Growing up in Chicago, city lights meant only a handful of bright stars were visible from home. Whenever he could escape to darker skies, Don didn’t want to spend hours staring through a guiding eyepiece at just one object — he wanted to see everything.

Today, Seestar has transformed that dream into reality. Although Don still considers himself a “visual observer,” he often sets up both his S30 and S50 together: one in Framing mode to capture faint or extended targets with long exposures, and the other to observe brighter objects in near real-time. The best of both worlds.

With Seestar, Don explores objects he once never thought possible. He enjoys taking long exposures of treasures like the Cygnus Loop and Andromeda Galaxy, but doesn’t want hours of post-processing to get in the way of stargazing. That’s why he turns to Adobe Photoshop Express — simple, fast, and perfectly matched to Seestar’s ease of use.

🌠 After decades of telescopes and astronomy gear, Don says nothing has brought him more joy than the Seestars. They rekindle the same wonder he felt as a young stargazer in Chicago — only now, the universe feels closer than ever.