====== Useful Links ====== \\ ===== Astronomy Weather ===== [[https://www.astrospheric.com | Astrosheric]] [[https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/outdoorsports/seeing/|Meteo Blue]] [[http://clearoutside.com |Clear Outside]] [[https://www.metcheck.com/HOBBIES/astronomy.asp | MetCheck (UK)]] [[https://www.cleardarksky.com | Ckear Sky Chart]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_rock | Weather Rock (most reliable weather report)]] [[https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-truecolor-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined | Satellite cloud visualization]] [[https://www.swpc.noaa.gov | Sace Weather, including Sun]] \\ \\ ===== CloudyNights.com Seestar Forums ===== [[https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/880365-zwo-seestar-s50/|ZWO Seestar S50]] [[https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/896418-seestar-s50-photos/| Seestar S50 photos]] \\ \\ \\ ===== Where to Look Tonight ====== [[https://www.astrobin.com/fg7b5l/|Deep Sky Compendium (Excel)]] This spreadsheet helps you to decide on targets in your night sky. Sort by type, size, brightness, altitude, transit time, etc. using the current date and time, your location. It's a database of 3135 deep sky objects, and 26 cross-referenced catalogues. Each object has an image, a description, an imaging rating, a SIMBAD link, an ALADIN link, and 20 pieces of technical data. There's a free companion eBook (PDF), too. \\ \\ \\ ===== Facebook Seestar Groups ===== [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/237147005479572|ZWO Seestar S50 Users]] [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1739728636491488|ZWO Seestar S50 Owners]] [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/373417055173095|Smart Telescope Underworld]] [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/224717763818417|Seestar tricks and Astronomy for noobs]] [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/624585829784775|ZWO Seestar S50]] [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/417880297481112|Seestar S50 Newcomers astrophotographers Group]] \\ \\ \\ ===== Useful Websites ===== [[http://astrobackyard.com|Trevor Jones' awesome website that covers almost any topic related to astrophotography you can think of.]] [[https://welcome.astrobin.com|AstroBin, a place where 50,000+ share images]] [[https://www.cloudynights.com/|Cloudy Nights forums, mecca for astrophotographers - a great source of info and help]] [[https://nova.astrometry.net|THE home of plate solving. Upload any night sky image and this site will tell you what you're looking at, where it is, and much more]] [[https://www.adamblockstudios.com|Adam Block's astrophotography tutorials]] [[http://www.astropix.com/|Jerry Lodriguss's Astrophotography]] [[http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/|Bill Snyder's Astrophotography]] [[http://www.rc-astro.com/|Russel Croman's Astrophotagrophy]] [[http://www.blueridge-observatory.net/|David Collings's Blue Ridge Observatory]] [[http://www.starrywonders.com/|Steve Cannistra's Starry Wonders]] \\ \\ \\ ===== Useful Videos ===== {{youtube>AXg1_75Ot3U }} How to GoTo with demo of quick image capture \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ {{youtube>0e0j5UV-Tww }} Begining Post-processing (not Seestar, but... \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ {{youtube>7KmuxZsHCDM }} Cuiv the Lazy Geek (consistently good stuff) Try a YouTube search for ''lazy geek S50'' for more \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ {{youtube>EO4QFb3ydNM }} noise: what it is, what to do about it \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ {{youtube>3RH93UvP358 }} Deep Sky Imaging from A to Z \\ \\