a game changer for astrophotograpghy

[moonshinegnomie]

a few weeks ago i bought a new telescope that i could use with you groups. its a seestar 50 which combines a scope,a camera and a small controller to run the rig in a single package for only $500. rather than using an eyepiece it uses an ipad for displaying the view.
last night was really the first night ive been able to use it in depth.
This is m81 and m82 from last night. Only about 2 hours of exposure time before the clouds rolled in. while the scope displays the image on an ipad it can be set to save the images in a format that i could then use my astrophotography software on to enhance it even further.

setup is a breeze. you simply level the scope on a tripod and your pretty much good to go.

This is M81 and M82,a pair of galaxies in ursa major.

Not bad for a $500 piece of equipment