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Someone is selling a DS-2000 (claimed as new and too complex for him and his children to use) for $75? Worth an impulse buy? I'd love to take nice quality photos, is that scope capable of that? Searching has turned up no reviews nor mentions here.
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Jan 3, 2019 21:57
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Total newb who has no idea which way to go. I'm loving the Seestar stuff I'm seeing, I want things to be simple and as automated as possible and obviously the price point is great. On the other hand, it's worthless for planets, and I remember back to experiences as a kid at a relative's house being able to look through a live lens on his huge scope and seeing Saturn and Jupiter and how magical that was and would be for my kids now (and me!). But then looking at say, the recently recommended Starsense Dobsonian, that looks wonderful but to be able to take pictures with it, if possible at all, will be a hell of an extra expense on top of the scope itself. I think I'm leaning to the Seestar as the price of entry is low and if the hobby doesn't turn out to interest me as much as I think it would, the loss won't be too heavy, whereas getting the same capability (+planets) with the alternative would be a bigger headfirst dive.
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Nov 28, 2023 06:59
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Raikyn posted:It's kinda two totally different things. No, that's on me, I'm obviously torn and you nailed what my issues are. My son and I were watching one of the many Seestar videos on Youtube and marveling at the stuff they were getting, but when they pointed out that you couldn't get planets, that was really deflating. On the other hand, getting that and the photo capability is going to cost way more money.
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Nov 28, 2023 08:51
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They added a new planetary mode to the Seestar. Obviously not close to what you get with a decent standard scope, but there are actual details as opposed to the completely blown out white blob it was getting before.
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Nov 30, 2023 14:43
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I know some hardcore hobbyists are looking down on the new smart-scopes, and I won't bore you all with yet another Orion pic, but I had my first chance to use my Seestar S50 and got a nice shot with just a few minutes of exposures and no post-processing despite a Bortle 7 sky. Mission accomplished, "toy" scope, I'm hooked. My wife will probably look back on this night sometime in the future as the beginning of a horrible drain on our bank account. I don't think I'll be the only one for whom this little black box will be a gateway drug.
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Mar 22, 2024 04:12
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Liquid Chicken posted:Yep, go ahead and post your Orion. Post yours and I'll post mine (also Seestar). Ok, here it is. Again, no post and Bortle 7 with less than ten minutes of exposures. I'm pretty damned happy. 
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Mar 23, 2024 01:47
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Liquid Chicken posted:Very nice. I'm around Bortle 4 and 17 minutes on it. It really doesn't take much time to get a good shot of M42. That's beautiful.
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Mar 23, 2024 01:56
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We were supposed to be 60-80% cloud covered in my suburb south of Cleveland and instead got a virtually perfect sky. I got over 1800 images With my Seestar in my time lapse, but I'll share these last two shots. So happy with this little scope.  T1g4h posted:
That is gorgeous!
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