The Seestar S50 Just Made Astrophotography Easy
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2023
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This is the SeeStar S50. The portable smart telescope that can do it all.
It finds, it tracks, it captures, it stacks, and guess what, the pictures it takes are actually pretty good.
Thank you to Agena Astro for sending me a production model S50 for testing and review.
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It's still above what I can afford right now but I really appreciate what this company has done to bring this hobby to a level that is more affordable with lower learning curve. Maybe next year! Thanks for this review :D
The Seestar is amazing, I’ve owned one for a week and already finished a goal to image every Messier open cluster I can reasonably get from my location, it’s an absolute gem
Possible to see your captures?
@@ejicon3099 idk how I’d get them on UA-cam but I’ll figure out something. Just for an idea, I’ve imaged M45, M34, M35, M36, M37, M38, M52, and M103. Plus the double cluster
It's awesome to see these companies make astrophotography accessible to people that don't want to buy $3,000 mounts.
$3000 and up
@@montanausa329,I Got My Eqm35Pro Before Covid From High Point For $780
selling my 2k rig and buying one of these. messing with focus. messing with polar alignment. messing with guidescope position. programming nina, columniation, messing with on and on. no. im done. the photos even on my eq mount will only be slightly not as good. its just not worth the hassle or money. it also does daytime photography and soon will do mosaics.
@@jasonpierce4518 right arm!
Do you think this is good for a Beto
About 2 years ago I found your channel, and you made me fall in love with astrophotography and last month I got the Seestar s50, its amazing for a noob to the hobbie.
Great content and thanks for introducing me to Astrophotography.
I was at a local park this morning with some of my buddies from the Astronomy club and we wanted to take a look at some of the solar activity. I have a Celestron 8 inch refractor and people are in all when they see the size of it and all of the attachments, and so on and so forth, my buddy brought out his Seestar , and I am so envious. It’s unbelievable.
I have all sorts of equipment and, due to getting older, had planned to use my C6 and lightweight EQ3 mount as my old age gear. This has supplanted that. I found the wifi range excellent as I could pick it up anywhere in my house including the basement when the Seestar was in the front yard. It finds the sun on its own quicker than I could. Now I can quickly and easily follow sunspots. Image quality surprising. Updates like the planetary and comet mode keep coming. Great review Trevor.
I have an avx mount and a svbony sv48p
You can also use the station mode to hook seestar to your home wifi network. Then, it'd be reachable wherever you have your wifi signal.
It's mildly amusing how many people this thing seems to annoy simply because it exists. 😂
I got my Seestar couple weeks back and honestly I’m impressed by its quality and functionality
Absolutely love my SeeStar, so great just to stick outside and be imaging in minutes… and the regular software updates are exciting too!
What a great little system! Thank you for highlighting this scope.
I got the Seestar for outreach, EAA and camping trips. It’s heaps of fun, very user friendly, and light weight. For the price it’s a great little unit! 😊
I saw this video and within a week I had one of these. thank you for the introduction. great review and production quality!
Great video, also well made/produced. Love the way you present the content!!!! Merry Christmas for you and your beloved ones
Just ordered one of these after watching your review..my son and I can't wait! Thanks for the video!
Awesome video Trevor. This is the future of astrophotography, and I am super excited about it!
Fun and very accurate review. I pre-ordered my Seestar and finally got it 5 months later. For $399, this is a wonderful scope. I foresee new models with advanced optics and cameras. I took this one on a camping trip in Gold Butte National Monument and enjoyed some nice EAA even though the wind and near freezing temperatures kept us near the campfire.
I just got my seestar yesterday and I am amazed. This is really a piece of art. So much Astro Gear in one small pack. It is ridiculously easy to use. I cannot wait when they to come out with a bigger aperture. I believe they are testing the water for the next generation of Astrographs, and I believe it's AMAZING.
Do you believe in that? This is a scum system!
I'm going to pick up one in a few weeks, cannot wait to try it.
I was honestly looking for a good review of this telescope before thinking about pulling the trigger, I'm really glad that they gave a model to you to put your thoughts out there on it. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting one myself.
Always felt astrophotography is out my budget having to need a good tripod, telephoto lens and a tracker to just get started
This looks a great entry point into the hobby!
Thanks for the review. A good alternative for people who don't want to get too deep into the technical side of things, but are still interested in taking a few, nice and usable shots.
Been waiting for this review thank you so much ❤
Great review! Just posted it on my club's forum. Thank you!
your last comments sum it up well , allowing others to see and enjoy , what we do hopefully adds more people to the list that realise we are lucky to have this planet and should look after it
This was a great review. Im grateful for it, thank you from Australia 🇦🇺
About 4 years I was finding about my goals than I found your channel, and I know my goals and I fall in love with astrophotography and I have order a AC 70/700 AZ - 2 Telescope and I am going to buy a Seestar s50 too. And I love your contect plz keep it comeing.
