Is this the BEST $500 TELESCOPE EVER? Seestar S50 Review 🌟🔭
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Target Number 1
2:24 Target Number 2
3:50 Important note...
4:26 Real Stars 💫🌟
5:07 Target Number 3
6:17 Target Number 4
7:03 Imaging Process
8:34 Planetary imaging?
10:32 Is this real Astrophotography?
11:58 Best features?
15:48 Conclusion
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-ESO/J.Perez/Digitized Sky Survey
2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org).
-ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/A.
Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2/ESO.
-NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team
(STScI/AURA); G. Bacon, T. Borders,
L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers
(Viz 3D team, STScI); ESO.
-NASA, ESA and Allison Loll,
Jeff Hester (Arizona State University).
Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
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I'm really enjoying this little telescope and I've already shot another video in which I'm using it to capture something pretty special! (Stay tuned🌟)
Let me know how you get on with this telescope if you do decide to purchase it!
I have a strong feeling that smart telescopes like this are going to make astronomy a lot more accessible for 1000's more people, which is veryyy exciting!🤩
Clear skies
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Hey Damon! what happened to your 42 wonders of the night sky series?
easier and cheeper
I am curious what you think its negatives may be in comparison to say a more expensive telescope setup. Obvious pieces aside such as the actual attachment to the experience or seeing our hard work finally take shape. Another possibly being that the resolution or contrast may be better with the more expensive setup. Do you have anything you would point out that this can't do in comparison to say a $1500+ setup? Kind of curious where the next price bracket would be, in your opinion, before getting much better results with an over all setup.
Did Seestar provide you with this telescope for review?
If so .. then I think you should state that upfront.
I'm not implying that the review is biased, and many channels make unbiased and fair reviews of products they were given. But, not letting the viewer know is sketchy.
So- this is “Vapor View?” OK, I’m out….
Brilliant presentation Damon. I've watched scores of these S50 reviews. Yours is one of the very best. My S50 just arrived yesterday. Waiting for the clouds to clear. Can't wait to start photographing and experimenting. I subscribed to your channel. I was in my late 40s when I began my adventures in astronomy and then astrophotography. I am now 73 and this new technology involving smart telescopes is giving me hope that I can continue this hobby for many more years. I'm selling my heavy CEM40 in order to afford the much lighter AM5 to use with my other scopes. This Seestar S50 is going to make it so much easier to share the night sky with my children and grandchildren. Again brilliant presentation. Love your style.
Thank you, very happy to hear it! I'm very envious of you for getting an AM5, looks like a beautiful mount from what I've read. Thanks 😁👍
You,astrobiscuit,astro backyard,nebula photos,astrokobi etc are the one who really make everyone watching engaged in astronomy,physics and Astrophotography.I actually started this hobby because of all of the names above.Good job man keep it up and never give up.
Exactly!
Here's some more: The digitalized astronomer, Late night astronomy, Chucks Astrophotography, Rami Astro
Sir Patrick Moore got me into it 30 years ago 😂
But these guys are okay too 😊
This is what "bringing astronomy and astrophotography to the masses is all about". Great Find. Gonna keep my eye on this one! Thanks! :)
Love your videos so much Damon! Love your enthusiasm and your humility. You always put a smile on my face! ❤
That can compare to the same feeling when SLR film cameras were replaced by digital , and that unbelievable moment of seeing an image on a screen taken just seconds ago instead of waiting a few days to get it back from the developers . The rewards of a great photo back then are unmatched.
Damon I love astronomy and astrophotography in general and your channel is the best for astrophotographers. Amazing video as always.
Thanks mate, happy to hear it! 😌🙏
Great review on the Seestar mate that's a cracka ! well done (Mine arrived 2 weeks ago here down under). Keep up the great content.
Incredible video! Very informational and well edited, perfect!
your uploads make my day 😭 well, night but still 🔥
Seestar S50 is very clearly the best telescope that Generation X, Y, and Z can buy right now. They're used to using their cell phones. They want small, simple, integrated systems. ZWO really hit it out of the park with this little scope. And the people who catch the astronomy bug can ramp up to larger, more powerful scopes.
Only thing I liked about the Unistellar EV2 was the nikon eyepiece but definitely not a keeper.
Absolutely amazing! Great video.
