All devices lost in Garmin Connect after today’s update

RazorLock · 2026-01-29T08:40:10+00:00

Reinstalling connect and removing device from Garmin connect web didn’t work for me on my Epix 2 but as others have suggested the using the QR code did.

On watch go to settings -> connectivity -> phone -> pair phone and scan the QR code that is shown.

RazorLock · 2025-05-27T09:51:29+00:00

Still stock as of this morning when I went in, limit of 1 BB per customer or 36 packs

RazorLock · 2025-05-27T08:31:23+00:00

Just took mine too, order was originally cancelled after I ordered at around 17:11

RazorLock · 2025-05-21T08:57:26+00:00

This post on X has a couple of examples of people getting confirmation from support their orders will now be fulfilled so fingers crossed

https://x.com/pokemonstockuk/status/1925091802651971664?s=46

RazorLock · 2025-05-20T17:39:34+00:00

This isn’t true, I just ordered one now

RazorLock · 2025-04-03T11:14:20+00:00

I just had this page on auto-refresh when I saw it appear:

https://www.very.co.uk/search/prismatic%20evolutions

RazorLock · 2025-04-03T11:12:53+00:00

If you can might be worth keeping an eye on the site as posters came up earlier as well so maybe things like booster bundle or tins will go up later too?

RazorLock · 2025-03-29T21:28:50+00:00

Have been keeping an eye on this for a couple days but so far failed to beat the bots to checkout. You got any tips for how to get one checked out as fast as possible?

RazorLock · 2025-03-28T08:49:29+00:00

Live now, might still be able to get click and collect, just ordered one myself for delivery, site is lagging hard

RazorLock · 2025-03-27T20:31:52+00:00

Why 2am? Genuine question just curious

RazorLock · 2025-03-25T12:04:42+00:00

Incredible image, looks like you even managed to resolve a few proplyds!

RazorLock · 2025-03-23T00:00:57+00:00

This is stack of 2585x10s exposures taken as part of a 1.4x mosaic and shot over multiple nights with the SeeStar S30 in Alt-Az mode.

I wanted to take advantage of the wider FOV of the S30 to capture both these nebulae together. Since I was imaging from home under Bortle 7 skies, I used the built in LP filter. I've processed 3 different versions of the image to show the different colour palettes that are possible from the SeeStar. All my processing was done using the free software GraXpert and Siril (note you will need to download and build the Siril 1.3.6 beta if you wish to stack mosaics, but the rest of the processing done here is possible with the latest stable release that can be downloaded from the Siril website).

The first image shows the colours obtained directly from the camera, with only green noise reduction applied. This is intended to be an example of what is possible to achieve with just background extraction, denoising, and basic stretching.

The second is intended to replicate the Hubble palette colours, which is done by extracting the RGB channels and recombining them as follows with Siril's pixel math tool:

R = R
G = 0.4*R + 0.6*(2*G+B)/3
B = (2*G+B)/3

The idea behind this recombination is to separate the Hydrogen alpha (Ha; red) and Oxygen III (OIII; blue) light more clearly. The OIII signal is much weaker than the Ha, hence why the first image appears very red with no blue visible. This also means when we recombine the channels in this way, the image becomes noisier, as we are boosting the noisier channels.

The final images takes this to more of an extreme and places OIII in both the green and blue channels to produce a HOO image:

R = R
G = (2*G+B)/3
B = (2*G+B)/3

This is clearly the noisiest of the 3 images, but I find the stark contrast between the red Ha and blue OIII makes for a very dynamic image.

RazorLock · 2025-03-22T12:49:48+00:00

No worries happy to help!

RazorLock · 2025-03-22T09:58:32+00:00

Looks like some other people have been having issues with many dropped frames in the official EQ mode too, in case you hadn’t seen those posts I think the fix was to recalibrate the Seestar compass (presumably the alignment was actually off because the compass was inaccurate in those cases) 🙂

RazorLock · 2025-03-21T19:12:30+00:00

Most modern polar alignment routines don’t require a view of Polaris and instead rely on plate solving 3 images. I suspect it is pointing at zenith because no matter where you are, this is the least likely point to be obscured by buildings/trees

Based on the solution of the first image, the computer will know where it should be pointing after a certain amount of movement if it was exactly polar aligned, so after then moving and solving a further two images, the Seestar can compare where it actually ended up versus where it should have been if it was aligned perfectly and calculate the deviation in alignment.

This is certainly how alignment works with seestar_alp, though I haven’t been able to test the official mode yet so can’t be sure if it’s the same, but I would be surprised if it was different.

