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OK, that turned out pretty well!

This was just under 4 hours worth of images of the Eta Carina Nebula, processed in Siril. Not bad for a 30 mm aperture telescope in an urban location.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Siril

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Anthony Horton 16h ago

I've now reprocessed the other H II region images from last weekend. I'm still learning how to use Siril, but I'm getting there I think. I'm finding several of the Veralux scripts very helpful.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Siril

Anthony Horton 21h ago

Decided to take advantage of what may be the only clearish night for at least the next week and a half to get some telescope time on Eta Carina before it gets too low.

I am impressed by the ability of the internal dual narrowband light pollution filter and automatic image processing to extract pretty pictures of emission nebulae from murky, heavily light polluted skies in suburban Sydney. I know exactly what it's doing and why it works but when you see it in action, in real time, it still feels almost magical.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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Anthony Horton 1d ago

First attempt at reprocessing images from the Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope, using my Prawn Nebula data from Friday night.

The first image is processed fully automatically, by the Seestar itself, and the second is my manual reprocessing using the Siril software on my computer.

I'm still impressed with how good a job the smart telescope is able to do in real time. The results make for a great live preview and are honestly just fine for viewing on small screens. If you have the option it is definitely worth the effort to reprocess the data on a computer, though.

#Astrophotograph #Astronomy #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #Siril #PrawnNebula

Major Kong to Ground Control 1d ago

This morning's Moon. #astrophotography #seestar #moon

BernardCH 1d ago

#astronomy #seestar
As through the years my vision is not anymore good enough to observe deep sky objects, I've sold my 8" Celestron and bought a Seestar S50.

But as for planets, the Seestar is pitiful, so I've bought a refractor to get better views of Jupiter or Saturne.

But what was my surprise to be able to have a sight of M51 and M57 last night despite my cataract

Askar 91F with Televue Nagler 5 mm

Major Kong to Ground Control 2d ago

NGC 6239, 42 million light years away. #astrophotography #seestar #ngc6239

Major Kong to Ground Control 2d ago

The Hercules trio of globular clusters: M13, M92, and NGC 6229. #astrophotography #seestar #m13 #m92 #ngc6229

Major Kong to Ground Control 2d ago

NGC 6229: dimmest of the three globular clusters in the constellation Hercules, 100,000 light years away. #astrophotography #seestar #ngc6229

Major Kong to Ground Control 2d ago

Galaxy Cluster ACO 1318: Many of these dim stars are actually distant galaxies. Center right: NGC 3733, 74 million light years away. Lower right: NGC 3738, a blue compact dwarf only 12 million light years away. High center: NGC 3759A, 270 million light years away. #astrophotography #seestar