I meant it in the sense that the Seestar was originally intended for the general public, for non-astronomers—to set it up on a table or on the grass and, after a few minutes, show your son or daughter on a phone some kind of “colorful smudge” and call it a nebula or a galaxy.
As a long-time amateur astronomer, I bought the Seestar out of curiosity. And I soon found that the Seestar can also be used for more serious observations than just photographing “colorful smudges.” Personally, I have been involved in variable star observations for many years. I have an observatory with a 300/1200 Newtonian telescope and a cooled camera. With the Seestar, I am able to achieve very good results, even comparable to the equipment in my observatory!
I would also like it if the Seestar had a cooled camera, a larger aperture, and a guiding camera. But we cannot expect this from ZWO—it goes far beyond the original intended purpose of the Seestar. We should be grateful to ZWO for how willing they are to fulfill some of our wishes, but we cannot ask them for the impossible.
