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 ====== Stargazing Mode ====== ====== Stargazing Mode ======
-{{ :skyatlastarget.jpg?nolink&100|}}The most awe inspiring feature of the Seestar is its Stargazing Mode (which should be called DSO Mode). This is where the Seestar really proves that the Seestar is a great value.((Add up the retail prices of the individual components and you would have spent over $2000 for essentially the same capability)) This is the mode for capturing images of Deep-Sky Objects. Here's what it does:+{{ :skyatlastarget.jpg?nolink&200|}}The most awe inspiring feature of the Seestar is its Stargazing Mode (which should be called DSO Mode). This is where the Seestar really proves that the Seestar is a great value.((Add up the retail prices of the individual components and you would have spent over $2000 for essentially the same capability)) This is the mode for capturing images of Deep-Sky Objects. Here's what it does:
  
 __Automatic Image Calibration__: The Seestar automatically takes and applies dark, flat, and bias frames to the image, correcting for readout noise, sensor noise, and image train imperfections such was dust. __Automatic Image Calibration__: The Seestar automatically takes and applies dark, flat, and bias frames to the image, correcting for readout noise, sensor noise, and image train imperfections such was dust.
  
-__Live Preview__: The app provides a real-time view of the night sky through the Seestar's camera. This allows you to see (dimly) what the telescope is pointed at and make adjustments as needed.+__Live Preview__: The app provides a real-time view of the night sky through the Seestar's camera. This allows you to see (dimly) what the telescope is pointed at and make adjustments as needed using the joystick or Sky Atlas.
  
-__Target Selection__: You can select your desired target either from the app's recommendations or by manually choosing an object from the Sky Atlas. You can also create your own favorites by entering a name, Declination (Dec), and Right Accession (RA). A new feature allows you to 1ouble the field of view of the captured image, essentially by creating a mosaic.{{ :tom_-_1_1_.jpeg?nolink&100|}}+__Target Selection__: You can select your desired target either from the app's recommendations or by manually choosing an object from the Sky Atlas. You can also create a list of your own favorites by entering a name, Declination (Dec), and Right Accession (RA). A new feature allows you to double the field of view of the captured image, essentially by creating a mosaic.
  
 __Automatic GoTo and Tracking__: Once you've selected a target, the Seestar automatically slews to the object and begins tracking it, compensating for the Earth's rotation.  __Automatic GoTo and Tracking__: Once you've selected a target, the Seestar automatically slews to the object and begins tracking it, compensating for the Earth's rotation. 
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 The Seestar Sky Atlas is a comprehensive star map feature integrated into the Seestar mobile app for both Android and iOS devices. It includes an extensive database of celestial objects and provides a "tonight's best" list of recommended targets to observe. The Seestar Sky Atlas is a comprehensive star map feature integrated into the Seestar mobile app for both Android and iOS devices. It includes an extensive database of celestial objects and provides a "tonight's best" list of recommended targets to observe.
  
-==== Key Features ====+{{ :screenshot_2024-12-26_at_6.02.36 am.png?nolink&200|}} 
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-=== Navigation and Control=== +==== Key Features ====
-  * Enables automatic object finding and tracking through the telescope's built-in mount +
-  * Provides real-time astronomical weather information and moon phase data +
-  * Displays sunrise and sunset times based on user location+
  
-=== Object Database === +The red target frame can be moved to a target and blue pointing frame will GoTo 
-  * Contains an extensive collection of deep-sky objects +Searchable collection of deep-sky objects such as emission and reflection nebulae, supernova remnants, and globular clusters
-  * Automatically recommends optimal targets for viewing each night +
-  * Particularly suitable for bright objects like emission nebulae, supernova remnants, and globular clusters+
  
-===User Experience=== +Features 
-Interface is intuitive and user-friendly, especially for beginners +  * GoTo with plate-solving accuracy 
-Quickly locates selected targets with automatic plate-solving capability +  * Recommends optimal targets for viewing each night 
-Receives regular updates from ZWO to improve capabilities and overall experience+  * Live sky compass allows you to point mobile device at a target and the GoTo 
 +  * Framing mode lets you select an area up to 2x and rotate the frame for optimum composition of a mosaic
  
 While Sky Atlas is great for controlling the telescope, some users have found ways to use third-party software like SkySafari for additional object database access. While Sky Atlas is great for controlling the telescope, some users have found ways to use third-party software like SkySafari for additional object database access.
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