ZWO Smart Telescope AP 30/160 Seestar S30 Pro

ZWO Smart Telescope AP 30/160 Seestar S30 Pro

The new Seestar S30 Pro is the successor to the very popular Seestar S30 smart telescope. The Seestar is a fully automatic GoTo telescope for nature and astrophotography with two built-in cameras. It is controlled via smartphone or tablet using the tried-and-tested Seestar app from ZWO.

Astrophotography has never been easier:

The professional apochromatic quadruplet optics provide the camera sensor with razor-sharp images of the night sky with excellent control of chromatic aberration. The high-quality coating also helps to reduce light loss. Thanks to the sensor's high sensitivity, image noise is minimized even in long-exposure deep-sky images. An integrated dual line filter suppresses disturbing light, for example from artificial light sources. This makes the Seestar very interesting even for city dwellers and actually the only telescope with which galaxies and galactic nebulae can be seen from a city balcony.
The image processing in the app leads to a further electronic reduction of image noise and preserves the details of the celestial object. You can also customize the style of your image to your taste and instantly share your stunning shots with others.

Images can be downloaded in JPEG or FITS format and videos in MP4 or AVI format. The internal 128 GB memory ensures secure transfer.

Using the built-in sensors and star charts, in combination with your smartphone's GPS sensor, the Seestar automatically aligns itself to the night sky and performs calibration. The Seestar is extremely simple to use and easy to learn. You don't need to be an astronomy expert to achieve photographic results! With the autofocus, even focusing is no longer a problem. The Seestar's autofocus ensures that your images are always sharp and crisp - even in landscape photography!

The best of the night

Finding a worthwhile celestial object is easy: select the object on your phone in the app ("Tonight's Best") and the Seestar automatically aligns itself with the target and starts tracking. Turn your smartphone or tablet into a telescope controller: with just a few clicks, you can access the star and deep-sky catalog with more than 4000 objects and receive detailed information about your chosen celestial target. With its built-in sensors, star charts and innovative sky atlas, the device helps you plan your evening observations.

The best part of the day: the solar filter included in the scope of delivery can be securely attached in front of the Lenses using a magnetic holder. This transforms the Seestar into a telescope for photographing sunspots!

4K dual camera system with wide-angle lens:

The S30 Pro is equipped with the Sony IMX585 1/1.2" color sensor, which covers a 4.6° field. It is illuminated by a lens with a quadruplet lens design. Both the sensor and the multi-part lens are a significant improvement on the classic Seestar S 30. Incidentally, an integrated dew heater ensures that the lens does not fog up.

But the Pro version offers even more: a Sony IMX586 color sensor for 63° wide-angle shots! The rectangular architecture of this sensor is ideal for landscape and nightscape shots. The latter are atmospheric images of the night sky with terrestrial objects in the foreground. The Seestar S30 Pro therefore combines deep-sky and wide-angle photography in one device!
This also applies to nature photography during the day: Use the Seestar S30 Pro to capture individual animals or entire landscapes!

Shooting mode for milky-way panorama: The mode called milky-way mode by ZWO is ideal for shooting the Milky Way over a wide angle range. But it can do even more: with this mode, star trail and mosaic images are possible: the telescope takes images of neighboring regions separately and creates one large image from them. The mosaic stitching engine, which has been improved for the Seestar Pro, converts 4K images into 8K composites.

Astronomical photometry: The Pro version of the Seestar supports calibrated photometric measurements, allowing variable stars to be observed and potential nova discoveries to be made.

With the included tripod, the Seestar is operated in azimuthal mode as standard. However, with the appropriate accessories from the accessory recommendation, it can also be set up in equatorial mode. This allows longer exposure times.

The integrated battery with a capacity of 6000 mAH allows the Seestar to operate for around 6 hours (tested under laboratory conditions at ZWO). An external power bank can also be connected via USB-C.

Who is the telescope for?

You have little time or patience but still want to take beautiful astrophotos?
You don't want to do everything yourself but want to use the new technology?
Are you a visual observer but are fascinated by individual images?
You have little space in your luggage but want a telescope for traveling?
You want to achieve results without having to deal with complex image processing?
With this intelligent telescope you get fascinating astrophotos at the touch of a button.

Scope of delivery:

- Smart telescope
- Tripod
- USB-C cable
- Quick guide / operating instructions
- Carrying bag
- Solar filter