Recent content by davenn

Star Trek Cross-over It's 45 lightyears to Chicago, it's dark and we are wearing sunglasses

I am absolutely wrapped ... I could never do that from home with any of my other scopes. yes, That's correct, I have a Samsung Z Fold4 -- an Android device. It uses a WiFi connection to the scope Being able to open the phone up, gives the larger screen which is great compared to most...

What exposure times and time of subs ? cheers Dave

First light for my ZWO Seestar S50 Pro imaging scope. From home - Bortle 7 light pollution, can only see brightest stars visually. M8 - Lagoon Nebula, 2min 30sec (10sec subs) with Light Pollution filter. Small bit of enhancement in the scope Am amazed what it can do in such a short exposure...

nope :) Dune was a separate Sci Fi movie

Star Trek Crossover pic's Now, for bonus points, name the Star Trek episode that the lower object appeared in :smile:

I have telescopes with eyepieces .... this is an exclusively imaging scope read back to my comments earlier in the thread and you will see the main reason why I am buying this scope :wink: You must have missed that comment :smile: cheers Dave

Let me be VERY clear. The S30 Pro and S50 Pro are not optically designed for planetary imaging. So any imaging of those objects is going to be poor. Other than the Sun and Moon, it's designed for deep space objects Dave

haha if ya did that, you would never buy anything, camera, computer, car etc etc As in my other comment, the ZWO S50 Pro has been maturing for 3 years and has produced very good improvements over the original S50

You misunderstood the process 10 minutes for imaging the sun and the moon produces 1000's of images. I cant find the exact frame rate of the video, all I know is that it is 4k, so likely to be at least 40fps. 40 fps * 60 sec = 2400 frames per minute x 10 minutes of video = 24,000 frames For...

Which is why I didnt buy one when they first came out There's been substantial improvements over the last 2 - 3 years :smile: :smile: So I am definitely not buying a first generation model All S50 Pro figures below come from ZWO's official US store listing, retrieved August 25, 2026...

I would really love to travel there and record this volcano doing its thing

For me, this is a huge advantage, with my ongoing and worsening health problems. It's becoming more and more difficult for me to get out with my other scopes for doing astrophotography and this will be a way I can get out with something light and portable and still produce astro-images. I...