Seestar v2.3 has been released!: Page 4

Seestar v2.3 has been released!

tomzo

5BsvCcEv I have not used planned mode as I have not updated yet, but I generally let my little SeeStar S50 go until it either runs out of batteries or the object sets. In the morning it is always shut down with the arm down. From what I understand when the battery gets too low it does this automatically.

I do agree, however, that the plan mode should include a list of options at the end of a plan. Since the software can tell it to finish plan 1 and then go to plan 2, it could certainly tell it to fold up the arm and go to sleep, just like its owner.

Support@Seestar

tomzo You can set different times and the scheduled shots will automatically follow the time you choose (after all, you can't shoot multiple targets at the same time at the moment).

fredo38

Version 2.3 Téléchargée ! Tout marche parfaitement ! merci beaucoup !

NGrZu2uS

Support@Seestar

1) is it possible to add auto power off at the end of the planned operation?
2) on an hour of exposure I only get 15 min of stacking i got many fail stacking with mosaic mode :/ ( 10 sec shoots and good leveling 0.1-0.2)
anyway i like seestar s50 a lot i cant w8 for eq mode 🙂

Support@Seestar

NGrZu2uS 1. You can choose by yourself whether or not to let Seestar shut down automatically.
There is a button at the bottom of the advanced function, when you turn it on, when the device ends the plan shooting device automatically home for 15 minutes, do not do anything to Seestar, the device will automatically shut down after 15 minutes.

Regarding this issue, please check if the star level calibration has been turned on and completed successfully (initialization of advanced features, don't choose to skip it), or please check the environment and target azimuth.
If the stacking rate is very low for many times, don't shut down the machine, please upload the log.

vesi

More and more people use Seestar in Poland. When will Polish be added?

Support@Seestar

vesi I'll feed back on this suggestion, thanks.

FZS

Support@Seestar I tested it yesterday with my Seestar connected, and seems to be only a bug of the SkyAtlas screen. Skipping SkyAtlas and hitting GoTo directly from the object list after entering the Stargazing mode, it found Beta CMa correctly (that obviously was not Betelgeuse):

Next time I have clear sky over Budapest I will also try it from the SkyAtlas to see if it will really go to Betelgeuse instead of Mirzam, or just displaying the wrong star.

Support@Seestar

FZS Thank you for keeping an eye on this issue, I will contact our engineers after the holidays to confirm and follow up on the issue.

Support@Seestar

satch984 The updated version 2.3.1 is to fix some known issues.

Kommuna

Про русский язык не забудьте, пожалуйста! )

Tech@ZWO

Kommuna Conveyed to our team 🙂

c0nnor@stroman123198

Support@Seestar hi, will their a new feature in the seestar deep sky stack where u can restack mosaic frames?

jayszwo

Can you please add a feature (logic?) so an SS attached to a power supply doesn't wrap around itself with the attached USB cable? Traditional EQ mounts don't have this issue like your AMN mounts and others.

Tech@ZWO

jayszwo we noticed this, and will try to optimize this as soon as possible.

starnet59

jayszwo This has been asked here many times before. People have suggested various solutions, like magnetically coupled USB cables, I have one of those but I never had an issue with tangled cables. I have a lot of trees around and I only see a relatively small area of the sky so I never move between targets very far away so this is not an issue for me. But I do see how this could be a problem if you had an open sky and moved around a lot, especially when in unattended plan mode.

It would be of course trivial to keep count of the number of turns the S50 has made and decide to turn in the opposite direction to avoid tangling the cable, even if going the other way is faster. What is funny is that I have seen the S50 actually go the long way around sometimes when moving from target to target, but that seems to be random and has nothing to do with USB cable detangling.

starnet59

starnet59 Another interesting solution for the USB cable tangling problem is to attach the USB power pack to the body of the S50, immediately above the power button, and use a very short USB cable. This would make even more sense in EQ mode, when it would actually improve the balance of the telescope. 3D printing such a holder is easy but I was not able to find an S50 3D model, so I am working on one in Fusion360 as we speak. Once I have that, creating accessories to mount on the S50 should be easy.

x18NgyL8

I'm not sure if this is a regression in the 2.3 version but I haven't noticed it in previous versions. I have deactivated the automatic start of image stacking after approaching a target. Now I am observing the following behavior:

I choose a nebula (e..g, M1) as target. The LP filter is activated automatically. Then I start image stacking by pressing the large red record button. While the Seestar does the necessary steps (horizontal calibration, preparation of image stacking, autofocusing), it deactivates the LP filter. Then it starts image stacking without activating the LP filter again. So, I have to stop image stacking, activate the LP filter manually and start image stacking again.

Has anyone else noticed this behavior? Or is this a known issue @Tech@ZWO?

Tim1343

x18NgyL8 this has happened to me everytime, I have to cancel shooting and reactivate the filter and then restart shooting.

LA3QMA

starnet59 On printables.com there are several USB power pack holders for the Seestar: https://www.printables.com/model/1062499-zwo-seestar-s50-power-bank-holder
https://www.printables.com/model/890951-seestar-s50-power-bank-holder
https://www.printables.com/model/1048286-remixed-seestar-s50-power-bank-holder

And also when we get the EQ mode:
https://www.printables.com/model/1164637-zwo-seestar-s30-s50-equatorial-eq-wedge-adapter
https://www.printables.com/model/1180078-zwo-seestar-s30-s50-equatorial-eq-wedge-adapter-ad

starnet59

LA3QMA This is my attempt at an USB pack holder. This is the second iteration and the third one will be perfect. The S50 body is hard to model but I am getting very close. I also plan to add top support for EQ mounting.

Of course, everyone's USB power pack is different, so unless you have exactly the same one this is not useful, but the S50 shell could be used as a starting point. I am willing to share the STL and STEP files for that.

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