Your videos are amazing. My work is 360. Always been a stary eyed guy with telescopes. I’m working with a DSLR and learning from your videos. I did purchase the Seestar and I really think it’s helpful. Results are really cool but it leads me into more which I think is natural. I just have to say you made a video at a dark location by yourself and your commentary was really…touching to me. I can relate I guess. Thank you
Mine will be here tomorrow. Can't wait. Great video Trevor
Great video! Mine arrives Monday. Very excited to try it out as a newbie
Just ordered one. I don't live in Canada (I live in a pretty warm climate really), but in the winter, I'm busy with job, side hustle and it's cold - too much effort to drag out the "real" rig, set up, shoot the calibration frames and light frames, etc. I'm so excited to have something that lets me continue to look at space from my backyard without all the effort.
Incredibly neat product, well done ZWO!
smart telescopes like the vespera and Seestar got me into the hobby, now i have my first setup and I'm doing it on my own. These are great starting points in the hobby
My Seestar S50 arrived in early November. I've been able to use it a few times, but living in Western Washington State, there have been a lot of clouds. I have a NexStar Evolution EdgeHD 8" with the Starsense Autoguider camera, an ASI385MC and an HP laptop. Total cost is just north of $5,000 USD. The Seestar runs circles around what I have been able to do with a set up that costs 10 times as much. My experience has been just a little different from yours. I'm able to connect to it from 30 feet away, through a wall. I love it.
Just got mine the other day a big tip for anyone wanting the most out of this and wants the best Quality image definitely save each individual exposure and stack them on pc and go through post processing.
Thanks, Trevor, this was really helpful! Not being able to drive means I have to rely on my wife or friends to help me haul my current setup if I want to take it somewhere other than the backyard. With the SeeStar I can easily take it anywhere on my electric scooter or out camping without taking up lots of space!
Great Video Trevor! It is a fine and fun little scope.
Thank you Trevor! I accidentally stumbled upon this little gadget looking for a beginner/budget friendly telescope. Was waiting for someone credible to review it!
Finally, a Seetar video. You should do a series of photographing DSO's with this thing.
I’ve been a visual observer my whole life but this is pretty cool . Going to look more into this, and possibly purchase one of these in the future. Nice demo.
Definitely getting this lovely kit.
Got it a few months ago. I've been doing Astrophoto on and off for about 30 years. This little scope is great fun and captures great images (bortle 5). Oh, while I'm at it, I don't need to freeze my butt outside to enjoy it! Thanks for your review!
Thanks for this video. I often tell myself that astrophotography will be one of the things I will venture on when I retire (or close to retiring) which is like in 30 years :D I know astrophotography is no joke and I have very high regards to those who share their talents and time for us (non-astro folks) to see the wonders of the universe (or at least those that we can see). But with this, I am now having more hope of doing it in. Its compact size and the premise of it being "bring outside, select a subject, and wait"-kind-of-tech is very appealing to me! I really do not have that knowledge nor the time to really delve into the hardcore aspects astrophotography and this is not needed here (with this product).
That looks fun! In doing visual astronomy some years ago I found that while a huge scope will show you more that does not mean you cant have a great night out with a small one too.
Size doesn't matter?😄
FINALLY ASTROBACKYARD SEESTAR REVIEW
I'm at 44.75 latitude in north Michigan in a Bottle 3 zone. I'm a mere beginner at 68 yo. Love your channel.
Nice review. We’re loving ours especially in station mode to use our home WiFi. Also added lukomatico’s external filter holders for moon and solar with a white filter. We can do more with this than my vespera. Clear skies
You have also a vespera ? Interesting, is it the same image quality than the seestar ?
Thank you !
I preordered one and it is the awesomest run and gun set up ever! For the price of my star adventurer 2i you get soooooo much more
great video! sums up pretty well what seestar is capable of currently.
Great review!!
I just purchased one, I'll be seeing what I can get from Brantford Ontario
I was on the fence, but after your review, I purchased (with your link!). I just bought a new setup (RedCat 51, ASI533, AM5, etc) and haven't used it yet. It's complicated, intimidating, and just a little scary. I think the S50 will be a good step. I can see myself using the S50 for some targets and then use that as inspiration for the larger setup and better light. Love your channel!
Welcome to the club! You might want to get the asi air as well to control the am5 mount but it's awesome seeing new people get into this hobby. Sounds like you've got a better setup than what I have right now
I just did the exact same thing lol! Figured while I learnt advanced setup I’ll let the Seestar do it thing. Then I won’t feel bad lol. Also my wife can use it
@@jeroexx I got the ASI Air, the EAF, and a WO UniGuide 50, and ASI120 for that. I went a little high end, and it's sad cuz it's just sitting here. Ordering and buying everything was the easy part, now I have to get it all assembled and get first light🤞🏻
Show as planets images please
I have a CAT51 set up that I use with a 533 colour or a 183 mono camera and I'm very happy with it. I don't have a SeeStar but having seen the results that people are getting I will probably get one next year for use as a travel scope.
