NGC 7000 - the North America Nebula in HOO - 4700x10sec over 6 nights from Drößnitz/Thuringia/Germany, Seestar S30 Pro, Stacking with APP (1,5 drizzle), Post-Processing in PixInsight (Prism, MAS, Foraxx, Veralux) and SkyAnnotationStudio
This is a crop from my new astrophoto of the beautiful North America Nebula, captured over 6 nights with the Seestar S30 Pro in Drößnitz, Thuringia, under very warm temperatures. The close-up highlights the "Cygnus Wall", a gigantic star-forming region about 2,000 light-years away.
Total exposure time was just under 13 hours (approx. 4,700 individual 10s frames), stacked in APP (Drizzle 1.5).
For the final composition in PixInsight, I used DBExtract to cleanly separate the hydrogen (H-alpha) and oxygen (OIII) channels from the dual-band data. I then used Prism for powerful denoising to clean up the warm-weather noise, and Veralux to maximize the contrast and reveal the finest details in the dust lanes. This workflow perfectly brought out the crisp glow of the gases and really shows what the improved sensor is capable of compared to the S50!
The beautiful North American Nebula, captured over 6 nights with the Seestar S30 pro in Drößnitz, Thuringia, under very warm temperatures. Exposure time: just under 13 hours (approximately 4,700 individual 10-second exposures). Stacked using APP (Drizzle 1.5) and the final composition created in PixInsight (Prism, MAS, Veralux). You can really see what the improved sensor is capable of compared to the Seestar S50.
Hello everyone,
I built a windows tool for analyzing FITS raw data from Seestars privately and using the usual vibe-coding tools. I personally now have over 140,000 FITS files (usualy 10sec exposure) from my 2 Seestars on my PC and wanted a simple and fast analysis tool. Features:
Tested on a Windows 11 machine (8-core AMD, 32 GB RAM). The software requires at least 500 MB of free disk space and includes an installer so you can cleanly remove it from your system. Tested exclusively with FITS files from the Seestar series. Feel free to post additional desired features here that are still missing in the context of FITS data. If you like the software and can get concrete value out of it for your data, a donation via PayPal would be appreciated (it's integrated into the software).
Here is the link: https://www.martinkaessler.com/ai/deepskyjournal/
I look forward to your feedback,
Martin (Drößnitz/Thuringia/Germany)
Gestern beim Fotografieren von M53 in Thüringen/Deutschland mit dem Seestar S30 Pro. Es hat sich über fast 30 Minuten ganz langsam im Sichtfeld des S30 pro bewegt (siehe Video, ungefähr in der Bildmitte von rechts nach links). Was könnte das sein?