昨晚午夜云层稍散，露出一片久违了的星空，马上带Seestar到我们新界西基地拍摄。M42猎户座大星云、M45七姊妹星团、英仙座双星团、M33三角座星系都一一拍下来，部份时间因为目标太低，甚至要把镜架在流动厕所顶上，但仍是一放好便能工作，累积曝光30分钟都没问题。早上日出，又放在窗台上拍拍太阳，由午夜至早上不足10小时间的结果可谓收穫甚丰。这些图片有手机截屏，也有下载到电脑作简单处理便出图。稍后有机会组织学习小组大家交流拍摄及后制技巧。当然，部份表面亮度低的目标，还是要待天气好些及优化一下拍摄及后制才可拍出更理想细节。

下一批Seestar S50下週由工厰出货，可以交付截至9月上旬的订户，稍后有更多陆续抵港， https://eshop.astro.hk/hk/catalogs/products/0fdc1b1f-989e-4f8b-92e5-be7d10ef51d9

Last night, the midnight clouds scattered, revealing a long-awaited starry sky. I immediately brought the Seestar to our western base in the New Territories for photography. I captured M42 Orion Nebula, M45 Pleiades star cluster, Perseus double star cluster and M33 Triangulum Galaxy one by one. At times, I had to place the telescope atop the toilet because the targets were too low, but it still worked perfectly once set up, even with a cumulative exposure time of 30 minutes. In the morning, I placed it on the windowsill to capture the Sun. From midnight until early morning, in less than 10 hours, the results were truly fruitful. These images include screenshots from my phone and some downloaded onto the computer for simple processing. Later, I may organize a learning group to exchange photography and post-processing techniques. Of course, for targets with lower surface brightness, it is necessary to wait for better weather conditions and optimize the capture and post-processing to achieve more ideal details.

The next batch of Seestar S50 will be shipped from factory next week and can be delivered to customers who placed their orders until early September. More shipments are expected to arrive later. https://eshop.astro.hk/en/catalogs/products/0fdc1b1f-989e-4f8b-92e5-be7d10ef51d9