The ZWO Seestar S50 is a smart telescope unlike any other on the market, integrating ZWO's renowned astronomy technology into a simple to use, all-in-one instrument. Unlike other smart telescopes, this one is actually made by an astronomy company who knows what they're doing! Featuring built-in ASIAIR intelligent controller, EAF electronic autofocuser, GOTO mount, dew heater, astronomical camera and filter switcher, the Seestar S50 is a truly capable imaging instrument at an incredible price.
The ZWO Seestar S50 is a smart telescope unlike any other on the market, integrating ZWO's renowned astronomy technology into a simple to use, all-in-one instrument. Unlike other smart telescopes, this one is actually made by an astronomy company who knows what they're doing! Featuring built-in ASIAIR intelligent controller, EAF electronic autofocuser, GOTO mount, dew heater, astronomical camera and filter switcher, the Seestar S50 is a truly capable imaging instrument at an incredible price.
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ZWO Seestar S50 50mm f/5 All-in-One Smart Telescope, 2.0"
The ZWO Seestar S50 is a smart telescope unlike any other on the market, integrating ZWO's renowned astronomy technology into a simple to use, all-in-one instrument. Unlike other smart telescopes, this one is actually made by an astronomy company who knows what they're doing! Featuring built-in ASIAIR intelligent controller, EAF electronic autofocuser, GOTO mount, dew heater, astronomical camera and filter switcher, the Seestar S50 is a truly capable imaging instrument at an incredible price.
The ZWO Seestar S50 is a smart telescope unlike any other on the market, integrating ZWO's renowned astronomy technology into a simple to use, all-in-one instrument. Unlike other smart telescopes, this one is actually made by an astronomy company who knows what they're doing! Featuring built-in ASIAIR intelligent controller, EAF electronic autofocuser, GOTO mount, dew heater, astronomical camera and filter switcher, the Seestar S50 is a truly capable imaging instrument at an incredible price.
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I received my SeeStar S50 this week, and as is probably the norm for the UK- for me first light was using the scope in Solar mode on our own sun as each night this week it’s either been cloudy or raining! Set up was a doddle, download the app, connect to scope, update the scope (if needed) and setup your account. The app is pretty self explanatory, though there’s the odd thing you can set (or change) which doesn’t really have any documentation for. Imagining was really easy, though I did need to manually find the sun after it gave up trying to find it automatically. The scope is simply slewed using a touch pad on whatever device you chose to control it via- in my case my iPad. It’s very touch sensitive though, a little shift of my finger and the sun was in and out ... MoreI received my SeeStar S50 this week, and as is probably the norm for the UK- for me first light was using the scope in Solar mode on our own sun as each night this week it’s either been cloudy or raining! Set up was a doddle, download the app, connect to scope, update the scope (if needed) and setup your account. The app is pretty self explanatory, though there’s the odd thing you can set (or change) which doesn’t really have any documentation for. Imagining was really easy, though I did need to manually find the sun after it gave up trying to find it automatically. The scope is simply slewed using a touch pad on whatever device you chose to control it via- in my case my iPad. It’s very touch sensitive though, a little shift of my finger and the sun was in and out of frame again in seconds! But, once found it’ll self centre (with the latest version of the app) and a simple tap of a button on screen and my image was saved on my iPad. Can’t vouch for doing any astrophotography with it as yet as I’ve yet to get out on a clear night with it, but it’s certainly fun and very educational for all from beginners getting into astronomy, to those more advanced astronomers into their astrophotography in general, or those wanting a small, portable scope you can pop in the car and travel with and it certainly shows some serious potential!
