Leo I, II, III dwarf galaxies with Seestar smart telescope Smart telescopes will revolutionize amateur astronomy at all levels. Among these instruments the Seestar S50 is particularly noteworthy. With its moderate pricing it is well within the reach of novice stargazers and casual night sky aficionados. App controlled, like all smart scopes, it allows long sequences of 10-second exposures, which it live-stacks automatically on board the instrument. What's most amazing though is the wealth of even the faintest deep-sky objects that is suddenly easily accessible to amateur astronomes across the globe and across all age groups. Among these night-sky treasures are faint fuzzies such as distant interacting galaxies, dim planetary nebulae, obscure globular clusters, dwarf galaxies, even quasars and extragalactic supernovae. Our example demonstrating the Seestar's capabilities are the three dwarf galaxies Leo I, II, and III. Due to their incredibly low surface brightnesses they can‘t be seen in typical beginner telescopes. However, pointing the Seestar S50 at these elusive deep-sky marvels for a mere hour each shows them nicely. For our images we used only the green channel of the original stacks and did a strong enhancement to bring out the faint galaxies.
Leo I dwarf galaxy with Sestar S50 by project nightflight
Leo II dwarf galaxy with Sestar S50 by project nightflight
Leo III dwarf galaxy with Sestar S50 by project nightflight