Back to your RedCat, have you also got an ASIAir to control everything? I've just started using the mini to control my DSLR set up and it has to be the easiest thing I've ever used. The only drawback with it is you can only use ZWO astronomy cameras and software.
Excellent video, as always. I’m a new convert to smart scopes with a Vespera 2 and a Celestron Origin on order. These things make me wonder why all scopes don’t have dew heaters built in, and auto-focusers. And why all go-to mounts don’t have plate-solving built in. Early days. . .it reminds me of when we geeks would buy disk drives and motherboards and build our own PCs. Now companies are giving us the whole package, just like Apple and Dell did. I can’t wait for a smart scope on a harmonic mount!
the goat of astrophotography video presentation 👍
Nice review, Trevor!
What an informative video. Thank you.
This guy was made for being a narrator, excellent presentation and a calming demeanor.
i think this is a perfect setup for this, specially for when i dont have time to build my current setup ( which is most of the times ). So this compares to my current gear as my phone camera compares to my dslr, is almost always available and ready, that will make me use it much more i believe.
Great video. Easy to use and post process the images to get some really nice pictures. Good for when you don't have the time, energy or great sky to set up a more complex astro scope. Let us know how you make out with the new planetary feature.
I’m loving my seestar s50!
I wanted this first before falling down the rabbit hole. Well, still not in stock in Canada, so ended up upgrading 60D to 2600MC Pro (backordered, go figure) and an Askar V (from dusty c90 mak) with L-extreme and L-Pro filters, and an asiair plus. I've gone too far, and just said what the heck, just get the EAF too. Weakest link is the mount (az gti eq mod). Owning the new goodies for about 3 weeks. I only got one night of 1.5hrs of clear skies! EAF is SPOT ON! Impressed... Managed to only get 21mins, 3 mins exposure of M31 on Askar V 80mm with reducer. Results blew my mind! Slewed to horsehead nebula and then right before I can see the first image, the clouds came back and wrecked it. Kinda went off topic here but been watching this channel since I got into astrophotography, around late summer. I may end up just building my own harmonic mount or at least attempt it. That's the only thing that I can possibly DIY for astrophotography to save a few grand and use it towards a mono camera. lol I was ready to dish out for an AM5 of a HAE29 but it's on hold until I figure out this DIY route and it's quite interesting to learn but frustrating at the same time.
Awesome concept, Good for outreach, Schools and Noobs and is a good introduction into the hobby, however like the iphones they suffer from obsolescence very quickly.
I bought one using your link! I was looking for something small and portable to image the eclipse in April since none of my current gear fits the bill. Your review let me see that the SeeStar will work great for what I want to do with it! Thanks!
Hey Trevor, good review!!! The scope here in Australia is $899, so whilst a but more than you have to pay it's still not too dear. Might pick one up for club nights and outreach. Also be good just for a quick grab n go scope!!
Its a cool tech piece for sure, but I still oddly love piecing my rig together. Its more satisfaction in end for me.
got mine a few weeks ago. Good god I love this thing!
Can not recommend it enough.
Excellent description of the scope. He picked out all of the finest features of the scope and even mentioned the two real negatives,, no planets and Andromeda is too big. But don't for one minute think he is not an excellent salesman. He just so happens to be a fairly honest one. He is so good at what he does. I have been watching him for years and have rarely disagreed with him. I will keep referring to his videos when I want a second opinion.
Wow I love it that is amazing 🔭
I think for me something like seestar would make me feel like im not the one taking the images simply because i just put it down and its ready and i dont actually have to do anything myself so im thinking ¨Am i actually the one taking the image¨ when comparing to using a skywatcher 2i which i have to manually find the target with and everything so it feels like im the one actually doing so mething but this is still really really cool :D
The best way to use this scope is to set it up, choose the target and let it to do its work before you set your main scope. It takes 5 mins max from the start to the capturing process, including connecting to home wifi and using in station mode. Then you spend time on the main rig and if something with the main rig doesn't go as planned, you still have an image, although lower quality.
I ordered a SeeStar S50 about a week ago. It’s on back order though and the anticipation is killing me
Thanks Trevor! I plan on getting this and you answered some questions I had. Great video! Ron inMichigan
This is prob the future of home astronomy. If you're not insistent on true visual, you're getting the performance of a 20+" dob in a tiny fraction of price, trouble, portability. Its revolutionary, thanks for the great vid.
