practice.

Yes, I need to test the SeeStar on Planets next chance I get!

They should really make a compact, ultra-light 10 inch Newtonian. ;)

There is no database. This is just a camera.

Not without AI. Resolution for telescope imaging is limited by the size of the lens, and nothing else.

@@LearnToStargaze no extra lenses no and No. A.I or filters 3rd app all raw then edited in lightroom.

@@David-gr8rh Through a telescope then? Because otherwise you're literally violating the laws of physics if you're getting images of similar resolution.

@@LearnToStargaze Not really, no nothings been broken it's all about time length. See what you know is great for you what I've learned works for me. Your results are incredible, etc. All the best

I seriously doubt that

I think smart telescopes will grow in popularity. It’s not really stargazing through, it’s a form of photography, so I doubt they’ll take over.

Hi! I not quite sure, I don’t think I’ve drained them very much at all. Based on the night where it was around -5 during filming, it only drained to 84%. That was about 2 hours perhaps?

@@LearnToStargaze More than enough for my needs, , thank you 😏👋

I’m sure lots of people have shared the FITs file for Orion from the S50. I would get a star tracker like the Star Adventurer GTi, since that can also hold telescopes.

Those steps sound too complicated for me.

If it wasn’t -15 out during the one clear night that month it might have been easier to provide more commentary. There wasn’t much difference, but there was a difference nonetheless. Taking three hours of exposures in each scenario would probably have made a big difference.

I did not!

Hope you now did, because IMO is a great catch. Let me know if you want more specification of exact location. Cheers! @@LearnToStargaze

That was my guess.

There’s no comparison. The SeeStar’s sensor is tiny. A DSLR sensor is much larger, and thus is far, far more capable. The advantage of the SeeStar is simplicity and cost.

Thanks..............will stay with what I have for now..............

The images Cuiv got from Tokyo were pretty good, too.

It seems so.

Fundamentally It’s just a camera. In an upcoming video I use it on landscapes.

I just use photoshop, mainly for the camera raw function.

Hi! I’ve never seen a dirty lens on a new scope. But I would just clean it with an eyeglass cleaning kit.

@@LearnToStargaze Thank you for your answer. I contacted the store, they will replace it again. I hope I’ll get one without defects with the third try :)

Thanks!

I assume from the phone, yes.

The SeeStar is fun for sharing live images with your friends, but the images aren’t nearly as good as those produced with a traditional setup. It is fun to use though.

I actually think there’s a math equation for this…. Drive time verses signal to noise.

Seems like an issue with just about everyone- possibly on devices running iOS 17. Turning off cellular data seems to be a workaround.

@andrewb8366 I'm android not ios lol 😆 Maybe it's everyone I guess 🤷

@@SeriouslyIssues yep, i have been reviewing several forums lately and yes, it is more than just iOS. Either way, a lot of users having the same problem. Doesn’t seem like this was the case though when the S50 first came out though.

@andrewb8366 Yeah it was fine with all of the first batch of pre orders and those with KZfaq channels. I have to use a tablet now instead of my phone Beacuse the wifi and Data have to be off for it to work... Well hey at least it works 😆 Thanks for the heads up. Also if your thinking about getting one, it's 100% worth it, got the bubble nebula and pacman first night with only an hour of use and then siril did all the work.

The images may look good on KZfaq, but on a computer screen you can they’ll they’re still quite low resolution.

I just plugged it into our wall USB charger and didn’t think about it.

Ok, thanks,.............now if it will just get here!

It’s that little circle on the image

Cuiv talked about that in his video. I’ve also caught our trees in some of the shots, so there’s that.

that and that it doesn't have internet access unless Station mode is enabled. It would need to have all images stored internally. But truly that's a lot of trouble and liability for a known brand instead of just using the already included APO lenses, the camera sensor, the perfect guiding and a good algorithm for stacking the images! ;)

@@user-qv3ql2wr2m Thx !

@@LearnToStargaze Thank you !

What’s an adjusting circle?

@@LearnToStargaze the circles with the numbers you had to get it to the green I did not hear the name so I called them that

@@roman24124 that was the level. It was on uneven ground, and the circles are the telescopes way to tell you how far from level you are.

Ah thank you I never fully heard and thought I had to do it daily thank you for the reply

It’s powered by USB, but I do think you can leave it plugged in.

That could be a game changer, but I think it will take a lot of exposure time to get a good result.

@@LearnToStargaze Well that being said there are still many frustrating annoying bugs such as needing to calibrate again when you already did.

Not intentionally, it seems to always be tracking. If you confused its tracking you might get star trails, I accidentally did this a few times.

It’s on my to do list.

Not sure the results are truly print worthy. It’s a 2 megapixel camera. But that might not be the limiting factor, the aperture is 50mm so the smallest detail the telescope can resolve based on the laws of physics is 2.3 arc seconds. You can fit 5.3 arcseconds in each pixel here (which means that the camera resolution is the limited factor) but sky condition (turbulent/ moist air) might flip this equation.

@@LearnToStargaze Thank you, if you have an access to photoshop, please just open one picture in it and go to “Image -> image size”, or just hit “ctrl + alt + i” and tell me what is the width, height and particularly the resolution. Thanks again!

and please dont forget to type if the resolution is in pixels/inch, or pixels/cm!

@@user-cw9fw6oc6d 38.1cm by 67.73cm 72 DPI

@@LearnToStargaze I asked you, because I couldn’t find this info on google. For the print in high quality this would be 9x16cm picture. So the Seestar is only good for social media and as a digital photo. Sucks for the print, which means I wont be getting it. Sarcasm on “Love” your attitude btw. Sarcasm off.

