Author: Daniel
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SeeStar S30 Pro Capture: M81 (Bode’s Galaxy)
I finally got a proper (well, mostly proper) long session in with the SeeStar S30 Pro — eight hours pointed at M81, Bode’s Galaxy. Not perfectly executed by any means, but enough time to push the scope harder than I had before and learn a few things in the process. Here’s what came out of…
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Is a Smart Telescope Worth It?
Before we get into who these telescopes are and aren’t for, it’s worth explaining what we actually mean by a smart telescope, because the term gets used in a few different ways. At the broadest level, it can refer to any telescope that uses technology to assist with finding or tracking objects. But increasingly, the…
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SeeStar S30 Pro Capture: The Sun & 5 Sunspots (Aires)
Like most telescopes, the SeeStar S30 Pro is known for what it can do after dark. But after a nice night with M13, I found myself wanting to get my telescope fix in the middle of the day, so I decided to point it at the one target bright enough to see in broad daylight.…
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SeeStar S30 Pro Capture: M13 (Great Globular Cluster in Hercules)
I finally got my first chance to take the SeeStar S30 Pro out for a proper run — and the conditions were far from ideal. Bortle 7 suburban skies, very humid, a few clouds drifting through. Very different from the Arizona conditions I’m familiar with. I set it up anyway. Because the only way to…
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The Invisible Wall Between You and the Universe: Light Pollution
Imagine you’re a photon that’s been travelling for 2.5 million years. You left the Andromeda Galaxy before our species existed. You crossed the intergalactic void at the speed of light, threading through the darkness for longer than the human mind can actually comprehend. You survived every light-year of empty nothing and you’re now in the…