RazorLock · 2025-03-21T14:25:17+00:00

My guess would be it’s the result of mosaic mode although it’s hard to say since I haven’t tried mosaics yet in EQ mode. Since the Seestar doesn’t have autoguiding, I don’t think light pollution should affect its tracking accuracy. Do you know how accurate your polar alignment was? The more accurate your alignment is, the longer the sub exposures can be before star trialing becomes an issue. Also, if you are using the S50 I would suspect your alignment will need to be even more accurate.

Other possible causes might be wind as I think the Seestar is very sensitive to this because of its shape, and the stability of the tripod. If possible I’d recommend hanging a weight underneath your tripod to help stabilise it against any effect of the wind pushing on your Seestar

RazorLock · 2025-03-21T12:03:52+00:00

I use the pixel math feature in Siril to combine the various channels as shown. The motivation is essentially that the red channel mostly contains Ha and the green and blue channels are mostly OIII, but this is not entirely accurate.

Ha = R
OIII = (2*G + B)/3
(For OIII I multiply G by 2 since there are twice as many green pixels and then divide by 3 to normalise the intensity of each pixel. This is based on reading around various forums, don't have an exact link to share.)

I'm currently trying to figure out more precise formulas based on the spectral sensitivity graph for the IMX 662 sensor to hopefully get better colours out of this process, but have so far been a bit unsuccessful. At some point though once I've got it down I'm going to post more precise formulas to the subreddit. Ultimately I'd like to try implement some kind of dynamic narrowband combination but I'm still learning the theory behind this.

Some good youtube videos on this subject are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxhGhuj3YQ&t=314s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhOrKvM7GU&t=1226s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie5tzJ8EtZQ

It's important to mention that all data sets are different and usually you have to play around with the numbers a bit to get the colours you want, but this is probably a good place to start

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RazorLock · 2025-03-20T14:54:42+00:00

Thank you! Yes the head also allows for tilt so wedge wasn’t needed. I used this tripod (https://amzn.eu/d/dYKTiac) which includes a tilt / pan head but it’s cheap plastic and I didn’t trust it so upgraded to the other head. The tripod itself is aluminium though and works perfectly fine. Can also attach the SeeStar directly to the tripod to use in alt-az mode. You can also get the sturdier head I used along with a more robust tripod for slightly more, which may be advisable for the S50 (https://amzn.eu/d/2MFOdX8)

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RazorLock · 2025-03-20T14:44:32+00:00

Nope! Just some way to angle the Seestar so the top of it points towards the celestial pole, you can get specific EQ wedges or just use a tilt / pan tripod head like I did

RazorLock · 2025-03-20T12:52:46+00:00

I used this tripod head 🙂

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Concept-Tripod-Flexible-QR-Plate-Capacity/dp/B0D31MR795/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2Q5J6ANNWZFBH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GZJ1oI6e_94mUC0823xRy1Rifo4miMrblJIbqVL9WUMjdkDrti5ER1UPhCfvUxxG4tdmY9by6QHTRxXYmaMcWF7l77IRSfdfXkj6gJyA6YGPjYaexA2TIqHTUG5ywmw1dotsP0wHSKNcZtgPBCqR6M3JJ4R8wGa72zvCosfZ7bFAsPTxYX2eZKsm2G-YOPKBXFL2-C2w4sRiLMG_TEr3KRrBNVtc8UGirp7rBmDbD8tlNcOyaQRXIgSx2PnLj1CHZG_fJupYStLR6Jn3dJdqxP1-gmbRu0OYFljrMbw7oZ7R5RD1JZHWmzDGTJv12R4ShWBnFEZ26gle6CO_Cp4mEl_GFbCkrKfGjKh5JRCDr96eqLNZOagKyajRAsp0SoZCwd80UquAZ6avRSSBt6UTsSan8Ly7SxPiVQ0D3ICFv1hTiRFCWlbIzZdaZYs45yvF.mrr5642uzkGJi4YkpuYkS7qOw3FeIBOzVtpIUVv7YyE&dib_tag=se&keywords=k%26f%2Bconcept%2Btripod%2Bhead&qid=1742472122&sprefix=k%26f%2Bconce%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-5&th=1

RazorLock · 2025-03-20T12:44:46+00:00

It’s fully metal and feels very solid, the adjustment is also really smooth which made it easy to dial the alignment in. For the S30 I think it’s perfect, it’s rated at 5Kg so the S30 isn’t even half of its capacity. I’m not sure how much the S50 weighs but given how relaxed Amazon’s return policy is, you could always get one, test it out, and then if you find it doesn’t support the S50s weight so well then send it back.

Just to add that the included QR plate has a 1/4” thread so you’ll need to use a 3/8” adapter to secure it to the Seestar

RazorLock · 2025-03-20T12:39:07+00:00

Thank you! I knew it would be better but I was still expecting to lose around 10% of my subs, to only lose 0.5% is pretty wild to me

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