Yup. True.

About half? They come in spurts, a few days of cloud, a few days clear, this is atlantic Canada so it’s fairly unpredictable, but pretty much every night this summer that we camped there was surprisingly clear.

@@LearnToStargaze This is great! Are you going to build astro-village or hosing facilities there?

@@anata5127 hopefully! We have 26 acres, a lake and a pond.

@@LearnToStargaze Perfect! 👍 It is sometime very frustrating to take pictures of DSO from bortle 8.

No, just the phone app as far as I can tell.

thanks.. Pity @@LearnToStargaze

All-Star Telescope just got a big shipment in. Other than that, I don't know any specifics.

​@@LearnToStargazehey so I'm planning to buy the Celestron nexstar 130 slt can you pls guide me to get a nice astrophotography setup with this setup?

@@gigamemes2435 hi! You would need an astrophotography telescope first, the NexStar 130 is not designed for that. Not sure I can help.

​@@LearnToStargazeso any telescope for astrophotography that you know?

@@gigamemes2435 they have “APO” or “Astrograph” in the name.

It automatically saves to the phone.

@@LearnToStargaze Ok thank you. By the way, your video was very helpful. I wanted to buy something big to start with, but I came across an advertisement that said wonders and I don't have to spend thousands to have nice photos! Thank you

@@6SIX_South You're most welcome!

You can’t use white lights at stargazing sites.

There may be a black bear.

Depends on the city. The scale goes to 9.

@@LearnToStargaze No, the city you filmed this in

@@strandedkerbal8731 I'm in Halifax. I don't know the bortle level off the top of my head.

I could barely tell the difference until I got the images on the computer screen. Then you could see quite a bit more detail, and there was also less noise. There is also no gradient in dark skies.

Who’s left? Celestron has the Origin and Meade is out of business. That leaves Orion?

Sounds like you're not interested in stargazing, and you're only interested in astrophotography. Since the NexStar is not at all designed for astrophotography, yes, you might as well make the switch to a device designed for astrophotography. I would get the SeeStar for deep-sky, AND a used DSLR for wide field (you could probably get BOTH refurbished for about $500 from B&H photo for the pair).

@@LearnToStargaze could you recommend what DSLR I could get and with what lens? Also, I use AUD so that is above what I can spend cause I think I could sell it for maybe $800. Or less, it does have accessories worth over $200 tho

@@Hanz0078 I would start with something like this: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/802999942-USE/canon_6558b003_eos_rebel_t4i_digital.html I don't really know camera lenses, but my milkyway shots have been pretty good with just the standard lens.

Cuiv covered this in his video. You can also save the raw files, which are literally just a count of how many photons hit each pixel in the detector. The process to get these images is quite trivially simple once you understand the math. I’ve actually build this type of image acquisition software myself in python during the final days of my astrophysics degree.

The scope plate solves. It would attempt rotate based the object in the reflection.

Don’t be silly.

There’s nothing to believe. This is a camera. Do you “believe” in cameras? I can take my regular digital camera, set it up beside the SeeStar, and get the same image. If an airplane passes thought the field of view, it will appear in both the SeeStar image and my regular camera. Did I say this is just a camera? Did I ask if you believe in cameras?

@@LearnToStargaze What's your Final Verdict? Could you recommend this telescope as a replacement for a regular telescope?

@@LearnToStargaze Why I wrote this is because I saw how Samsung takes photos of the starry sky, moon and sun, he just draws them.

@@sturmzesthey need to stop doing that. It’s a silly feature.

@@sturmzes this doesn’t replace anything because it’s a different hobby from stargazing altogether. You use a traditional telescope from dark skies outside with your kids. You use a SeeStar while drinking wine in your living room while watching Jack Reacher on Amazon Prime.

It’s a camera that tracks the sky. No funny stuff.

It’s noticeable in the fine details, but not at first glance. Longer exposure times would have helped, but it was far to cold to be out there any longer that night.

@@LearnToStargaze I was interested in the Seestar for EAA and possibly outreach but small aperture has its limitations.

I won’t really consider this part of the stargazing hobby. It’s a fancy camera more than anything. You typically use it while sitting in the kitchen drinking wine.

⁠@@LearnToStargaze which does actually appeal to certain people. With every hobby there is always the purist looking for martyrdom for their efforts and love to bang on about how they slave away for their results as if there is an extra spacial medal for it. These kind of hobbyist are usually snobby and look down at others who like to go about things in a different way. Think about people who are less physically abled, those who cannot lug a big telescope around or those who cannot stay out for hours in the cold, or those who cannot afford some of the equipment needed for other types of Astrophotography, or those looking to get their journey started without spending too much with a view to growing. @AmatureAstronomer if telling all those purchasers that they should have just bought a photo albums or gone on Google makes you feel like a real astronomer then go for it, but I think you are missing the point a little in your eagerness to belittle.

LoL! So, u r 'Alexa took our jobs' dude? 😂

@@germanicabosniaca4132 I mean, not quite, the images are low rez, but just wait until the next generation of these things!

I understand your point of view, but I really like the Seestar. Sure, the image quality is nothing to work with really (if you choose to post-process the images for "work") 🤪 It just open up Astrophotography for "normal" people not wanting to put such effort as you must to get really nice pictures of DSO targets. It is the ease of use and good firmware/software done by ZWO that makes the Seestar such fun to use. Even for those of us that like to "work" for the results.

It’s been a while since I’ve tested the Unistellar, they seem like very different user experiences.

I don’t know about that, it’s a very different experience.