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Hunting Galaxies from the TNP Gun Range: Seestar S50 Astrophotography (Patreon)

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2026-09-05 18:16:21
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2026-09-05 18:17:51
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https://youtu.be/cAKnk0-mKWU

This is a just a take-along video intro-ing you to my long time astronomy process. We will attempt NGC 7000 North American Nebula NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy. The machine doing the capture is the simple-to-use and long proven with me ZWO S50 smart telescope. It is imaging from the TNP concrete shooting slab and is a small unit; you will be surprised at its capabilities. The plan will change with angularity, it always does. But in the end the FG capture is xlnt and one of the S50's best. We're at the same range, but just radically different targets. 😆 If there's high interest I will improved the production quality, entertainment value on these Nutnfancy Astronomy experiences and post more.

The amazing Seestar Product line, S50 and S30 Pro are out now! S50 has more capability but is bigger. All are rec'd https://us.zwoastro.com/collections/seestar?ref=nutnfancy Carbon fiber tripod I used https://us.zwoastro.com/products/zwo-tc40pos=1&sid=10cc3ba9f&_ss=r?ref=nutnfancy

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Hunting Galaxies from the TNP Range: Seestar S50 Astrophotography

This is a just a take-along video intro-ing you to my long time astronomy process. We will attempt NGC 7000 North American Nebula NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy. The machine doing the capture is the simple-to-use and long proven with me ZWO S50 smart telescope. It is imaging from the TNP concrete shooting slab and is a small unit; you will be surprised at its capabilities. The plan will change with angularity, it always does. But in the end the FG capture is xlnt and one of the S50's best. If there's high interest I will improved the production quality, entertainment value on these Nutnfancy Astronomy experiences and post more. The amazing Seestar Product line, S50 and S30 Pro are out now! All are rec'd https://us.zwoastro.com/collections/seestar?ref=nutnfancy Carbon fiber tripod I used https://us.zwoastro.com/products/zwo-tc40?_pos=1&_sid=10cc3ba9f&_ss=r?ref=nutnfancy

Comments

TheOlsonOutfit

I've been considering purchasing one of these, I'm super happy that you have reviewed one

Justin Wingerter

Looks like a fun hobby! The digital telescope seems like it makes the barrier to entry much easier! I do think the grit and challenge of using a traditional optical telescope would add to the experience.

TheOlsonOutfit

Also, I wish it had some sort of filter or add-on lens for doing planets

WILLIAM MEYER

Thanks Nut'n for a taste of the rest of God's creation! Stunning!

Don C

I've been wanting to get a ~nice~ telescope for about a year but don't know where to start. Preferably less than $1,000, but around $500 would be better. I don't know much about them yet, so I hope you do more reviews/content on telescopes.

Swamp Fox

Love the astronomy & astrophotography content! I hope you do more in the future. The smart telescopes make astrophotography seem much more approachable. I had considered a DLSR with a star tracker, but the learning curve is steep. My biggest obstacle is light pollution and the need to travel for dark skies.

Mudtoa

My dwarf 3 can stack at the apex, but I have to be in Equatorial mode. Is there a special mode and/or can the seastar be equatorially aligned, so you could stack at 90 degrees? What filters do you use the most?

Bravo

Super cool. You going to use some of your imaging for future EB “episodes”? I’ll have to see if this will work where I’m at. We are semi-rural so I have neighbors (and lights) around. You can see a lot more where I am than in the suburbs but… it is what it is. That M42 is *muah* delicious. I like this piece of equipment. I was looking at a Dobsonian telescope just for funsies but I like this setup. Keep it up. Looking forward to more. Love gun & knife reviews but this extra adventure content has always been my favorite.

The Nutnfancy Project

Yeah it doesn't do planets too well. I think it's b of its focal length and focus for deep sky objects. I did get an epic image of the moon however.

The Nutnfancy Project

Exactly. I just don't have the time and money for a true astrophotography setup. They are complicated, hard to set up and calibrate, and most need to have a specific focus for the objects you're going after> $$$

The Nutnfancy Project

This is it: the ZWO S50 Pro, link is above. Much simpler, easy to use, and the results are stunning. Buy with confidence.

The Nutnfancy Project

Roger that and thanks! Look around your area and you might something realtively close that you can go and campout or stay in a local Air BnB or something. Most states will have dark sky areas. This S50 can still image in the city as well and has a built in LP filter for that.

The Nutnfancy Project

Everything is automatic with the ZWO S50. It will just get stack fails above 85º. The most often used filter, it is automatically applied in the unit, is the LP or light pollution filter with low luminosity targets like the nebulas.

The Nutnfancy Project

Thanks great to hear. Yep M42 is epic, love that target. The nice thing about this S50 setup is everything, including viewing, is in the app. That means you don't have to be outside for the whole night with auto tracking mount looking thru an eyepiece.

hoplite ⚔️

Really cool to see the title; Nutnfancy Astronomy come up! Keep it coming with the varied content. Keeps me inspired to lead a varied and unique life. Salut!

GarageJim_RMB

That is a great set up, still old school telescope here. Yet gf has an app on her Samsung called raw data that takes sky photos. We are very fortunate that our homestead property is 75 miles from the closest city so we are dark sky. Thanks again for sharing another layer of the Project. Ramble On!!!!

Chris Marchi

Happarchus of Nicaea are you.

Chris Marchi

I've always wanted to buy a sextant and learn how to navigate by stars.

Michael B warner

WOW!!!! That was so cool the more we can see only adds to our understanding of how truly amazing our God is. I would love to see some more astronomy videos in the project this was fun.