The adjustments collum on the upper right the top one is filter on and off. When green the filter is on. Tap it to turn off and on.

Hi! Like the video. I believe the electronics in your battery pack are causing interference with the seestar. I use a pack that I keep a couple of feet away with no issues. Could also be the Bluetooth connection to your phone. -Jim

Nice! I'm going to bring mine out the first chance I get and try for the Bubble Nebula!

love these the people have no experience in the units

Neat!

Good video. Lower the background music, and speak up a bit.

I have a very similar setup. EdgeHD8, Celestron OAG using ASI174 Mono Mini, ASI294MC Pro, CGX Do you have the ASI174 set bin at 2X2. This makes it more sensitive and is better for guiding. Also you can make sure it is set to its highest Gain as well in the PHD2 Brain. Clear Skies

Good stuff, but the Subscribe thingy is VERY confusing b ecause it looks like it was on the phone and part of the GoTo process.

I received my Seestar a few days ago. It's an amazing little telescope.

Great video. Question: What's your bortle sky for this test?

Is the solar filter glass or Mylar?

i have 2 gem's one a pole mount one a tripod. the pole mount is no problem. on the tripod i put the two legs facing southwest and southeast with the one leg due north. (northern hemisphere of course). this way it avoids clearance problems with legs. now mind you my gem can rotate in the tripod base , i'm not sure of your setup.

Awesome video! It's very helpful and informative.

Very nice. I have C8 edge HD, ZWO1600MM, and ZWO 174mm. Isn't the "aggression" value in Guiding a bit high? Are 100%-70% appropriate values?

I have found that with my sct I have to refocus after the flip.

I have 3 refractors on 2 AVX tripods and 1 TC40. My Redcat51 on the TC40 and an Askar FRA500 and Askar 65PHQ on the AVX tripods. I use EFWs on both Askars and also a Pegasus Falcon V2 on the FRA500 set up. All three HAVE PIERS ADDED to avoid collisions with cams and tripod legs. I have the EFWs set to an 'upward' position rather than down. The Falcon, also set upwards, lets me adjust the rotation of my ZWO ASI2600 DUO. My ASI2600 Pro (non-DUO) uses a manual rotator. These give me the best fit within the sensor frame especially for DSOs like Andromeda and larger nebula like NGC7000. This way I can orient my image for the sensor without having to rotate the EFW keeping it away from the tripod. I obviously do this for meridian flips and collision avoidance. It works perfectly. BTW: I use 200mm piers on the two Askars and a 160mm for the Redcat. I generally use an ASI533 Pro Color on the Redcat or my Nikon Z6. I also have an ASI6200 Pro Mono but that uses filters LRGB & SHO and is a much more complicated process for DSO imaging. I have done many, many flips and have never had a collision or that type issue with these set ups. However, I should mention that I don't use my AVX mount any more. I have 2 ZWO AM5s and a ZWO AM3 for the Redcat. The precision of these mounts is impeccable and especially when it comes to flips. I run everything remotely and use the PLAN subroutine for the night so I can just go to bed and get up to superb images. Hope this helps. CS

A better solution is to get rid of the tripod and install a proper pier.

Nice

Nice introduction

I will try it.

That’s flipping awesome. It’s not as scary as they say. I’m surprised the software doesn’t issue an alert so you can stop the camera before it automatically does the flip. (If it does a flip)

Nice

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Loving this and Can't wait to see what you do with the channel!

This video misses so many steps for your average user - especially a new user. No mention of when to connect cables, no mention that AVX must be set to proper date/time without Daylight Savings Time. No mention of how to use the AIR to do a polar alignment. I get that you're trying to help but I just think anyone who isn't already very experienced with this setup will struggle with this truncated version of how to actually use the AVX/AIR.

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Couple of questions: 1. When you select Quick Align on the AVX Hand Controller - do you complete the Quick Align process on the Hand Controller after you've slewed to M104 on the ASIAIR or before you slew to M104 on the ASIAIR? Note: I'm assuming you don't do a proper Quick Align via the Hand Controller. 2. What version of the AVX Mount and what version of the Hand Controller are you using? The procedure appears to be different for different versions. 3. What version of the ASIAIR firmware are you running? What ASIAIR model are you ruining?