We love our seestar 50. Amazing and fun especially for outreach. A another super video again, clear skies… ur an us 😂😂
I cannot wait for Santa to bring my S50. I bought the Dwarf 2 telescope using your promo code back in September and I've been out capturing images every clear night since. I've had 47 imaging sessions so far since getting the Dwarf. I've been struggling with astrophotography for a decade. I've spent many nights spending hours getting alignment and positioning perfect and then as soon as I start imaging, weather rolls in. I dont want to struggle with trying to take pictures. I want to start doing projects like my own sky survey. Document entire orbits. Animate long term change over time. These little smart telescopes are absolutely amazing. I'm hooked and decided to start a little youtube channel to document the journey. So far I've been coding some utilities to help manage some of the Dwarf 2 quirks. Thanks for everything Damon!
What is your channel?
Mine is on the way! Can’t wait!
I have really enjoyed your channel. I ordered my SeeStar S50 from High Point Scientific about 3 weeks ago. It arrived today. I didn’t expect it until the end of December. I’ve watched this video 10 times since ordering my scope.
I ordered mine just today, Im so hyped did you get some nice images?
I've just ordered one. can't wait.
Great video! Just got mine a few days ago. I’ve been doing astrophotography for about four years now and will be using this as a portable travel rig and hopefully some outreach.
Bought it right now because of this video. Hope it doesn’t disappoint
Tanken You for an excellent review.
I know very little about telescopes and so i had no idea telescopes like this existed, im completely blown away by this and the images it can capture. Amazing🤯
I want this! I will have it 😀😀. Thanks for the review
Yoo I feel like the constellation of Orion is so good. And this period of time is so good for star gazing. Thx for the good video damon!
Damon, great video and thank you! I’m now a subscriber. My question! Di you do much post processing with this scope? If so how? It’s only that these seem to be the best images I have seen so far. Appreciate your work.
Daren
Very nice instrument. Mine is on the way and will be here Monday. I’ll have this guy taking photos of my favorites while I use my 12” LX200 and the old mark 1 eyeball!
I have it since September and it’s amazing 🤩 thank you for your videos ✌️🔭
I really love my SeeStar S50! I have a couple of very high end astrophotography setups, but this unit is so extremely portable it can be taken everywhere you go!
I pre-ordered in April and paid only $399
Only 399 dollars 😅 i am from India and i also interested in astronomy so i made a homemade telescope 50mm lens 399 dollar is very expensive in India you are lucky to buy such things i can only see the videos and become happy
This is really impressive. I do understand the claim that using smart telescopes is not “real” astrophotography, but ever since I’ve been out of college I haven’t had time to deal with all that equipment. This looks like a really convenient way to get back into it (and image a lot more things than I ever could back then!). I’ll try to pick one up soon, thanks for showing this!
I think the thing that sets real astrophotography from most smart telescopes is the processing not data acquisition. Astrophotography as an art comes mostly from the skills of the person processing the image not the gear, but with a smart telescope, it's all automatic and takes that part of it out entirely. Of course, this can be remedied by saving all the data and reprocessing yourself
I believe that using an Smart telescope, from your places, is far better, and real astrophotography, than buying data sets ready to use from remote telescopes located in top places with bortle 1 sky. This particular model allows you to process the images at your will with the software you do prefer.
The only people that say it’s not “real” astrophotography are gatekeepers. You find these folks in every hobby.
I do full astrophotography with my own rig built from components and manual processing. Saying that using a SeeStar isn’t “real astrophotography” is like saying using a digital camera isn’t real photography unless you shoot on film AND develop it yourself because the real art in photography is in the film development. I disagree with that sentiment and agree it’s just mud-slinging from the old practitioners that are upset to see their black-art getting democratized.
the thing that sets apart is the smart scopes are not really for gathering 48 hrs of data or even more
Ill say these are 95% EAA and around 50% AP thats just my guess though.
I’m going to go ahead and get one . Thanks buddy 👍🏾
just insane content and the product man🔥🔥🔥
YESSSSSSS NEW VIDEOOOO
I can't believe that little scope took that photo of M42. Incredible! I thought you were just showing another Hubble image, until I played back the video and saw that it was taken by the S50.