This thing is the future of AP, I just ordered one, just checking out the Cloudy Nights reviews on this thing is amazing for $500 bucks, seems to really perform good at dark sky sites, I can really dig the fact I can use this thing from comfort of my bedroom, set it up on the my roof, easy to conceal around the house, makes astronomy fun again, The tedious task of dragging around my heavy EQ mount, with large scope gets to be a drag, I cant wait till ZWO comes out with the S200 super duper model, with a 12MP camera, I will sell all my other equipment., nah, I will keep my Celestron Edge 8, ES 127mm Apo, Meade 80mm triplet and 10" Schmidt Cassegrain. 😃
I just gotta giggle at @2:09 with the app improperly labeling the moon phase. It would be correct for a southern hemisphere view but the location is Canada and the image of the moon is from the northern perspective.
This is much better than I've ever expected. When I first heard about the seestar I honestly thought it's a joke. No way a sensor that size can produce anything decent. Turns out I was wrong. Though personally I cannot accept buying a telescope I cannot look through with my eye. But I totally understand, for most people seeing a faint blob of light is less than exciting, assuming they can find or see it at all. And at half a grand, it's pretty good value
Great video Trevor... would love to see the raw photo edits outside of the camera
I think this - and small, portable devices like it - are good for getting more people into astronomy/astrophotography.
It's not something I would buy as I would probably tire of it really quick, but I reckon it would be awesome for schools, outreach or for people who want an easy way to see "what all the fuzz is about".
Can’t wait for a SeeStar 70.
A great scope for beginners
Hi Trevor, I've been following your channel for almost three years. You videos inspire rooking photographers like me! Thank you for your outstanding work! I would like to ask you one quick thing, what are those gloves you and your GF wearing in this video? I see they are North face but, which model?
It's awesome they are making equipment now that is easily usable by just about anyone. Where do you plan on going for the eclipse in April?
Bought one yesterday, price vs fun factor, is great deal.
Great final words… you don’t need much to get the feeling of Astro photography. 😊
4:08 So you just need to roll with it... I see what you did there! 🤣Great video!
Can't wait to see what the next model is like. Maybe they'll have a version with a better camera.
Just ordered!
Merry Christmas happy holidays to you
Like to see a slightly bigger 80mm version with even more quality added, i would pay double for it.
This setup would be ideal for taking on holiday overseas.
Great video as always,i have a dwarf2 got a shot at orion nebula 300 exposure with light filter on well impressed with the pictures well worth the money
Thats cool!
ordered one of these last month; should be coming sometime this month (hopefully, but not holding breath)
This thing is really cool, the only downside for me personally is the low resolution sensor of 2.1 MP. If they manage to put in a higher resolution sensor for a similar price point in the future I might be tempted to buy one.
Sounds like a wedge and some software changes this would be an awesome travel rig
Just ordered this morning. Rubbing my handsss!!!
@AstroBackyard... Hi Trevor... awesome video. Just got my S50 about a month ago. I'd been on the 'wait list' since before end of July. The wait was definitely worth it. Totally different topic, Sir (sort of)... Have you been following the news of the 'eclipsing' of Betelgeuse that's supposed to happen with asteroid 'Leona' passes in front of it Monday night (~8:17pm Eastern Standard time?)? It would be cool if everyone with a rig who happens to be facing Betelgeuse could 'live stream' their rig's feed from the event. Value from the streaming effort would be to see how close the projected event viewing path is close to the forecasted viewing path. Forecasts are that those of us as this far north in north america shouldnt see the event. But... what if we do? lol! :) All the best Trevor.
My friend just got one of these and the images it has been producing have been great for an entry level. I was hoping to see you do a review on this as I’m still on the fence about it as I’m in a bortle 7 almost 8 area.
Hopefully this can convince me to get into it and find the spark I used to have for photography in general
I'm in a 7/8 area and have been capturing really good data on the S50. Post Processing is where it is at for this unit. You can get some really good images. Only thing that is holding it back is the FOV really, but they are supposed to be rolling out a mosaic mode at some point so I'll be curious to see where that goes.
@@dangerousaltoids hmmmmmmm
I’ve been watching experts (advanced amateurs), having a blast with this scope on UA-cam and Facebook. My
I bought one! It’s under the tree with cloudy days to follow. Lol
Thanks for the plain and understandable explanation of the Seestar 50. Quite a unit, eh? One question. In this video there's a telescope in the background with what looks like a tarp wrapped around it. What are you using when you leave your rig outside at night? I've been avoiding getting a regular tarp, just wondering. Thanks.
Hey, highly informative video. I wanted to ask what the Bortle rating was for the sky you tested the Seestar. Thanks in advance.
Nice!
I'm hoping ZWO will come out with an 80mm EM version that's not too expensive, maybe with an optional 0.5-0.7X WA adapter lens for larger deep sky objects.
Thanks for the video. Did you get many “failure to stack” messages? How long did it take to get the five minutes of stacked photos?