Never Miss a Clear Night: Automated Sky Alerts for My Seestar S50

I got a Seestar S50 — ZWO’s little smart telescope — about a year ago. The hardware is excellent: point it at anything, tap the app, watch the stacking happen live. But there’s an unavoidable problem with amateur astronomy in London: the weather. M31 — the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest large neighbour at 2.5 million light-years. Seestar S50, 46 minutes integration, July 2025. Dust lanes visible along the disc; M32 satellite galaxy upper right. ...

March 8, 2026