originally posted on firstlightoptics.com/
Although I have seven telescopes, including a mammoth 12" Dob, I absolutely adore the SeeStar. Yes, you don't actually experience photons hitting your optic nerve from celestial sights but what a treat - it sets up in seconds, showing and telling you what to do. Its incredibly portable and instead of "seeing" a few targets a night, it moves itself to many others - even displaying their position throughout the night. I am from the old school of planispheres and red dotters. I was even suspicious of GoTos until I got my 8se, but the precious time you save, especially in Wales when you might get an hour of clear viewing, is priceless. Because it's so cloudy where I live, I'd almost given up on seeing anything at night, so I thought I'd finally be brave enough to go ... MoreAlthough I have seven telescopes, including a mammoth 12" Dob, I absolutely adore the SeeStar. Yes, you don't actually experience photons hitting your optic nerve from celestial sights but what a treat - it sets up in seconds, showing and telling you what to do. Its incredibly portable and instead of "seeing" a few targets a night, it moves itself to many others - even displaying their position throughout the night. I am from the old school of planispheres and red dotters. I was even suspicious of GoTos until I got my 8se, but the precious time you save, especially in Wales when you might get an hour of clear viewing, is priceless. Because it's so cloudy where I live, I'd almost given up on seeing anything at night, so I thought I'd finally be brave enough to go solar. I never would have trusted, even with the very best solar filter, looking at the sun through a telescope but with the SeeStar it is fabulously safe. I bought the Baader filter too, but I like the orange one that comes with it. Also be sure to purchase the gizmo leveller which is great fun and the lens cap. The photographs you'll get of the sun, moon, galaxies and nebulae are stunning but the planets - forget it. Purchase a mobile phone adaptor and use a telescope or even better, like I did, get the planetary ZWO585 camera. It's fantastic. Another fun thing about the SeeStar - it even does terrestrial pictures. I can see sheep six miles away hahaha Seriously though, for beginners or even really old pros like me trying out astrophotography - what a brilliant way to learn at a fraction of the cost of a regular rig. Forget trying to follow the folded printed instructions to set it up. Watch youtube videos or download the manual and read it several times. You will need to know about your smartphone's WIFI connections and so many instructions assume way too much. If I was sixteen or a computer geek, there wouldn't be any problem at all. But get over that only hurdle and prepare to have incredible fun! Maybe even have it beside your regular scope at the same time. You can even recline in your lounger and run it from inside! What an absolute bargain!
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The S50 is a real game changer for beginning astrophotographers. It is much more affordable than a large telescope and all the additional photography equipment you would need to add to it. The S50 tells you what's visible and where and will then automatically GOTO the object and automatically start the imaging process. The attached photos were taken during only my second use of the scope. All I did was place the scope outside, connect my iPad, and then retreat to the warmth of my living room while I watched it create the image. I tried to get into astronomy a while back by purchasing a 10 Dobsonian telescope. It only took a few chilly nights of standing outside searching for objects, only to be disappointed by the view I eventually got, before it became too much of ... MoreThe S50 is a real game changer for beginning astrophotographers. It is much more affordable than a large telescope and all the additional photography equipment you would need to add to it. The S50 tells you what's visible and where and will then automatically GOTO the object and automatically start the imaging process. The attached photos were taken during only my second use of the scope. All I did was place the scope outside, connect my iPad, and then retreat to the warmth of my living room while I watched it create the image. I tried to get into astronomy a while back by purchasing a 10 Dobsonian telescope. It only took a few chilly nights of standing outside searching for objects, only to be disappointed by the view I eventually got, before it became too much of a chore to drag it outside, set it up, and deal with the frigid weather, which is when the sky is best in my area. The S50 solved all of those problems and the results of the images are amazing. The veil nebula photo took maybe 10-15 minutes of exposure and was processed in 5-10 minutes using only Photoshop Express. The M2 cluster image is an unretouched 10-minute exposure directly from the scope. I am blown away by how easy it was to achieve those results. The S50 is very well made and comes in a hard foam case for protection. It is light weight, easy to set up (basically screw the tripod on), and begin imaging. I've only had it briefly so I can't speak to the longevity of it, but I hope it lasts a very long time because I absolutely love it!
| Magnification | Auto focus |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 50 mm |
| Focus Type | Auto focus |
| Supported Accessories | Filter |
| Resistance | Not recommended to store in high humidity environments |
Seestar S50 - Used
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ZWO SeeStar S50 (78688) - Optics
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ZWO Seestar S50 50mm f/5 All-in-One Smart Telescope
I received my SeeStar S50 this week, and as is probably the norm for the UK- for me first light was using the scope in Solar mode on our own sun as each night this week it’s either been cloudy or raining! Set up was a doddle, download the app, connect to scope, update the scope (if needed) and setup your account. The app is pretty self explanatory, though there’s the odd thing you can set (or change) which doesn’t really have any documentation for. Imagining was really easy, though I did need to manually find the sun after it gave up trying to find it automatically. The scope is simply slewed using a touch pad on whatever device you chose to control it via- in my case my iPad. It’s very touch sensitive though, a little shift of my finger and the sun was in and out ... MoreI received my SeeStar S50 this week, and as is probably the norm for the UK- for me first light was using the scope in Solar mode on our own sun as each night this week it’s either been cloudy or raining! Set up was a doddle, download the app, connect to scope, update the scope (if needed) and setup your account. The app is pretty self explanatory, though there’s the odd thing you can set (or change) which doesn’t really have any documentation for. Imagining was really easy, though I did need to manually find the sun after it gave up trying to find it automatically. The scope is simply slewed using a touch pad on whatever device you chose to control it via- in my case my iPad. It’s very touch sensitive though, a little shift of my finger and the sun was in and out of frame again in seconds! But, once found it’ll self centre (with the latest version of the app) and a simple tap of a button on screen and my image was saved on my iPad. Can’t vouch for doing any astrophotography with it as yet as I’ve yet to get out on a clear night with it, but it’s certainly fun and very educational for all from beginners getting into astronomy, to those more advanced astronomers into their astrophotography in general, or those wanting a small, portable scope you can pop in the car and travel with and it certainly shows some serious potential!
