The ZWO SeeStar S30 is a compact all-in-one smart telescope that makes capturing the night sky simple while still delivering impressive results. The entire unit stands about a foot tall with the included mini tripod and weighs a touch over 3.5 lbs. It comes with its own soft sided carrying case, and it’s super portable. The S30 debuted in November 2024. Go here for my dedicated S30 Smart Telescope page for details on the telescope itself or continue on for more about the images I’ve captured with this fun scope.

I captured all of the images below with the S30. Most were taken from as short as 3 – 5 minutes to a hour or two of live stacking. I tweaked the images slightly and denoised them as well, all in the app. The images speak for themselves. Are they perfect? No. And yes, one could stack them and post process them outside of the SeeStar app to achieve better results, sure.  So as I write this I have only had the S30 for a couple of weeks and have not gone down the post processing rabbit hole. I’m loving this thing just watching the live images stack in the app! It’s just too easy to setup and use. Sure, it has it’s place, and it won’t replace my modular and bigger rig, but again, it’s too easy and too much fun. Click on any of the images below to go to the gallery for a better view and additional details.