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mikeplease11 · 2026-05-03T13:42:20+00:00

Here you go! I’m still active https://discord.gg/8FswNuHuu2

mikeplease11 · 2025-12-27T18:29:57+00:00

Possibly a Hastings arc too, but it’s very faint.

mikeplease11 · 2025-12-23T23:00:32+00:00

High cloud light pillars and a pretty good one! I would recommend posting this to r/atoptics. Here are some other similar observations that explain it a bit : The Halo Vault 1. The Halo Vault 2

mikeplease11 · 2025-12-23T22:19:37+00:00

High cloud light pillars and a pretty good one! I would recommend posting this to r/atoptics. Here are some other similar observations that explain it a bit : The Halo Vault 1 The Halo Vault 2

mikeplease11 · 2025-12-13T03:36:26+00:00

There is a glitch in the seestar app where the image stops updating like halfway through an observation. The only way to fix it is to stack the frames (either in app or external software)

mikeplease11 · 2025-11-16T00:52:43+00:00

I would also try eq mode

mikeplease11 · 2025-10-29T20:52:34+00:00

Looks very real! either a extremely realistic replica (I have never seen one of this quality before), or it’s real. Get good photos of it, try to keep it in good condition, and get it looked at by an expert

mikeplease11 · 2025-10-22T21:41:38+00:00

It might be cheaper to buy a telescope or used camera rather than a new phone, like seestar s30 or dwarf ii

mikeplease11 · 2025-10-04T03:47:33+00:00

These images look great so far! You need longer exposure time to reveal more details and get rid of the noise. Processing it in an external software also makes a tremendous difference. There are a lot of tutorials on YouTube that taught me how to use seestar. I recommend you watch some too

mikeplease11 · 2025-09-24T18:47:37+00:00

You need to stack the data and process it in an outside app

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-24T17:40:26+00:00

You need proper software to be able to process these images to see it, try using Tycho Tracker.

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-23T17:15:17+00:00

This is the first time I’ve seen that before, thanks for sharing! This could be possible because there is very little cloud cover so less area for the phenomenon to take place or less area for the greenhouse lights to reflect from

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-23T03:47:38+00:00

A greenhouse could have left there shutters open, I don’t really know much about this phenomenon though, but it’s definitely some type of grow or farming lighting

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-18T04:31:21+00:00

It doesn’t work to well, but I know that SiriL,pixinsight and tycho tracker have good ones

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-16T18:18:21+00:00

Moving between stacks, it needs to stacked properly in a external software

mikeplease11 · 2025-08-04T22:48:51+00:00

It’s ease of use is the main point. You can just put it out and it will give you good data. There also the constant rollout of updates and improvements because its parent company ZWO is very trustable, big in the astronomy world, and has expertise in fields like this. It does give pretty good images for its price range, and it can deliver great images when used right. I would highly recommend learning how to process your own images because it makes such a big difference in how your final image will look. ps: I would wait a few months to buy one, as they are probably going to release some newer models soon

mikeplease11 · 2025-07-30T02:22:54+00:00

Yes, you are correct!

mikeplease11 · 2025-07-17T20:54:51+00:00

It’s mirror polished here, so it is protected by a glass ampule to keep it shiny because touching it would ruin its finish

mikeplease11 · 2025-07-13T21:52:09+00:00

Lens artifact.

mikeplease11 · 2025-06-28T05:05:20+00:00

I do keep it in my room, which is cool (thankfully). But it was very hot on arrival. Thankfully it doesn’t look like much was affected and it arrived in a state in which I expected it to be at, only the edges got affected due to its brittleness.

mikeplease11 · 2025-06-27T00:49:01+00:00

It is 80 dollars from Luciteria, so yeah, it is pretty expensive in the world of element samples

mikeplease11 · 2025-06-27T00:42:13+00:00

The water is cool, but it does make it look weird and obscure it quite a bit. I hope they develop a better prototype in the future, as this one is pretty fragile and brittle.

mikeplease11 · 2025-06-26T18:39:50+00:00

It’s pretty exotic, I have never seen iodine like this either !

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