Although I have seven telescopes, including a mammoth 12" Dob, I absolutely adore the SeeStar. Yes, you don't actually experience photons hitting your optic nerve from celestial sights but what a treat - it sets up in seconds, showing and telling you what to do. Its incredibly portable and instead of "seeing" a few targets a night, it moves itself to many others - even displaying their position throughout the night. I am from the old school of planispheres and red dotters. I was even suspicious of GoTos until I got my 8se, but the precious time you save, especially in Wales when you might get an hour of clear viewing, is priceless. Because it's so cloudy where I live, I'd almost given up on seeing anything at night, so I thought I'd finally be brave enough to go ... MoreAlthough I have seven telescopes, including a mammoth 12" Dob, I absolutely adore the SeeStar. Yes, you don't actually experience photons hitting your optic nerve from celestial sights but what a treat - it sets up in seconds, showing and telling you what to do. Its incredibly portable and instead of "seeing" a few targets a night, it moves itself to many others - even displaying their position throughout the night. I am from the old school of planispheres and red dotters. I was even suspicious of GoTos until I got my 8se, but the precious time you save, especially in Wales when you might get an hour of clear viewing, is priceless. Because it's so cloudy where I live, I'd almost given up on seeing anything at night, so I thought I'd finally be brave enough to go solar. I never would have trusted, even with the very best solar filter, looking at the sun through a telescope but with the SeeStar it is fabulously safe. I bought the Baader filter too, but I like the orange one that comes with it. Also be sure to purchase the gizmo leveller which is great fun and the lens cap. The photographs you'll get of the sun, moon, galaxies and nebulae are stunning but the planets - forget it. Purchase a mobile phone adaptor and use a telescope or even better, like I did, get the planetary ZWO585 camera. It's fantastic. Another fun thing about the SeeStar - it even does terrestrial pictures. I can see sheep six miles away hahaha Seriously though, for beginners or even really old pros like me trying out astrophotography - what a brilliant way to learn at a fraction of the cost of a regular rig. Forget trying to follow the folded printed instructions to set it up. Watch youtube videos or download the manual and read it several times. You will need to know about your smartphone's WIFI connections and so many instructions assume way too much. If I was sixteen or a computer geek, there wouldn't be any problem at all. But get over that only hurdle and prepare to have incredible fun! Maybe even have it beside your regular scope at the same time. You can even recline in your lounger and run it from inside! What an absolute bargain!
The S50 is a real game changer for beginning astrophotographers. It is much more affordable than a large telescope and all the additional photography equipment you would need to add to it. The S50 tells you what's visible and where and will then automatically GOTO the object and automatically start the imaging process. The attached photos were taken during only my second use of the scope. All I did was place the scope outside, connect my iPad, and then retreat to the warmth of my living room while I watched it create the image. I tried to get into astronomy a while back by purchasing a 10 Dobsonian telescope. It only took a few chilly nights of standing outside searching for objects, only to be disappointed by the view I eventually got, before it became too much of ... MoreThe S50 is a real game changer for beginning astrophotographers. It is much more affordable than a large telescope and all the additional photography equipment you would need to add to it. The S50 tells you what's visible and where and will then automatically GOTO the object and automatically start the imaging process. The attached photos were taken during only my second use of the scope. All I did was place the scope outside, connect my iPad, and then retreat to the warmth of my living room while I watched it create the image. I tried to get into astronomy a while back by purchasing a 10 Dobsonian telescope. It only took a few chilly nights of standing outside searching for objects, only to be disappointed by the view I eventually got, before it became too much of a chore to drag it outside, set it up, and deal with the frigid weather, which is when the sky is best in my area. The S50 solved all of those problems and the results of the images are amazing. The veil nebula photo took maybe 10-15 minutes of exposure and was processed in 5-10 minutes using only Photoshop Express. The M2 cluster image is an unretouched 10-minute exposure directly from the scope. I am blown away by how easy it was to achieve those results. The S50 is very well made and comes in a hard foam case for protection. It is light weight, easy to set up (basically screw the tripod on), and begin imaging. I've only had it briefly so I can't speak to the longevity of it, but I hope it lasts a very long time because I absolutely love it!
