I have been doing amateur astronomy for over 60 years, and until retirement I was designing and building X-ray Astronomy satellites with cooled CCDs. So I have always had cameras and telescopes and dabbled with software. I have always been a bit against GOTO systems and smart telescopes, as it takes away naked eye observations and learning to navigate the night sky. However.......the S30 smart telescope is a revelation. A good lens, very low noise image sensor, smooth motor control, and very clever comprehensive software that does plate solving on the fly gives a fantastic user experience.
The thrill of it finding the objects we love in the night sky in real time is irresistible. I don't need much more than this, however, as I am a 'maker', not just a user I would like to find a group where we might be able to exploit the Seestar software to use with our existing telescopes and powered mounts.
Thank you Vega Vision for supplying the S30 at a good price and free delivery.
Very nice presentation, nice looking boxes, the filters look good and promise much so very much looking forward to first light (hopefully this weekend in Bortle 3 skies) 👌