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Originally Posted by floyd_2
That's great news Patrick - and well done on your first pics! They're pretty clean for such short integration times. Your skies must be well darker than mine lol. I think the internal filter would come into its own if you have a lot of light pollution. It certainly helps where I am. With regard to the Seestar dropping subs due to trailing, I originally had the same problem. What fixed it for me was to do a compass calibration at the start of the night for each session (where you slowly spin the unit until the compass is calibrated). It's in the Advanced settings. Doing the compass calibration also helped me with the problem of horizontal calibration failing to complete. This might be the fix you're looking for - fingers crossed.
Make sure that your tripod is level before you start as well. I set up in the exact same spot every time so don't level very often. I'm not sure that it's particularly important given that the unit does a horizontal calibration anyway, but just in case.
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Thanks Dean, I did the compass calibration and tried to level the tripod before starting, although if your base is slightly out, then the compass calibration sort of throws out the leveling and you need to do the digital leveling in the app. The horizontal calibration completed OK. I'm in Bortle 5 skies, so overall pretty happy with the maiden voyage.