昨晚午夜雲層稍散，露出一片久違了的星空，馬上帶Seestar到我們新界西基地拍攝。M42獵戶座大星雲、M45七姊妹星團、英仙座雙星團、M33三角座星系都一一拍下來，部份時間因為目標太低，甚至要把鏡架在流動厠所頂上，但仍是一放好便能工作，累積曝光30分鐘都沒問題。早上日出，又放在窗台上拍拍太陽，由午夜至早上不足10小時間的結果可謂收穫甚豐。這些圖片有手機截屏，也有下載到電腦作簡單處理便出圖。稍後有機會組織學習小組大家交流拍攝及後制技巧。當然，部份表面亮度低的目標，還是要待天氣好些及優化一下拍攝及後制才可拍出更理想細節。

下一批Seestar S50下週由工厰出貨，可以交付截至9月上旬的訂戶，稍後有更多陸續抵港， 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