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Old 19-01-2025, 10:30 AM
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A New Eyepiece Called SmartEye

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Really interesting eyepiece. I am strictly a casual observer. My thinking is that astronomy photography equipment can do the same thing for far less. I could be wrong.

https://smarteyepiece.com/

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I've been looking into the this device myself. It's very interesting. Could be effective for those of us who live in light polluted skies. It's asking price is a real barrier to entry however. Especially if you have a Seestar S50 or Dwarf that auto stack images and present to a screen already.

I suppose its real value is that you can move it to any telescope you want - that it can come to focus in. With a Seestar s50 your locked in at 50mm of aperture. The SmartEye can be attached to 25 Inch scope with goto if you have one. The FOV would be small though.

Yeah, this is a tough one. There is a lot of convenience, and the IMX533 is pretty good sensor. I reckon it would go alright in my 8" f4.

But, $3,500 from Bintel. That's tough.
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Old 21-01-2025, 01:28 AM
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I am also considering. In the EU it costs $1945 which is less than AU$3500 and in the US it costs $1600 excl sales tax.
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Old 24-01-2025, 02:06 PM
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$2500 +++ AUD ordered from the USA, but $3300 from Bintel - someone's making a very tidy profit. Looks like a potentially amazing little gadget, but surely your go-to would need to be spot-on or you'd get star trails and blurred images if it's stacking every 10 seconds? Would love to try one out.
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Old 25-01-2025, 06:41 AM
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The US dollar is ~= to $1.50 AUD, so the US price in AUD is $2400AUD, so Bintel is possibly paying more for the product from the manufacturer.
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Old 26-01-2025, 07:15 AM
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From the little information I can find on this device am I understanding it correctly? So there is a screen inside the eyepiece like a single virtual reality screen for one eye? As it stacks images the detail gets bigger?
So a dob on an equatorial platform will still probably not be accurate enough for it to not blur I'm thinking.
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Old 26-01-2025, 09:15 AM
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Hello There

Before my club's next star party I will send a google member email. Hopefully someone has one and I could test it out. Will let you know.

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Old 26-01-2025, 09:21 AM
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Read more about it here:
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/9...hl=%2Bsmarteye
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https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/9...e/?hl=%2Bsmart
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Old 27-01-2025, 08:58 AM
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Hello Don

Thanks for the link.
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SmartEye, is it designed for refractors more than an 8" Schmidt, please?
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SmartEye, is it designed for refractors more than an 8" Schmidt, please?
It is not designed specifically for any scope, though a shorter f/ratio will yield a larger field and faster images.
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