I just got one recently. I recommend the NGC varieties. The colours are so good. I'm currently imaging NGC 6960 with it as we speak with cygnus
Great and honest review. Very informative. You kept me engaged the whole way. So, what's the next step up from the 500$ range of. smart-scopes? what does 750$ get you - something 50% better, or only 10% better if any improvement?
Fantastic Damon ! You got a subscriber 😊
Love this!! Thank you for this awesome review!! It’s on my wish list now…also, I’m still noticing a ring-less hand-any chance you foresee yourself in America any time soon? 😏😉😅 haha
I’ve been wanting a telescope so bad but never knew what to get. I’m definitely getting a Seester s50!! It looks amazing!!!
You have done the most excellent job of presenting both The Dwarf 2 (in your previous video) and now The Seestar S50. If I were to make a video explaining these smart telescopes to the public, I wouldn't change a word! Absolutely perfectly said!
To be honest, I'm supposed to do a little video on each scope myself - but I don't see how the explanation could be any better. You've really set the bar high mate! I feel compelled to share both your Dwarf 2 video, and this one, on my blog, via social media; and to my friends...
Amazing video 😊 Thank you ✨
Thank you! I was planning to purchase Vespera but this seems like a better deal 🥰
Great job ❤️🔥
YESS !!! Finally someone with a genius idea for beginners !!! Thank you sir !!! Since three months i searched for a super telescope to see stars, planets nebula etc... the only ones that fit with what i need was 2000-5000$ telescope :(
This one change the game...thank you
Wow. I wanted to get in to Astrophotography last year but the cost put me off. You sir, have reopened that option. This will do for me. I understand how hardcore astrophotographers might not approve, but for me, perfect to satisfy my cosmic curiosity. I’m sold.
Mine arrived last week, just in time for the southern hemisphere holiday season. With our clear night skies and much less light pollution in rural areas, I am looking forward playing around with this. Greetings from South Africa
Thats a great review of an amazing telescope! Yes, it’s very impressive and great fun but I’m curious as to what apps, software, or how the final images were processed with. I’ve owned mine for about 5 weeks now, but as you say we don’t really get those long, stable atmosphere clear nights very often here in the UK. Can’t wait to see more of this little scope as time allows.
Love Mine! So much better than squinting over an eyepiece!👏🏻💯
Thanks for the heads-up on this. Not what I was expecting in terms of looks for a telescope, where you normally expect a tube shaped object. Good that it seems so small, light and portable.
Waiting for mine hope I get it before the Total Solar Eclipse this coming April 8. Great review
6:00 WOW 🥰💫
Wow these images are crazy good
Thank you for this. its defo on my Christmas list. Which would you get compared to the Dwarf 2?
Age 64, since age 10 loved astronomy but difficult here in cloudy cold Manchester UK, and that photo of the Orion nebula is the most incredible thing I ever did see, more impressive than when at the time I saw Damien Peaches images of the planets! Unbelievable.
Brilliant and good :), great work and keep uo with the good content
Thank you very much! 😁
I love your shot of the Horsehead nebula. I live in Quebec City-I would have to live in rural Quebec to get any use out of it.
Great video! ZWO sent me one of these as well. I finished shooting the main video, but I need some final shots to round it out (waiting on weather). I tested in both city (bortle 8) and our stargazing site (bortle 3). Definitely a fun camera / telescope!
I love taking out my 10 inch telescope, using my hands to follow a target as I watch.
Still, that seestar is a very amazing product I can see opening up the field of astronomy for many more people
That's absolutely incredible
Insane, right? ❤
Love it. That's it. Period.
I gave up with my new Astrophotography setup;
only my desired William Optics Zenithstar 61 would cost £580.
+ mount, + guide scope + guide cam... Even if I own a DSLR / M4/3 cam, how much will be the end? Around £1500-2000?
No way!
Seestar S50 for 500 bucks. Period 🎉 For those professional Astrophotographers, who are worried about "lack of learning curve" - Dude, post processing (Siril, PixInsight, etc.) is still a learning journey! Like YOU did, right? 😂 Period.
Not sure if that was meant as a response to my comment or another 😂
@@SmithBeatZ1
Do you think so? 😂
Why? Is it about climate changing?
Or Blaise Pascal? 😂
@Petrusss8 I have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're talking about. That's why 😅 Maybe get some sleep?
