Feature Request for Future Seestar S50 Firmware Updates

CloXb8R8

Dear ZWO Team,

I am a Seestar S50 user and truly appreciate the convenience, imaging quality, and smart features this telescope offers. I would like to suggest a few improvements for future firmware updates that could significantly enhance the user experience and scientific potential:

Expanded Celestial Object Database
Please consider adding more catalogs and object types, such as:

Variable stars (from GCVS or AAVSO).

Dark nebulae and dust lanes.

Objects from the Barnard, Sharpless, and Caldwell catalogs.

Notable comets and large asteroids (e.g., Ceres, Vesta, Pallas).

Smarter Search System

Allow searches by RA/Dec coordinates.

Recognize alternative/common names (e.g., “Veil Nebula” as well as “NGC 6992”).

Optional integration with external databases such as SIMBAD for advanced users.

Enhanced Sky Atlas Functionality

Enable filtering by object type (galaxy, nebula, cluster, etc.).

Add filtering by apparent magnitude.

These improvements would transform the Seestar S50 from a smart telescope into an even more powerful educational and scientific tool. Thank you for your continued innovation and for listening to the community.

Best regards,
Jaime Moreno

Mikeplease11

CloXb8R8 I really like the simbad and comet/asteriod ideas. I also hope for light curve (photometry) features which would allow for so many things like exoplanet transits and variable stars.

NightlyAndy

And then maybe:

toggle for closing the arm after a plan was finished, or to keep it open. I use a dew protection and external nebulae filter, so this is really a problem to me as it always closes the arm.
bigger feature request: app control via bluetooth, as the wifi is unreliable. It is ok to not have previews or see the album, but I want to be able to start the Seestar and start a plan.
AstroImg integration: when uploading to astroImg, can you please add all additional information like "deep Sky or solar" and frames/times.

Thanks for taking this into consideration.

Best regards
Andreas

Arriba

NightlyAndy For sure : toggle for closing the arm after a plan was finished, or to keep it open.
Another nice feature will be the possibility to disable the Live function in order to save all frames for external stacking.

Support@Seestar

NightlyAndy
Thank you for your suggestions.
Your first request regarding keeping the arm open after a plan finishes is already under evaluation by our team.
As for Bluetooth control, we currently do not plan to implement it, as Bluetooth is more prone to signal interference compared to WiFi, which could cause stability issues.
Regarding the AstroImg upload feature, I’ve shared your feedback with our development team for further consideration.

Arriba

Arriba Sorry, disable live in framing mode

Andy Dawson10

Allow swapping between S50s when they are in station mode (there appears to be a right arrow against the s50 name on the front app page as if that was planned to list available devices but it does nothing)

Lilo

Andy Dawson10
Currently all seestars if you have several have the same DNS name in lan "seestar". So, impossible.
But would be great feature.

Andy Dawson10

Lilo if you see my router list of devices you can see two seestars with different IP Adresses and differnent Ids.

Andy Dawson10

Lilo

Andy Dawson10
Sure you can assign any name you want in router DHCP server settings. But seestar app knows nothing about it.

pogzy@yahoo.com

It could be very nice to add more exposure time and shorter ones, such as 5 second, 2 or even 1 second. Some bright objects are, even at 10s too bright to get a good SNR.

Very nice to have software update to continue to explore this great tool and what it provides.

Best regards,
Fabien