I have several friends who have purchased this scope. Its weight and simplicity make it attractive. We are experiences astronomers with sophisticated telescopes. The Seestar is very light and transmits the images to a smart phone or smart pad. It doesn't support eyepieces. The field-of-view is wide it electronically. It can exhibit real-time images and also capture photos. For photos, there is a limitation to the length of time to about 10 seconds. The scope will track the object in the center of its view very well, but long exposures will generate photos with some distortion because, relative to the camera, and the Earth's rotation, objects will be elongated. The photo sensor in the Seestar is of fairly low resolution. If many 10 second photos are taken, and ... MoreI have several friends who have purchased this scope. Its weight and simplicity make it attractive. We are experiences astronomers with sophisticated telescopes. The Seestar is very light and transmits the images to a smart phone or smart pad. It doesn't support eyepieces. The field-of-view is wide it electronically. It can exhibit real-time images and also capture photos. For photos, there is a limitation to the length of time to about 10 seconds. The scope will track the object in the center of its view very well, but long exposures will generate photos with some distortion because, relative to the camera, and the Earth's rotation, objects will be elongated. The photo sensor in the Seestar is of fairly low resolution. If many 10 second photos are taken, and stacked, the result is a much better image. The makers or the Seestar, the ZWO Corp. usually upgrades products are a rapid pace. If they gave good sales of the Seestar S50, we can be sure that they will introduce a model that has a higher resolution sensor and built-in compensation for field rotation. The Seestar S50 is a game changer in astronomy because of its quality, simplicity, features and affordable price. I am anxious to see what the company, and its competitors introduce next.
Always wanted to learn more about astronomy, but work (that paid the bills), sleep, being good in math…all those kept me from venturing into this hobby. Now retirement has taken hold, and with advances in technology, THIS SeeStar Smart Telescope is hands down, a winner and fills the aforementioned lack of skills (math and staying up late)! This is a great beginning to astronomy, astrophotography, and fulfilling some dreams. Easy operation from your iphone or ipad, from your living room chair (INSIDE), and in a couple minutes, your Seestar telescope is centering on Deep space, planets, solar, and landscapes. This telescope is a complex conglomeration of astronomy techniques, methods, and phtography, ALL made simple. Check out reviews on You Tube, then visit an ... MoreAlways wanted to learn more about astronomy, but work (that paid the bills), sleep, being good in math…all those kept me from venturing into this hobby. Now retirement has taken hold, and with advances in technology, THIS SeeStar Smart Telescope is hands down, a winner and fills the aforementioned lack of skills (math and staying up late)! This is a great beginning to astronomy, astrophotography, and fulfilling some dreams. Easy operation from your iphone or ipad, from your living room chair (INSIDE), and in a couple minutes, your Seestar telescope is centering on Deep space, planets, solar, and landscapes. This telescope is a complex conglomeration of astronomy techniques, methods, and phtography, ALL made simple. Check out reviews on You Tube, then visit an astronomy club as no doubt, someone will have one for you to get ‘hands on’ with, although there really is not much other than leveling the telescope that you can do (except when wanting to view the sun, you need to put a solar filter (included in the purchase) on the telescope. Cost is very minor, as in $500. Is it weatherproof? No, but if its going to rain, or storm or blow, you probably should not be trying to look into the heavens right then… This telescope is fun to poke around with, and takes multiple pictures….the software (again, downloaded to your iphone or ipad) has suggestions of what’s visible from your location, and you just select one, tell it to go there, from your easy chair inside your house, and outside, it opens up, turns, finds, and centers your object. How do you know — its showing you on your iphone or ipad what it is looking at! Then it will start to ‘stack’ pictures on top of one another, for just about as long as you want…which makes an EXCELLENT picture. Bring the telescope inside, one cord to connect to your ipad, and begin to process the stack of pictures on the Telescope with whatever post-processing software you normally use when taking pictures. I use On1…and there are some other software packages that are very intense in the learning curve for astrophotography… but thats later. Meanwhile, charge it up, set it outside at dusk, level it, go back inside, maybe an adult beverage, open you ipad, start the Seestar software, and enjoy the view. This is a WINNER Chicken Dinner.
