Not everything in the SeeStar/S50 universe is doom and gloom, there is good stuff too - can you see the dwarf planet Pluto with the S50? Yes, you can, and if you want to do it (and you live in the northern hemisphere like I am), now is the right time. July, August and September are the best months to try to take shots of Pluto, which is quite low in the southern sky, just 23 degrees if you are on the 45th northern parallel like me. The further south you live, the easier this will be for you.
In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh used the Lowell 13-inch telescope to discover Pluto. In 2024, you too can use the SeeStar S50 2-inch telescope to do the same, from your own backyard.
Just search for Pluto in SkyAtlas, chose the time of night when Pluto is highest in the sky, 1AM in July, 11PM in August, 9PM in September and take at least two 30 minute images on two different nights. You need a 30 minute exposure because Pluto is very faint, magnitude 15.4 and the low altitude doesn't help either, the horizon glare and pollution tends to drown it. You need multiple night exposures to see it moving, two consecutive nights would be ideal but even a few days in between should be fine - by comparing the two images you should be able to see the elusive dwarf planet move.
Here is a pair of two such images, taken two days apart from latitude 44N, Bortle zone 8. I zoomed in and took a screenshot to make finding the faint dwarf planet easier for you and I had to push the brightness and contrast really high, but Pluto is clearly visible in both images and not in the same spot like all the stars. While not really necessary, I also added screenshots of Stellarium (which is free in Windows and web formats, if you were not already aware of that), which makes finding the needle in the haystack much easier:
What is less obvious is not that you can find Pluto by comparing the two images, but we now have enough information to measure the distance to it too. Bonus points for those who can explain how to do it. More bonus points for anybody interested in creating free astronomy educational material for kids based on this material - you can contact me if you are willing to work with me on that.