====== Curated Gallery of Exceptional S50 Images ====== 

Some folks turn their nose up at the Seestar. "It only has a 50mm aperture," they say. "You can't take long expsures with an alt-az mount" they say. "The camera can't compare with new astro cameras," they say. Bull.

This page is dedicated to extraordinary Seestar astrophotography, the best of the best (and a few historically significant images). Here you'll see what the community generally considers excellent results produced by the Seestar. 


<fc #00ffff>**Then order in which the images appear is more or less random and more or less based on which one was added last. More or less.**</fc>


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Thor's Helmet Nebula NGC 2359 by Andrej Flis\\
12h of 10s subs, with LP filter\\
Subs stacked and processed in Pixinsight.
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Bode's Glaxy (M81) by Christian Fiore\\
1 hour total exposure, 10s/each\\
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Dumbell Nebula (M275) by TYhiha Thway\\
857 subs of 10 sec (16.3 hrs data). HOO and normal color pallett. Bortle 7 sky.\\
Stacked in Siril with 2x Drizzle (took 74 hrs total).\\
Master series fit file takes over 300GB. Edited in PixInsight.
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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)\\
2048 10 sec subs stacked and processed using PixInsight using HSO palette.\\
Rancho Santa Margarita CA, Bortle 6-7
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NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula) with M52 star cluster  by Rob Loeffler\\
964 10-sec subs stacked and processed using PixInsight\\
Rancho Santa Margarita CA, Bortle 6-7
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Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946 by Chis Slaten\\
Best 1400 of 2000 subs @ 10 seconds (IR cut filter)\\
Bortle 6 skies on four separate nights\\
PixInsight used for all processing\\
3x drizzle downsampled to reduce noise and enhance detail.
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M33 by Andres Flis\\
8 hours of 10 sec exposures.\\
3x drizzle in PixInsight
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<fs large>Twin Quasars by Steve Knight.</fs>\\
Actually a single quasar 8.7 billion light-years away.\\
Light bent by an intervening galaxy creates two images,\\
each magnitude 17 and 6 arcseconds apart.\\
One image is 14 months older because the light\\
traveled farther because of lensing.\\
30 min of 10 sec exposures.
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Eastern Veil by Dennis Fiedler\\
Around 2 hours of 10 second subs, Bortle 4.\\
Stacked and edited with Pixinsight
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Solar field rotation by Heyward Hall\\
Seven-hour timelapse at 1 second intervals\\
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Jupiter by Anthony Scnau\\
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Eagle Nebula (M16) by Stuart Trenholm\\
3 separate files composited together in Photoshop\\
One file is a mosaic, one is color graded, and one is for detail\\ 
1092 exposures 10sec about a 3 hour exposure\\
Shot on Seestars on multiple nights\\
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North America Nebula (NGC 7000) by Steve Phillips\\
Six-panel mosaic\\
Each panel 1 Hour with 10 Sec Exposures\\
Stacked in Siril with Seestar Script (with Drizzle Added)
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Trifid Nebula (M20) by Rod Rowley\\
302 x 10s
Processed with PixInsight</WRAP>
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Andromeda Nebula (M31) by Rob Warner\\
6-panel wide mosaic, each one about 400 10sec shots
Stacked with Siril, Graxpert, Snapseed </WRAP>
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Andromeda Nebula (M31) by Edwin Hubble 1923\\
glass plate photograph\\ 
45 minute exposure with 100" Hooker telescope\\ 
This image ended the [[https://bigthink.com/13-8/great-debate-hubble/|Great Debate]] about the nature of spiral nebula</WRAP>
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Horsehead by Roy Gutiérrez\\
1.3 hours of 10 sec exposures\\
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, Pixinsight and PS Express\\
Amealco, México. Bortle 5.
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Pickering's Triangle by Robert Gaudet\\
1 hour 30 minute exposure\\
Processed in Siril with Hubble pallet and PS
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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 by Michael Forbes\\
18.2 hours of 10s subs from Bortle 5\\
2x drizzle in PixInsight
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18 May 2024 Moon by Albert Capell Brugués
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Lagoon Nebula (M8) by Justin Baker\\
15 minute total integration\\
Stacked in Seestar, processed with Google Photos</WRAP>
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Solar composite by David Evans\\
Baader Solar filter\\
Solar Dynamics Observatory prominenses
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) by Tim Farr\\
7 minutes of 10s subs\\
Processed in ASI, Siril, LR
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Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) by Bruce Dumes\\
4628 10s subs\\
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Lunar eclipse 2024 by Joshua Perkins\\
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Dolphin Head Nebula (SH2-308) by Brian Gunsher\\
1017 20s subs collected on two nights\\
Stacked and processed in Pixinsight. Tweaks and edits in Photoshop\\
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Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) by Steven Christensen\\
318 10s subs
Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop\\
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Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) by Ian Hagan\\
30 minutes of 10s subs\\
SeeStar stacked fits file\\
Processed with PixInsight and ON1PhotoRaw 2024
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Western Veil Nebula aka Witch's Broom (Caldwell 34) by Kiyosumi Kawano\\
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Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) by Dave Tyra\\
10 hours of 10 and 20 sec subs over several nights in EQ mode.
Stacked, drizzled and processed in Pixinsight.
Imaged in Bortle 4 skies from the Central Coast of California.
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Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) by Ian Rodgers\\
57 minutes of 10s subs\\
Processed with Siril, GraXpert and Gimp.
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M51 by Jason Blount\\ 
16 hours x10s\\
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker\\
Processed in Pixinsight\\
Bortle 6 Sky
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M51 sketch (before practical photography) by Lord Rosse 1845\\ 
The first revelation that some "nebulae" were spirals</WRAP>
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Cigar galaxy(M82) by Andrej Flis
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Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) by Scott Cumella
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M13 by Tom Harnish \\ 
40 minutes of 10 second subs\\ 
Stacked in Seestar (Deep Sky Stack)\\ 
Post-processed with Pixinsight 
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