To clarify, whenever I mention AI edited images, I'm talking about an image that is given to an AI model like ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini for it to modify. Tools like GraXpert are fine as they don't change the base details of the image. A while back I posted a rant about how AI edited images were becoming a bit of a problem on here. Now months later, it's only getting worse. So often recently, I open the app to see "stunning" images (at first glance) in the top images section only to take a closer look at them and realize that they are fake due to the user letting an AI edit them completely. Some of these are a bit more obvious than others with the most obvious being nebulae and galaxies that just don't exist, or an image with the Gemini AI logo literally in the corner of the frame (if you don't know what the logo looks like I'll have an example further down). I just ran into a post a few hours ago from a user by the name of "AstroShooterNrw." It was a shot of M27 that had the Gemini logo in their image. I checked their profile and they also had a shot of M16 and NGC6888 with the same problem. After leaving a comment on the M27 image questioning the logo, it was quickly deleted by the user along with the other two mentioned images. Immediately after, all three shots were reposted with the logo simply cropped out to try and hide their blatant use of AI. The first two images below show the Gemini logo in their shots (the M16 one was deleted before I could screenshot it) and the third is the reposted shots with the logo cropped out of each. You can tell they were deleted and reposted due to the like discrepancies in the screenshots. From this experience, and many others, it is pretty evident that users like this do not care very much about astrophotography or astronomy. They simply want to cheat their way to "fame" on this platform by wowing people with AI generated or AI edited content. An insane amount of people are falling for it too even including some of ZWO's appointed judges. I would expect to run into AI images in places like Facebook, X, or Instagram but not as much as I have on a dedicated astrophotography platform. I also did not expect it to be as largely unchallenged/unnoticed as it is on here. It is incredibly frustrating to watch all of this happen and to be honest I don't really care to post on here anymore since things have only gotten worse. This will likely be one of my last posts. I'll make one final image post later if I still feel the same way after giving it more thought.

I don't expect anyone to allow me just checking though.

I have managed to get some great photos of the moon but when trying for other planets they seem to be really bright and I cannot capture the detail , tried turning the brightness down as well. Attached is an attempt of Jupiter

#C/2025 R3 Panstarrs# #C/2025 R3#

Hey, How to capture comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) with seestar s50 and s30 pro? Some tips or tricks

A. 使用 Siril（免费开源天文软件） Siril 有强大的图像筛选功能。 将所有照片导入 Siril 的序列（Sequence）。运行 stat 命令（统计分析）。查看输出的 FWHM（半高全宽）或 HFD（半高宽）数值。数值小且稳定：星点锐利，对焦准确。数值突然变大或波动剧烈：说明该张照片失焦、有云或抖动。你可以根据 HFD 数值排序，直接剔除数值异常高的照片。B. 使用 PixInsight 的 SubframeSelector 脚本 使用 SubframeSelector 脚本分析所有图像。它会生成一个表格，包含 Eccentricity（偏心率）和 FWHM。Eccentricity（偏心率）：0 代表正圆，越接近 1 越椭圆。脱线的星星偏心率会很高（>0.3 或 >0.5）。FWHM：数值越大星点越散。按偏心率排序，一键剔除高偏心率的图。C. 简单的 Python 脚本（进阶） 如果你会一点代码，用 astropy 或 opencv 写个脚本： 提取画面中最亮的 10 个点。计算它们的轮廓（Contour）或椭圆拟合。如果长宽比（Aspect Ratio）> 1.5，或者圆度（Circularity）< 0.5，标记为“脱线”。D. “ blink ”眨眼法（找偶发问题） 操作：在 Photoshop 或 Lightroom 中，全选照片，按 L 键（Lightroom的比较视图）或快速按方向键左右切换。

When I was taking pictures of M99 Galaxy using my Seestar S50 in Alt Az mode, I had gotten roughly 1,600 frames over the course of 3 clear nights. I was getting almost perfect frame acceptance rates, as I was only doing 5 second exposures from my Bortle 8 location. When I went to use Deep Sky Stack for all these accepted frames, it only used about 600 frames. I selected all the frames, and it rejected so much time spent gathering data. I went through to try and keep as many frames as possible where the rotation did not fully interfere with the stacking process. I'm just curious what I could be doing wrong because this is the only time it's happened to me where I've had so many rejected frames.

我用的是asiair mini，在拍摄的时候发现能按照当晚高度角来做显示，觉得很不错。但是由于asiair练使用必须通电并连接，有时不在家不方便看。请问有类似的软件/网页吗？

Greetings from Germany, this app is super cool. I hope for a nice exchange with each other. My equipment consists of the Skywatcher EQ6R-Pro, the ASI 294MC Pro and as a guiding camera I use the ASI120MM with a 60mm Omegon guiding scope.

Hello everyone,I was at NEAF today, and if any of you haven't heard, ZWO announced the Seestar s50 Pro there. They mentioned a better sensor, longer focal length, and different design/look. Other than that, I didn't get much information. What are all of your thoughts on this? Excited or did you want a Seestar s70? I was expecting them to go for the s50 pro next considering they just made the s30 pro. Interesting that they said they will change the design. Dwarf Labs also announced the Dwarf 4 but I like the Seestars better XD