Great video, the pictures you showed, are they edited from the FIT files? If so is it easy to edit FIT files ? 😊
I have got this on order from FLO. I'm hoping to get it before the Christmas holidays. It looks incredible.
11:09 i love this shot
Right cuz got damn those pics are clean
It also takes great pics of our Moon too!
I am blown away with the quality of the pictures.
That’s because they are AI enhanced.
Damon, I am new to your channel and for my first video I chose this Seestar S50 demonstration. Fantastic content and I’ll be hanging around checking out your other video content! Thank you so much for helping us new to the hobby!
Quick question ….how long did you set the Seestar outside to get the temperature of the scope acclimated to the air temperature that you had that night?Just curious… lastly, what impact would not acclimating the Seestar have had on your night of astrophotography? Does the Seestar small size help to reduce the impact on your data capture?
Cheers and clear skies! Jerry
im getting one this week
I also purchased a neewer leveling base which makes leveling the Seestar a breeze.
When I saw the final images you produced.. I kept shouting WOWOWOW! I am blown away. I ordered my Seestar back in June, and it's supposed to be delivered either this month [Nov] or Dec. I CANNOT WAIT! I used to own a very nice 10" DOB, with explore Scientific's best EP's and more. I always wanted to do astro-photos. Considering I'm on a small income, and cannot afford a huge and expensive setup, the Seestar is perfect! I also read from ZWO that they are working on adding a Mozaic mode. Thank you for IMHO is the best review and examples of any video highlighting the Seestar I've seen so far!!!
❤ That's it. Period.
I gave up with my new Astrophotography setup;
only my desired William Optics Zenithstar 61 would cost £580.
+ mount, + guide scope + guide cam... Even if I own a DSLR / M4/3 cam, how much will be the end? Around £1500-2000?
No way!
Seestar S50 for 500 bucks. Period 🎉 For those professional Astrophotographers, who are worried about "lack of learning curve" - Dude, post processing (Siril, PixInsight, etc.) is still a learning journey! Like YOU did, right? 😂 Period.
Amazing Damon thank you! You dont mention the softare you use to get to your "final image" can you advise please?
Great video Damon, thank you. I agree with everything you’ve demonstrated, but you can get some surface features of planets. With Jupiter, for example, go into Planetary mode and turn the exposure way down until it shows the cloud bands.
I watched your video about the Dwarf ll 2 months ago and immediately bought it. I spent all my budget. Now I’m watching this… I want it 😭😭😭
I pre-ordered the SeeStar S50 on the pre-launch special for $399. And while I did Love that sale price, I paid my dues...
Ordered in July and it arrived in November. I have an 8 inch SC and have been observing for quite a while.
But this little S50 has blown me away. My first week I had solar, moon and Orion Nebula pictures that were astounding.
Aside from it's very well designed GoTo system and communications suite.
It weighs 6lbs and this is great. My only downside has been the very short Tripod and very finicky leveling setup since the leveling bubble is covered once the scope is on the tripod,
then trying to get the legs shorter or longer to reach level. The one thing I would recommend to anyone who finds this frustrating is to get a micro leveler that attaches in between the tripod and scope. But that is the only thing that I had any problems with...on a 400 dollar scope that does such great things and gives such good results. I give it a 9.5 out of 10.
I’ve watched this video so many times. Great video. When you shoot Uranus, how can you tell which moons you are seeing? Is there some sort of site that you check with that says what moons are visible at certain times?
In all seriousness though, you mentioned that you edit the photos on your mobile device. Which application do you use? And is it available on iOS? Thank you in advance. Great video. My Seestar arrived but its been raining the last few day. I am eager to use it.
This is how you get people interested in astrophotography! One question! What is the end resolution of let's say a 30 minutes recording / exposure??
Holly shit! I sold my heq5pro setup because of that time so set it up every time you want to take some pictures. I can't believe how good the quality was of that M42 pic you took!
Just ordered the seestar after your informative video and subscribed, as a beginner into astronomy and astrophtography it will be ideal forme,i am also looking to buy SkyWatcher Explorer 150P EQ3 PRO in the near future so i can use my Canon dslr cameras and learn more,seeming i have retired and have lots of free time for astronomy.
Everytime i your vids, why arent you on the tv.. Just,,,,, welll just amazing....
