# First Light for me on a Seestar S50

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309>\
**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309 "2025-10-14T12:13:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbgrahamiii/32/1250_2.png) [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/1 "2025-10-14T12:13:36Z")

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I had less than perfect conditions last night. We were dodging clouds and the atmosphere was soupy. Combined with the light dome of Lawton, it was less than ideal, but I managed to snag these three images.

 ![1000001936](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8c61445ead59a7443b3a7bc862916bd1c1ecb4d9.jpeg)  
 ![1000001935](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2425161b29c9e900f6dc867a9a2d9d3b5a621f6a.jpeg)  
 ![1000001927](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98802f1ed041237c8ab263b034a2d3ad6396cb40.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jmichaelsturm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jmichaelsturm/32/1214_2.png) [@jmichaelsturm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jmichaelsturm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/2 "2025-10-14T13:41:05Z")

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Very nice! I have been considering buying either an S30 or S50. Both scopes seem to be great values, combining many components into a single, easy to use package. I know the scopes will automatically stack and process the images, but is there an option to use a more traditional flow - such as gathering the lights, darks, flats, and biases so that you could post process the images in software like Siril? Part of the fun for me is the processing.

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**Author:** ![DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/davenh6sm/32/112_2.png) [@DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/DaveNH6SM)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/3 "2025-10-14T15:38:35Z")

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You sure can. Check out YouTube there are several video’s on how to do that.

[![](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ec93607e216dfb188cae14f409f8cdf923f3e441.jpeg "Siril Tutorial: One Script to Preprocess All Seestar Images (Even Mosaics!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWl-GuLUX_w)

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**Author:** ![DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/davenh6sm/32/112_2.png) [@DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/DaveNH6SM)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/4 "2025-10-14T22:34:29Z")

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What happened to your horse head nebula?

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**Author:** ![jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbgrahamiii/32/1250_2.png) [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/5 "2025-10-15T12:52:05Z")

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Yes, you can do all of that with the S50

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**Author:** ![jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbgrahamiii/32/1250_2.png) [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/6 "2025-10-15T12:53:50Z")

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It was high clouds, I think… was a terrible picture and I plan to try again…

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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/7 "2025-10-15T16:40:37Z")

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Looks like you’re getting along great with your new scope! I’m just glad someone is using it. After evaluating them, I almost never used my S50 or S30, though both are great scopes.

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**Author:** ![jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbgrahamiii/32/1250_2.png) [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/first-light-for-me-on-a-seestar-s50/1309/8 "2025-10-16T13:45:59Z")

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![1000001961](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c7d34d5132ff722b40f57a679a181f86c515e4c7.jpeg)  
 ![1000001958](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b9448d104ad74bb2230602d498462c55751d090b.jpeg)  
This was last night’s run. I think we are about Bortle 5.5. S50 with filters and processing in the app.