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I'm borrowing the Seestar from a friend and tried to make the best of it while I have it. I did a video on the Seestar here if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo24kndLoWY
About the images:
- Taken from my Bortle 8 Backyard:
- M13 - 15 mins
- NGC6888 - 45 mins
- Taken from my astronomy club's field in a Bortle 6 location
- M94 - 66 mins
- M101 - 116 mins
- NGC 7635 - 73 Mins
- Taken from a Bortle 3 location in Vermont
- M16 - 90 mins
- All individual exposures are 10 secs each
- They were all post-processed in Pixinsight. The video link above has comaprison of the live stack vs post-processed versions at the 7:30 mark
I have some more details on my Astrobin here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/naztronomy/ - Only 3 of the 6 images are posted there as of this thread but I'll post the rest soon.
Happy to answer questions.
This is M13, The Hercules Cluster
This is M16, the Eagle Nebula
This is M94 - the Croc's Eye Galaxy
This is the space brain, also known as NGC 6888 or the Crescent Nebula
This is the bubble nebula or NGC 7635
Trastion
WTF is a Bortle?
naztronomy
It's a scale used to determine light pollution in t hat area.
Vidikron
So, if you just look through the telescope, do you see what these images show or does it require the long exposure to make the celestial bodies stand out with that quality?
naztronomy
The seestar does live stacking where it takes 10 second exposures and adds to the view as they come in. It's really neat. If you have it on long enough, the objects start to look really good. But not as good as the pictures I posted because I post-processed them further after they were taken. If you watch the video I linked to in the description of the first photo, I show comparisons of both different exposure counts as well as what the live stack vs my post-process version looks like.
SubtleOrc
great stuff
spitfires2000
"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space." - Carl Sagan.
Smallfuzzycreaturefromalphacentauri
I have been checking out various smart telescopes for a while now, trying to mentally justify the cost. But, this one is reasonable, seems to work well in high light pollution areas so out in the country it should be even better. From what I see here and online reviews it seems I have found a good starter t’scope, thank you for the inspiration!
naztronomy
This works great in light pollution. My backyard is right outside of Boston but it does really well. All of my images are post processed so if you haven't yet watched my video, check it out because I post both the live-stacked version out of Seestar and my processed images (in this post) so you're aware of the quality you can expect. Feel free to reach out with questions!
Smallfuzzycreaturefromalphacentauri
Thanks, I will check your links (had no time yesterday). I live just out side Berlin, however it can get dark enough I can just make out the fog of the Milky Way on a clear night from my garden. I plan on going deeper into Brandenburg to find some dark sky for some astrophotography
naztronomy
That's amazing! I have to drive a few hours before I can get to a dark enough area to see the milky way. I think you'll have a lot of fun with any telescope really. Good luck and clear skies :)