Seestar Shooting Modes

Table of Contents

    Stargazing

    Enter the homepage of Seestar App and click on the Stargazing mode designed for deep-sky astrophotography. The system will automatically enter the celestial body library page. You can search deep-sky celestial bodies here for one-click GoTo alignment, or skip the library page to enter the shooting interface directly.

    Seestar App homepage enter Stargazing deep-sky shooting mode entry page

    On the shooting page, click the right-side icon to open the telescope joystick. Adjust telescope pointing via the central screen dot: drag the bottom circle or drag the preview image up/down/left/right. Tap Fast/Slow to switch the slewing speed of the lens.

    Stargazing mode joystick control panel for deep-sky target framing

    Tap the SkyAtlas icon at the bottom right corner to open the star map, then select deep-sky targets for star photography.

    Open SkyAtlas star map to pick deep-sky objects in Stargazing mode

    If star details look blurry, tap AF (Auto Focus) to activate automatic focusing.

    Tap AF auto-focus button to sharpen star field in Stargazing mode

    Mark target celestial objects on screen and adjust image exposure parameters.

    Celestial object marking and image adjustment panel for deep-sky shooting

    Turn on the light pollution filter before shooting to reduce ambient light interference on deep-sky photos.

    Enable light pollution filter function for deep-sky astrophotography

    Solar System

    Enter the homepage of Seestar App and click on the Solar System mode for planetary and lunar imaging. The system will jump to the solar system object library page. Search planets, moon and other solar system targets for GoTo, or skip to the shooting page directly.

    Seestar App homepage enter Solar System planetary shooting mode entry

    The joystick operation logic is the same as Stargazing mode, used to adjust the telescope’s framing direction and slewing speed.

    Solar System mode joystick control panel for planet and moon framing

    Activate auto-focus and adjust screen brightness, center the planetary target in frame, and turn on RAW format to save lossless AVI video files.

    Solar System mode RAW AVI video recording and brightness adjustment settings

    Swipe the bottom mode bar to switch between astro time-lapse and video recording modes.

    Bottom mode switch for timelapse and video in Solar System shooting page

    Scenery 

    Open the homepage of Seestar App, tap Scenery mode to enter daytime landscape shooting interface.

    Seestar App homepage enter Scenery landscape photography mode

    Joystick control operation follows the same steps as Stargazing mode for landscape framing adjustment.

    Scenery mode joystick control interface for landscape target adjustment

    Adjust focus and brightness via the right-side control panel. You can select moving objects on screen and enable automatic target tracking.

    Swipe the bottom mode bar to switch between landscape time-lapse and video recording modes.

    Scenery mode timelapse and video recording mode switch bar