This telescope is so small and is able to capture stunning deep space images with little to no advance knowledge of astrophotography. It’s true “couch astronomy”. Set it up outside in 5 minutes then go back inside and using your phone tell it what you want to photograph. The scope plate solves to bring the object dead center without the need for polar alignment. Hit the button on your phone to take the image and the scope will begin taking 10 second images and stacking them. In a few minutes you will see the image start to “develop” on your phone. Capture for 10 minutes, 30, and hour or longer - the image will keep improving. No being cold outside in winter no dealing with bugs in the summer. It’s genius.I have an 8” SCT for visual observation and it would cost ... MoreThis telescope is so small and is able to capture stunning deep space images with little to no advance knowledge of astrophotography. It’s true “couch astronomy”. Set it up outside in 5 minutes then go back inside and using your phone tell it what you want to photograph. The scope plate solves to bring the object dead center without the need for polar alignment. Hit the button on your phone to take the image and the scope will begin taking 10 second images and stacking them. In a few minutes you will see the image start to “develop” on your phone. Capture for 10 minutes, 30, and hour or longer - the image will keep improving. No being cold outside in winter no dealing with bugs in the summer. It’s genius.I have an 8” SCT for visual observation and it would cost thousands of dollars in extra gear for my larger scope to take photos like this!The future is here now! Get this if you are interested in the night sky!Note: This scope is NOT a good choice if you want to look at planets. They will appear very tiny and washed out.
I purchased my Seestar S50 on the 8th of july 2023 when orders where at it's peak. I thought it would be reasonable to expect it around Christmas time, But FLO had other ideas and on the 28th of September 2023 i received an Email from FLO letting me know my Seestar S50 is on it's way to me. I was over joyed and could not wait. It's been around 2 months now that ive been able to enjoy this Amazing peice of Tech and every time i take it out im learning something new. The amount of technology thats inside this Little Box of Magic is mind blowing for the Price. It's very easy to use and makes those cold nights much more enjoyable when you can just switch it on and go back inside, make a cup of coffee and watch on your phone as the universe comes alive. If your reading ... MoreI purchased my Seestar S50 on the 8th of july 2023 when orders where at it's peak. I thought it would be reasonable to expect it around Christmas time, But FLO had other ideas and on the 28th of September 2023 i received an Email from FLO letting me know my Seestar S50 is on it's way to me. I was over joyed and could not wait. It's been around 2 months now that ive been able to enjoy this Amazing peice of Tech and every time i take it out im learning something new. The amount of technology thats inside this Little Box of Magic is mind blowing for the Price. It's very easy to use and makes those cold nights much more enjoyable when you can just switch it on and go back inside, make a cup of coffee and watch on your phone as the universe comes alive. If your reading this then your obviously interested in purchasing one....then what are you waiting for.. I would without doubt recommend the Seestar S50 to Beguinners and Experienced Astrophotographers, and all you guys who have never done this before but are thinking about it..go for it.. you wont be dissapointed. And lastly let us not forget FLO who go out of there way to make sure we receive what we ordered on time and with care. If FLO was a star it would exceed the speed of light!.
I was regretting buying this.i was pulling my hair out ..2 hours trying to connect to my Samsung A12 phone, tryed every setting in phone,in end i used my wife's Samsung A7 galaxy lite pad low and behold it connected! Went out side, got the moon, very good sharp image I was impressed, sent it to m45 did a few mins on that, too big could not get the question mark in, it did pull some stars in, went on to m1 crab, was very pleased with a few mins if that with colour in the crab, jupiter just a ball of light, Trouble with the scope on a small pod if your near any sheds house or trees it won't lock on target, says identifying 10mins later...kept having to go out side on the patio to see where it was, pointing, oh a tree in way or building. Ad says conects to any phone ... MoreI was regretting buying this.i was pulling my hair out ..2 hours trying to connect to my Samsung A12 phone, tryed every setting in phone,in end i used my wife's Samsung A7 galaxy lite pad low and behold it connected! Went out side, got the moon, very good sharp image I was impressed, sent it to m45 did a few mins on that, too big could not get the question mark in, it did pull some stars in, went on to m1 crab, was very pleased with a few mins if that with colour in the crab, jupiter just a ball of light, Trouble with the scope on a small pod if your near any sheds house or trees it won't lock on target, says identifying 10mins later...kept having to go out side on the patio to see where it was, pointing, oh a tree in way or building. Ad says conects to any phone erh no it don't.. you need a phone with 5g! My A12 his 2.4g...to get round that problem 3 days later faffing, I used the Samsung tablet and went to seestars setting the scope in corner, go to wi fi and switch to 2.4g...low and behold I got the phone to connect, no instruction nothing on seestar site, I am on Facebook seestar users group very good to find stuff out very helpful, There's loads to learn on this scope, some people have had luck straight out the box, but not me! Oh it takes ages to charge, 1hour per red light, on landscape mode 10 yards won't focus properly but that's the scopes power doublet. Beyond 10yards very good. You need its dew heater on in this cold weather that wacks battery, mine ended up 36%. You will need the extra leveller device flo sell. There's been some very good images with this people have took, I bought this because I was sick of going out side and faffing with the skywatcher azgti and camera with no results, wasted sessions. It does furfill its needs doing away with all the astro gear you need for a dedicated image set up. It's like anything you need time to learn to get to grips with it.
