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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.
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.
Thor's Helmet Nebula NGC 2359 by Andrej Flis
12h of 10s subs, with LP filter
Subs stacked and processed in Pixinsight.
Bode's Glaxy (M81) by Christian Fiore
1 hour total exposure, 10s/each
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.
NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)
2048 10 sec subs stacked and processed using PixInsight using HSO palette.
Rancho Santa Margarita CA, Bortle 6-7
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.
M33 by Andres Flis
8 hours of 10 sec exposures.
3x drizzle in PixInsight
Twin Quasars by Steve Knight.
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.
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
From 40º above Eastern horizon to 40º above the Western horizon
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
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)
Trifid Nebula (M20) by Rod Rowley
302 x 10s
Processed with PixInsight
Andromeda Nebula (M31) by Rob Warner
6-panel wide mosaic, each one about 400 10sec shots
Stacked with Siril, Graxpert, Snapseed
Andromeda Nebula (M31) by Edwin Hubble 1923
glass plate photograph
45 minute exposure with 100“ Hooker telescope
This image ended the Great Debate about the nature of spiral nebula
Horsehead by Roy Gutiérrez
1.3 hours of 10 sec exposures
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, Pixinsight and PS Express
Amealco, México. Bortle 5.
Pickering's Triangle by Robert Gaudet
1 hour 30 minute exposure
Processed in Siril with Hubble pallet and PS
Pinwheel Galaxy M101 by Michael Forbes
18.2 hours of 10s subs from Bortle 5
2x drizzle in PixInsight
18 May 2024 Moon by Albert Capell Brugués
Lagoon Nebula (M8) by Justin Baker
15 minute total integration
Stacked in Seestar, processed with Google Photos
Solar composite by David Evans
Baader Solar filter
Solar Dynamics Observatory prominenses
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) by Tim Farr
7 minutes of 10s subs
Processed in ASI, Siril, LR
Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) by Bruce Dumes
4628 10s subs
Lunar eclipse 2024 by Joshua Perkins
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
Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) by Steven Christensen
318 10s subs
Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop
Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) by Ian Hagan
30 minutes of 10s subs
SeeStar stacked fits file
Processed with PixInsight and ON1PhotoRaw 2024
Western Veil Nebula aka Witch's Broom (Caldwell 34) by Kiyosumi Kawano
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.
Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) by Ian Rodgers
57 minutes of 10s subs
Processed with Siril, GraXpert and Gimp.
M51 by Jason Blount
16 hours x10s
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in Pixinsight
Bortle 6 Sky
M51 sketch (before practical photography) by Lord Rosse 1845
The first revelation that some “nebulae” were spirals
Cigar galaxy(M82) by Andrej Flis
Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) by Scott Cumella
M13 by Tom Harnish
40 minutes of 10 second subs
Stacked in Seestar (Deep Sky Stack)
Post-processed with Pixinsight
exhibition/gallery.txt · Last modified: 2024/12/30 10:28 by tailspin