Two questions:
1) What format are the output images? Is there any kind of RAW output?
2) Could you do any testing to make sure there’s no AI trickery going on in improving the images, as in the Samsung-Moon story a little while back?
The SeeStar s50 telescope captures images in jpeg and TIFF formats and record videos in MP4 or AVI formats. It saves raw ina fit format, if I remember correctly. Another channel -Cuiv the lazy geek- looked into your 2nd question and found that it is not using trickery.
Nice, cheers!
Yes it is worth collecting the individual fit files. Seestar does a great job of stacking that I find hard to beat but twice it has stacked a poor shot so being able to stack yourself and remove the rogue shot is very useful. I use Siril for processing it's free but there is a learning curve and I have a way to go!
It might interest me, can it be mounted on another tripod? Thank you very much.
the dithering edit goes hard
Thanks for the wonderful review! You mentioned it's not great at capturing solar objects like planets n it's moons....but I am interested in both solar n deep sky objects....so will this be the right choice? If not can you pls suggest which other smart telescope would fit
Hi Damon, like the honest video, especially from someone who has full rig setups. I am a visual observer but got the Seestar to start taking images from my town location in the South of England. I have to save that it is just a brilliant little scope to get someone like me into taking pictures of objects that would be a struggle to see in light polluted areas.
For anyone watching this, what I have done to help improve image taking is to get myself a better (taller) tripod and a tripod levelling head which makes levelling the Seestar via the app so much easier and quicker and reduces the number of discarded images.
Out of interest, what post processing software did you use on some of the images?
With the very unpredictable Welsh weather.
Seestar S50 is the next best thing. Easy set up, come and go.
I received mine today ! but it came with clouds and rain, now its a bit of a wait!
Pardon my ignorance. How much postprocessing was done on the final image of the Orion nebula and the horse head?
Remarkable gadget. I just wonder if the thrill would diminish quickly. After many telescopes I eventually got into imaging but got a little fed up with all the setting up. The S50 seems to solve many of the problems I faced. Might get one after the rush for Christmas!
I feel like it would for me. I just don't get the point. Literally anyone with this scope can take these photos so you're not doing anything that takes skill and at the end of the day your photos won't match up to the pros so... Why? It's not like picking up a DSLR and taking photos because those at least can be unique to you.
Lovely , wish I could afford it , might make me go outside again , missing the night sky .
I have a question if you dont mind? What star finder camera mounts are decent these days?
I saw on an older video you used a sky watcher star adventurer 2i and is that still pretty much a go to for this price band £300-400 or are there newer ones that are better? I am using a sony a6000 with either a 70-200 lens fo that camera or more often for star stuff i have the sigma 200-600mm so i do have a little bit of wieght in there.
At 7:41 in the vid theres a really cool pic where did you point your telescope at
Can't wait to get mine, It's been 2 1/2 months now without a shipping notification. I bought a Dwarf II in the meantime but I think the Seestar S50 will be better.
Beware of import duty
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.
what was the set up used ? the 850$ one 2:55. I wanna get into this but the mounts can be sooo expensive. I only have a 130mm for visual use
I just got an email that mine will arrive on Saturday. I’m very excited. My first telescope is a “hobby killer” so it’s been frustrating so far. I’m looking forward to this.
Same problem here. Have a "hobby killer" but still enjoying the hobby, just not using the telescope that much tbh.
My SeeStar is going to arrive in February
I wish more people would get out there and look up.
Yeah, I feel the same way. I do get tired of staring at Uranus. Uranus is so huge!
I want and need.
wow，that crab nebula really surprised me with how much detail it can see with this little machine，I will try on my setup, I found the target too small to worth doing it before
Can’t wait for mine, looks like it’s going to be another month or two according to the retailer. I understand that the Seestar does its own internal processing and stacking, but will it save the individual raw files and let me do my own stacking and aligning and processing?
Edit: NM, It does. I rewatched a vid by Cuiv where he spelled it out.
Yes, we can do our own stacking + pp. For 500 bucks. Period ❤
As you say, this is just the beginning, heaven knows what will be available in the future.
I love you Damon
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Whats up with Uranus ? :)
haha good video man i think im gonna buy it !
Ive been on the fence about this because i already have a dslr, but i dont really have a telescope to use it for DSOs. I think im gonna buy this