# Astrophotography

**URL:** https://discourse.okcastro.club/c/astrophotography/12.md

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## [Astrophotographers: Welcome! And some rules](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/astrophotographers-welcome-and-some-rules/78)

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**Author:** [@sdm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/sdm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/astrophotographers-welcome-and-some-rules/78 "2023-08-07T14:02:05Z")

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Oklahoma City Astronomy Club Astrophotography board! Here is your go-to place to post your astronomy photos, talk about your favorite esoteric star stacking app, discuss processing techniques, get help with any of the ab…

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## [Here's Looking At You](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/heres-looking-at-you/1852)

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**Author:** [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/heres-looking-at-you/1852 "2026-10-08T13:15:14Z")

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C 63 The Eye Of God / Helix Nebula … short exposure time, about 45 minutes

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## [Dwarf Mini pictures](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/dwarf-mini-pictures/1585)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/dwarf-mini-pictures/1585 "2026-10-08T03:38:30Z")

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Here is a few different targets. Whale galaxy (NGC4631, blow dryer galaxy(M100), Sadr region. All shot with 60sec exposures from here in the city

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## [M 33 Triangulum Galaxy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/m-33-triangulum-galaxy/1850)

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**Author:** [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/m-33-triangulum-galaxy/1850 "2026-10-07T18:49:05Z")

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M 33 Triangulum Galaxy … after 3 hours in front of the lens

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## [Heart & Soul Nebulas](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/heart-soul-nebulas/1847)

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**Author:** [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/heart-soul-nebulas/1847 "2026-10-07T04:07:12Z")

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Here’s a baseline image of the Heart & Soul nebulas … 2 hours on the S30 Pro

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## [Seestar S50 Pro pictures](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pro-pictures/1758)

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**Author:** [@JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JBro)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pro-pictures/1758 "2026-09-29T15:46:25Z")

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First lights with the S50 Pro! No post processing out of the app on the Lagoon and Triffid. Light processing in Pixinsight for the Iris Nebula. !\[I

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## [Seestar S30 Pro pictures](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s30-pro-pictures/1497)

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**Author:** [@JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JBro)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s30-pro-pictures/1497 "2026-09-19T22:42:29Z")

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Wasn’t sure where else to put these… a few images from the S30 Pro… Orion’s Belt, Just 3hrs of integration time at 20 sec and the Seagull Nebula (about 6 hours of integration time at 20 secs. All stacked and processed i…

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## [Bluebird satellites](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/bluebird-satellites/1801)

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**Author:** [@ClintGately](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/ClintGately)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/bluebird-satellites/1801 "2026-09-16T16:10:24Z")

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Observed the Bluebird satellites. Launched August 5th, they have been called “cell phone towers in space” designed to deliver broadband to ordinary phones anywhere on earth. They have giant flat antennas about the size o…

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## [Compare Mustang - CRO of NGC 6992 East Veil Nebula](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/compare-mustang-cro-of-ngc-6992-east-veil-nebula/1772)

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**Author:** [@BobOkie](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/BobOkie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/compare-mustang-cro-of-ngc-6992-east-veil-nebula/1772 "2026-09-10T15:30:33Z")

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Thought people would find this experiment interesting. These are single exposures (i.e. not stacked) from my Svbony SV503 102ED with Optolong L-Pro filter for 5 minutes. One is from backyard in Mustang and the other is …

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## [First Astrophotography Shot](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-astrophotography-shot/1763)

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**Author:** [@Zyllos](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Zyllos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-astrophotography-shot/1763 "2026-09-06T14:14:11Z")

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Hey everyone, Some of you might know me from around 10 years ago when I was a club member then. I had always wanted to get my hands dirty in this expensive, and sort of difficult at times, hobby. So, I have finally jump…

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## [Partial lunar eclipse](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/partial-lunar-eclipse/1761)

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**Author:** [@Wiggles93](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Wiggles93)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/partial-lunar-eclipse/1761 "2026-09-05T18:39:16Z")

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Tried to capture the lunar eclipse that happeded recently with asiair software. It wasnt the easiest thing to do. I have a good idea what to do in the future. This was taken with my C8 with a focal reducer. I used my…

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## [Comet 10P/Tempel 2](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/comet-10p-tempel-2/1716)

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**Author:** [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/comet-10p-tempel-2/1716 "2026-08-10T10:12:06Z")

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I finally managed to get an image of 10P/Tempel 2. Taken from my backyard on the morning of 10 August with my evscope 2. 20 Minutes, 300 4 sec subs.

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## [SH2-124 Hidden Nebula](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sh2-124-hidden-nebula/1695)

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**Author:** [@Starlord4052](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Starlord4052)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sh2-124-hidden-nebula/1695 "2026-07-26T16:12:07Z")

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Deep inside Cygnus is a little known or imaged nebula: the emission nebula SH2-124 and its associated planetary LDU1. This is my narrow band image (SHO) of the object using a Takahashi FSQ106 exposing for 7.5 hours. The …

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## [Camping trip images](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/camping-trip-images/1678)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/camping-trip-images/1678 "2026-07-14T14:09:04Z")

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This past weekend my family and I camped out at ft cobb lake . I took the dwarf mini along just in case we had some clear skies. First night there clouds cleaned for a few hours. So I ended up shooting Antares and the m…

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## [Imaging the Andromeda Galaxy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/imaging-the-andromeda-galaxy/1674)

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**Author:** [@CatsPaw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/CatsPaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/imaging-the-andromeda-galaxy/1674 "2026-07-14T13:58:56Z")

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Here is another image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Other excellent versions have been shown recently by Ryan and Aaron. In this one, I’m using my 80 mm Asker Extra-low Dispersion (ED) refraction scope that I won at OkieTex…

