I have a question about theLevel Sensor Calibration function in the Seestar S50 app.When using EQ Mode, the app shows the current latitude as 44°— which is correct for my location near Bologna, Italy — but the actual tilt angle shown by the app is about 46°, with a polar alignment deviation of about 0.3° downward.If I understand this correctly, this would imply an effective angle of about 45.7°, which is still noticeably different from the local latitude of 44°. I am not sure whether I am interpreting this display correctly, but it looks a little inconsistent to me.For this reason, I am wondering whether it would make sense to perform the Level Sensor Calibration shown in the app tutorial, placing the Seestar on a truly level surface and recalibrating its internal leveling sensors.However, I have also heard from some dealers and experienced users that this calibration should generally be avoided unless really necessary, because it overwrites the existing factory calibration values.So my question is:Is Level Sensor Calibration a safe and legitimate operation to perform when the EQ Mode angle/latitude indication seems inconsistent, or is it better to leave it untouched unless there is a clear and serious problem?I am not trying to “improve” the factory calibration unnecessarily. I just would like to understand whether this discrepancy could indicate that the level sensor calibration is off, and whether recalibrating it is considered a normal maintenance operation or something that should be avoided.Any experience or clarification would be very welcome.

🤷‍♂️A bunch of us get together and share our subs to compile into one massive image.

Posting this to get the achievement 😅

Here is a depiction of this asteroids approach past our planet and our moon if you are interested in catching it. It is currently visible even in the SeeStar S50. As well, for you North American observers, don't forget about this afternoons Lunar occultation of Venus. (June 17)

I have been collecting Star Coins since the end of January this year.Every single day. Sometimes people gift me coins.But what is the ultimate purpose of these coins?If you click on the "Star Coins Store," you'll get "Star Coin Store Coming Soon, Stay Tuned" for almost half a year now.But nothing happens!Could someone perhaps briefly explain to me what the purpose of this is?

Since the recent update I can't select the photography quest in the community posts anymore. Look at other people's questions about this it seems you use the hashtag system now? But none of the images I have posted this week have gone through towards lighting up the badge. (shooting with Seestar S50 and posting in the SeeStar app)

I'll be observing the total solar eclipse from Mallorca on August 12. I'd love to create a time-lapse video from the start of the eclipse until the fully eclipsed sun sets into the sea with the S50. However, since I have no experience yet with whether the Seestar is capable of keeping the sun in the center of the frame even as the eclipse progresses and whether it will remain there during the total eclipse phase (I would remove the filter during this time), I would be very grateful for any tips and advice on how to proceed. perhaps someone has already had experience with the S50 during other solar eclipses. It would, of course, be fantastic if ZWO were to integrate a special automatic mode for capturing solar eclipses into the app.

I am trying to understand a feature I see in the histograms of my Seestar S50 data, before stretching.The target is M57 (see my gallery if interested). I have two stacked images, one made from 20 s subs and one from 60 s subs. Both were stacked in Siril with drizzle 2× and default parameters for pixel rejection algorithm (GSEDT). The screenshots show the clean pre-stretch histograms in logarithmic scale.For comparison, I also attach the histogram of a single original Seestar light frame, not debayered, shown at histogram scale 1 and scale 10.What puzzles me is this: in the single light frame the histogram looks quite normal, with a broad sky-background distribution and a tail toward low values. But in the stacked RGB images, even in logarithmic scale, there seem to be absolutely no pixels below a rather sharp lower threshold. The histogram starts abruptly.Is this simply the expected result of stacking many calibrated Seestar frames — noise reduction making the background distribution much narrower — or could it indicate some kind of black-level clipping / pedestal handling / normalization effect in the Seestar FITS or in the Siril stacking process?I am not necessarily saying this is a problem; I am just trying to understand what I am seeing. Any comments from people familiar with Seestar FITS and Siril stacking would be very welcome.

Was just browsing and I saw the Celestron. I have the S50 and I've had it for about a year now I think? Any advice is appreciated.

Opening and shutting the S50 case had a squeak so I found a silicone grease made by NETLEA in China on Amazon. Near the hinges on the case corners rubbing on a light coat of grease solved my cringe feeling when the case would open a close late at night. In Hawaii nearly all the neighbors sleep with the windows open so now I don't have to worry about them waking up thinking it's that guy again.