# Seestar S50 pictures

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401>\
**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [December 15, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401 "2025-12-15T21:01:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [December 15, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/1 "2025-12-15T21:01:54Z")

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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.

 ![IMG_8817](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a091b9faf0d18fa79758b214b5262cd571730723.jpeg)

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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:** [December 15, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/2 "2025-12-15T21:22:53Z")

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Great image!

Been there. Done that.

I was at Windsurfer one evening with a couple of smart scopes, and realized there had been nothing on my screens for some time. I looked up and found fog had formed just feet above my head. I had no idea how long it had been there.

Since then I make a point of periodically looking at, and enjoying the wonder of, the night sky. Yes, imaging the wonders of the universe is nice, but stopping to just look up and enjoy it is equally important!

That’s harder in the winter, where I set up my scopes in my backyard, then run them from my dining area.

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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:** [December 25, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/3 "2025-12-25T03:32:02Z")

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Took these last night. Had a little bit of wind and poor seeing. The Moon picture is a stack from a 10 minute video. This is the first time I tried this on the S50. It was low and getting ready to go behind a tree. I also connected to the S50 using remote control, while having lunch 18 miles away, to see the progress of the Moon stacking.

 ![Video_Stacked_Lunar_20251224-102210](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e7c9767173d5e3abe52b0125d5996719cceffe6f.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_8843](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ad987e90e834cd6b7c3e86deef9209c518c3e977.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_8847](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5e21ad1dfd915306009421d050cbe05db34bdd09.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_8851](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/9/99abd0432ab9bda6aba2cc5737174074baef77e7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mpsurge](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mpsurge/32/952_2.png) [@mpsurge](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/mpsurge)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/4 "2025-12-25T19:07:19Z")

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Interesting about the remote bit. Those all look wonderful 👍😊

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/5 "2025-12-27T01:55:25Z")

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Have you heard of the Lunar X and V? I may have discovered the Lunar S in this picture from last night.

 ![Video_Stacked_Lunar_20251226-001651](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9639aad4285d34ead2330e09c70e49ca1dd6caa0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TLiving](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TLiving](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/TLiving)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/6 "2025-12-27T04:43:00Z")

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Dave,  
Nice! I found the ’S’

Tim

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/7 "2025-12-27T16:20:20Z")

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Got the Lunar X and V last night. This is a stack of a 10 minute video.

 ![Video_Stacked_Lunar_20251227-014646](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/b/ba6d9e5eb3c720ecb486dce5db033aabe0800b12.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/caseywest/32/665_2.png) [@caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/caseywest)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/8 "2025-12-27T17:30:26Z")

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![2025-12-20 NCG 281W 1-1](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/0/029f4fb92faa070d2d5e1719e1ea5d79d86a1c0d.jpeg)

Monkey Head Nebula from my backyard last night with the S50 in EQ mode.

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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:** [December 27, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/9 "2025-12-27T18:49:06Z")

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Yea last night was great. Really clear skies and no wind. Did this one of IC342 Hidden Galaxy. EQ mode 20 second subs no dropped frames.

 ![IMG_8876](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/3/344b5bbd5c81afa975822638fe7cb395fb3535f3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/caseywest/32/665_2.png) [@caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/caseywest)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/10 "2025-12-27T18:56:29Z")

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Nice!

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**Author:** ![BradF](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BradF](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/BradF)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/11 "2025-12-27T22:30:06Z")

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Or, we Okie’s might call it the “Lazy S.”

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**Author:** ![JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbro/32/1605_2.png) [@JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JBro)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/12 "2026-01-08T04:24:25Z")

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Spent most of November and December imaging NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster.

 ![NGC2264_JBRO_MAS 2-2](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fea5f5ac301df9e2e4b28c1abad69c54771e6051.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/13 "2026-01-08T13:44:29Z")

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What a lovely image

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**Author:** ![jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@jenisonam](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jenisonam)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/14 "2026-01-08T14:37:11Z")

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How much integration time

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**Author:** ![JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbro/32/1605_2.png) [@JBro](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JBro)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/15 "2026-01-08T17:21:15Z")

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It’s about 20hrs of 20s exposures. I collected more than that but used subframe selector in Pixinsight to keep just the best data.

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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:** [January 15, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/16 "2026-01-15T18:13:00Z")

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Had clear skies last night so got the S50 out. It was just a bit windy so I had to lower the subs to 5 seconds. Here is M35.

 ![IMG_9046](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/d/df7d9f79b0fa776fc81c8a94989414c213b2d4bd.jpeg)

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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:** [January 17, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/17 "2026-01-17T19:03:17Z")

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Took this last night of the Lower’s Nebula Sharpless 2-261. Located just above Orion.

 ![IMG_9059](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4734fb3fc89c196536d2ad6c2da771179f58c208.jpeg)

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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:** [January 20, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/18 "2026-01-20T02:19:08Z")

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Here is 3 hours on M78. The sky seems to be very bright. Had several satellites pass through the field.

 ![IMG_9069](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3545739c795c38567c5c03f7577da66f8719516b.jpeg)

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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:** [January 20, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/19 "2026-01-20T02:23:11Z")

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That’s a great image, Dave!

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**Author:** ![caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/caseywest/32/665_2.png) [@caseywest](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/caseywest)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/seestar-s50-pictures/1401/20 "2026-01-20T03:24:59Z")

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I like it!

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