AMAZING!!!!! Next dinner is on us. I have never been on a U_tube video before!!!

I enjoyed your video Greg. I'm just getting started in solar. How did you align your mount? I like AVI files over SER too. I subscribed to your channel

really nice...glad it worked out for you.

Awesome demo! THanks!

Hi Greg, I would appreciate an explanation how you setup your off-axis guider on the 8HD. I hope to do same on my 9.25HD - thanks

Great information, Thanks.

The processing was fascinating! Thanks for sharing

Very fun Greg! Thanks for putting it together.

I'm assuming you are not using a reducer of any kind?

Sweet!! Congrats

Well done Greg! Thanks for sharing.

I am a complete novice to solar or telescopic photography. Saw the unit early on kickstarter. I purchased the basic version with the optional solar filter. Package arrived 4/5, opened an NO instructions, or schematics. No setup instructions except on the app. Your review has been helpful, didn't see the thin plastic sheet over the lens, ( of course with no instructions, I had to guess that was the lens). It may be obvious to some, but the actual placement and activation of my phone has been guess work also. For instance both your camera app and the gravity app need to be turned on. I had to use double sided tape to attach hestia to my tripod. Very sorry I purchased this unit.

Great info, thank you! I also have a Samsung and was worried about the negative reviews about the App for androids

You don’t need to get a single dot of light on your hand to use the finder. Just look at the inside on the black plastic to see where the dot of light is and you can easily guide it to where it’s over that bottom hole

i wasnt keen... needed to buy a newer phone for starters... and the suggested a top line apple to get the best.. and for me persoanlly that was a deal breaker... i dont like apple products, over priced and over hyped... so went with seestar s50 and boy thats blown my mind

I didn't buy the tripod but my tripod has a 1/4" screw. So i'm needing to get a 3/8 16 thread. Thanks!

Now I am really debating about buying it or not. More leaning to not now. You are right people would want it to just work and this seems like it has too many moving parts to fail.

Thank you for the review. I did not buy the Eclipse Edition, but instead ordered the Basic version with the Solar Filter as an add-on and no tripod (I still need a tripod). I have yet to receive my order, but the tracking shows that it is almost here. I am disappointed that there is no lens cap. I consider that to be a significant omission. I am also disappointed with the rubber sleeve that they added to the cell phone side. Rubber decomposes with time, and becomes brittle, so I expect the sleeve to fall apart. There should be some kind of cap we could put over that end as well. It might be useful to put a 1.25 inch UV Daylight filter over the objective lens and the try putting one of your lens caps over that. I don't know if stacking filters over the objective would impinge upon the field of view. It may also be that the Hestia carrying case may not have room for an installed filter. The fit in the carrying case may be the reason why a lens cap was omitted. The fact that my Hestia won't have a carrying case is something I will lament. I think Vaonis instead included a carrying bag. Thank you for the info on the Galaxy S10 camera Pro mode. I did not know that existed. I have a S10e, and tried it out and was thrilled with all the manual adjustments we can make. I will definitely give that a try when I use the Hestia!

I Just Cant See The Justification..Ill Stick To Telescopes

Thank you for the review. Would this make a good telescope for a beginner to use after the eclipse to view the sun and night skies? Thank you.

Hello Greg, It's François from Paris (France). I found your video very interesting and very informative. I should receive my Hestia in 1-2 months (shipments to the USA are priority due to the solar eclipse visible from North America). I have an important question. I saw that you had added another filter to the Hestia (I was able to read on the side "... Filter 13% T Korea") on which you attached the Vaonis/Hestia solar filter. Does this mean that we can put filters from other brands on the Hestia? If so, what size filter can we use? Also, can we put a CLS (city light suppression) filter? This would be very important to me because I live near a big city and there is a lot of light pollution. Thank you for your answers and your time.