Hello, I discovered I have a problem with my Seestar S30 when shooting bright objects, like Mars, Vega, Arcturus, etc. Telescope is fine with low light items, like galaxies, nebulas, etc. But with a strong star a weird reflex appears. The lens are absolutely clean and pristine, it seems something internal. This is very annoying. Can you tell me what to do ? Thank you. Here are some pictures.
For very bright stars, it’s best to reduce the exposure or avoid shooting them too brightly. This is a physical limitation of the optical system — even clean glass cannot transmit all the light without some reflection, which can cause these effects. Fixing this would require structural changes to block or reduce the reflections, which is very difficult. We hope you can understand this limitation.
Support@Seestar And how can we reduce the exposure in Stargazing mode??
Support@Seestar This sounds very strange to me. So one cannot shoot planets, or regions with bright stars with the S30 ?
The question here is if this is an issue of my telescope or is it a systematic issue, therefore a physical limitation of the instrument.
Can somebody please post a 1 min image of Arcturus or Vega ?
Vega 30 sec June 19, 2025
Arriba Thank you Arriba
I have got exactly the same problems with my S30 when taking images of bright stars like Arcturus.
Patric