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## [Open Star Clusters](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/open-star-clusters/1467)

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**Author:** [@Randy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Randy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/open-star-clusters/1467 "2026-07-11T15:11:12Z")

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Thursday Feb 5th was unusual as it had zero wind, not too chilly and very clear night. Attached is part of the Hades open star cluster. Celestron CX8, NexStar 8SE, 50mm eyepiece with 0.5x corrector/reducer lense, iPhon…

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## ["Sky box for my Seestar S50](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sky-box-for-my-seestar-s50/1600)

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**Author:** [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sky-box-for-my-seestar-s50/1600 "2026-05-23T02:43:04Z")

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So designed this and testing it tonight in 15-17 mph winds. Seems to be working well

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## [Omega Centauri - How far south do you have to go?](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/omega-centauri-how-far-south-do-you-have-to-go/1601)

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**Author:** [@Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Tom.Graham)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/omega-centauri-how-far-south-do-you-have-to-go/1601 "2026-05-18T16:30:33Z")

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Dr. Marv’s posts (here and here) about tagging Omega Centauri last night from CRO with binoculars had me thinking: Why haven’t I tried harder myself to view this? After all, Globular Clusters have become my favorite dee…

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## [Moon and Mercury](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/moon-and-mercury/1478)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/moon-and-mercury/1478 "2026-05-15T22:52:00Z")

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Was taking the dwarf mini for a spin and found this!!

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## [Dwarf mini tracking](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/dwarf-mini-tracking/1485)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/dwarf-mini-tracking/1485 "2026-05-15T01:05:11Z")

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Hello everyone. I tried to push limits of this little smart telescope. This image created used 120sec exposures through the built in duo band filter. End up with almost 3 hours good subs. Not bad for a smart telescope…

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## [Seestar S50 pictures](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401)

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**Author:** [@DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/DaveNH6SM)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401 "2026-07-22T01:57:35Z")

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Took this one this morning of M45. This was the picture at the 3 hour mark. I kept taking for another hour then realized at some point in that last hour it went behind a tree.

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## [CRO Timelapse from Mach 21 2026](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/cro-timelapse-from-mach-21-2026/1590)

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**Author:** [@JRMacy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JRMacy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/cro-timelapse-from-mach-21-2026/1590 "2026-05-12T01:51:00Z")

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From back in March: Venus and the Moon set over CRO. Satellites and possibly a few planes cross the sky. Right at the end, in the right corner of the image the sky lights up with activity looking like a bunch of…

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## [Rare triple Galaxy arch article](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/rare-triple-galaxy-arch-article/1589)

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**Author:** [@mpsurge](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/mpsurge)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/rare-triple-galaxy-arch-article/1589 "2026-05-09T21:54:45Z")

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Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch | PetaPixel I was simply awestruck at this image

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## [Ngc7000 dwarf mini](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ngc7000-dwarf-mini/1581)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ngc7000-dwarf-mini/1581 "2026-05-06T18:57:29Z")

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Hello everyone here another quick image. Maybe 2 hrs of data. I’m ready for these nebulae to come back around at decent time. Shot this around 3 am other day. Dwarf minis internal processing let me do James Webb defracti…

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## [Moon, M44 & M35 dwarf mini](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/moon-m44-m35-dwarf-mini/1574)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/moon-m44-m35-dwarf-mini/1574 "2026-04-30T14:06:40Z")

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Hey everyone had little bit of clear skies last night so I took the dwarf mini for spin on the moon and couple of star clusters. About 20mins on each of the clusters

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## [ZWO AM7 mount-I'm impressed](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/zwo-am7-mount-im-impressed/1527)

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**Author:** [@gmillerok1](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/gmillerok1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/zwo-am7-mount-im-impressed/1527 "2026-03-23T23:41:05Z")

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I received a new ZWO AM7 and tried it out this weekend from my backyard, light pollution and all. While I think the image still could use a bit of tweaking I thought I would share it here. It used to be that for pinpoint…

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## [Sickle Moon 23hrs Old!](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sickle-moon-23hrs-old/1523)

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**Author:** [@Randy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Randy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/sickle-moon-23hrs-old/1523 "2026-03-20T02:05:18Z")

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So this evening (19-Mar-26) the moon is 23hrs old from yesterday’s new moon. This is the smallest sickle moon I’ve ever seen! Enjoy!

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## [Just for fun, Orion Nebula from my backyard, phone at the eyepiece](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/just-for-fun-orion-nebula-from-my-backyard-phone-at-the-eyepiece/1508)

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**Author:** [@victor\_hawk](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/victor_hawk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/just-for-fun-orion-nebula-from-my-backyard-phone-at-the-eyepiece/1508 "2026-03-18T21:00:22Z")

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Taken at the eyepiece of my 10" f5.6 reflector. Held my android phone up to the eyepiece. Was checking out an adapter, which didn’t work too good, so I tried holding the phone at the eyepiece instead. No processing. T…

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## [Markarians chain dwarf mini](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/markarians-chain-dwarf-mini/1512)

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**Author:** [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/markarians-chain-dwarf-mini/1512 "2026-03-11T00:48:25Z")

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A few hours on markarians chain and one touch processing.

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## [Seestar S30 Pro First Light](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s30-pro-first-light/1507)

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**Author:** [@jmichaelsturm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jmichaelsturm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s30-pro-first-light/1507 "2026-03-10T19:11:18Z")

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I couldn’t be more pleased with this little device. Last night I used planning mode to take a mosaic of the Orion, Flame, and Horsehead nebula and then switched to the Rosette Nebula and Bode’s Galaxy, all in EQ mode wit…

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