Observer Comments

Image Capture Description

This second day after returning from my NYC and Princeton trip was a much more typical day. I'd left the Askar out on the pier and ran another side by side comparison. In these conditions, the "single exposure" lucky imaging of the Seestar delivered the better quality. The "lucky imaging" filter in Seestar, based on accepting a percentage of images, simply wasn't discriminating enough and the stack was inferior to a single image.

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Capture Details & Sunspot Analysis

Observer	MG
Date and Time Observed (UTC)	2025-04-30 13:00:00
Conditions	Sky Quality: Fair Seeing: 2-Good (1"-2") Mostly Cloudy (62.5% to 87.5%)
Obs. Lat/Long	42° 17', 073° 57'
Instrument	Seestar S50 f5.0-250mm FL
Camera	Seestar Built-in SONY IMX462 Sensor
Solar Filter Used	Seestar Filter
Post Processing	Levels adjusted in Affinity Photo