I really didn't think I would like a smart telescope which is why I started with the inexpensive Seestar. I have an old school manual Celestron C-8 and also an Evolurion 9.25 so it didn't seem like it would be much fun not looking through the eyepiece or taking pictures of things you've already taken pictures of with more complicated set ups, but it really is a great way of just doing some casual astronomy without dragging out large, heavy equipment. It's also more exciting for non-astronomers. Instead of a fuzzy blob they get to see the fuzzy blob at the beginning and a full blown picture to share immediately.It doesn't replace that visceral feeling of looking through the eyepiece, but it's quick and easy to set up, very portable, and much more accessible to ... MoreI really didn't think I would like a smart telescope which is why I started with the inexpensive Seestar. I have an old school manual Celestron C-8 and also an Evolurion 9.25 so it didn't seem like it would be much fun not looking through the eyepiece or taking pictures of things you've already taken pictures of with more complicated set ups, but it really is a great way of just doing some casual astronomy without dragging out large, heavy equipment. It's also more exciting for non-astronomers. Instead of a fuzzy blob they get to see the fuzzy blob at the beginning and a full blown picture to share immediately.It doesn't replace that visceral feeling of looking through the eyepiece, but it's quick and easy to set up, very portable, and much more accessible to normal folks. Picture attached was just a short few minute capture my first night, so you can see decent results even with a short session.It's also a great way to bring astronomy to the elderly or disabled that are not able to stand or hold themselves steady to look through an eye piece.It doesn't replace a good telescope, but it's a fun additional tool.
Ordered from FLO on 14th February, after reading the review in March 2024 Sky & Telescope, and it arrived the next day - first class service. There have been two short breaks in the total cloud cover since then, but these allowed me to shoot a moon video, and also a 21 minute exposure of M32/M33. This is an absolutely outstanding product. After pairing both an iPhone and an iPad Pro, with the S50, connecting the phone with the scope and levelling the scope are the only setting up required. I had purchased the Astro Essentials Precision Tripod Level Adjuster, which I would thoroughly recommend to simplify the levelling - much easier than adjusting tripod legs. Go To, auto focus, auto exposure levels, tracking, OIII/hydrogen alpha filter and transferring results to ... MoreOrdered from FLO on 14th February, after reading the review in March 2024 Sky & Telescope, and it arrived the next day - first class service. There have been two short breaks in the total cloud cover since then, but these allowed me to shoot a moon video, and also a 21 minute exposure of M32/M33. This is an absolutely outstanding product. After pairing both an iPhone and an iPad Pro, with the S50, connecting the phone with the scope and levelling the scope are the only setting up required. I had purchased the Astro Essentials Precision Tripod Level Adjuster, which I would thoroughly recommend to simplify the levelling - much easier than adjusting tripod legs. Go To, auto focus, auto exposure levels, tracking, OIII/hydrogen alpha filter and transferring results to iPhone all worked flawlessly; and the quality of the pictures produced I can only describe as amazing. A recent soft ware upgrade will now allow videos to be stacked, which I have yet to try. There is also no need to stand outside in the cold, as the app worked flawlessly for me from indoors. I have yet to try the dew heater. I did not find the instructions supplied particularly intuitive, but there are lots of excellent guides available on YouTube which answered all my questions. This is a brilliant device which I fully recommend.
| Magnification | Auto focus |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 50 mm |
| Focus Type | Auto focus |
| Supported Accessories | Filter |
| Resistance | Not recommended to store in high humidity environments |
