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ZWO Seestar S50 Astronomical All-in-one Smart Telescope

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Features

  • All-in-One Astronomy Tool: Built-in telescope, camera, tracking mount, and focuser.
  • User-Friendly: Designed for ease of use by astronomy enthusiasts at any skill level. Suitable for observing Deep Sky targets/Moon/Sun but not suitable for viewing Planets.
  • Ultra-Portable: Light and compact, making it perfect for adventures under the stars.
  • Affordably Priced: Offers unparalleled value for the features and technology packed within.
  • Seestar App Integration: Control, edit, and share your celestial discoveries with a vibrant community.

Brand: ZWO


Optical Tube Length: 50 Millimeters


Eye Piece Lens Description: Barlow


Objective Lens Diameter: 50 Millimeters


Telescope Mount Description: Built-in motorized tracking mount


Focus Type: Manual Focus


Power Source: Battery Powered


Finderscope: Straight-Through


Item Weight: 3 Kilograms


Compatible Devices: Android, Smartphone, Tablet, iPhone


Item Weight: 6.6 pounds


Item model number: SEESTAR-S50


Date First Available: March 14, 2024


Manufacturer: ZWO


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • The perfect addition from beginners to professionals!
A game changer in astrophotography! No more setting up a "Go-To" German Equatorial powered tripod, Apochromatic refractor, digital camera and laptop. It took 30 minutes from unpacking the box to taking deep sky photos! This Seestar Telescope is perfect for beginners. This will not out-perform serious astrophotographers with their equipment. But for great wide field photos when you want to have some fun, this is perfect. For serious amateur astronomers, think of the Seestar S50 as the perfect traveling companion, just like the Orion 4.5" Starblast...most astronomers have a secondary small quick set-up Telescope. But the Seestar S50 is also the perfect Telescope for people who love astronomy and want to do a little astrophotography. This opens up opportunities for deep-sky observing that beginners would never pursue on their own. So basically anyone can view and take photos of our universe the first night out. The entire Telescope, case and tripod is not much bigger than a shoebox. A quality piece of equipment! Kim Kenny - Crewe Observatory ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2025 by Kim A. Kenny Kim A. Kenny

  • Amazing Smart Telescope
For the money, IMHO this is the best budget smart telescope at this time. Expect the market to have more options in the future, but I am enjoying astrophotography NOW. Easy to use and all you need is a good photo processing software to enhance exposure, contrast, reduce noise, image sharpening and color. In auto mode, the S50 will find, center and auto focus on the deep space object you select from the Seestar S50 app (free download) menu. However, you also have the option to find, focus and take pictures of objects manually whether it be astro or just landscape including wildlife. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2024 by rxt

  • Awesome!
After having spent thousands on telescopes over the years and not being able to track or image anything very well I had almost no faith that this thing would live up to the hype. But I figured it wasn't a whole lot of money to risk. Wow! What a surprise. It took maybe ten minutes to figure out and on the first night I produced some incredible images of the Orion Nebula, Andromeda and that comet. Well worth the money. I can't wait to get the s30 as well. Awesome performance, easy to use. You don't have to know a thing about astronomy or astrophotography but even if you do, you'll be very impressed. Solid 5 stars. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024 by MichiganUniverse MichiganUniverse

  • Wow!
I had been doing astrophotography for several years, and I wasn’t able to handle it most of the time. I’m disabled and have to deal with a lot of pain, and much of the tedious procedures you have to go through to get good DSO images were just entirely too rough on me. I wound up selling all of the equipment I had spent many thousands on and retired back to the chair, watching JWST images in my screen saver! lol I had seen the smart telescopes and really wanted one, but the prices were pretty steep and I couldn’t afford them. When I recently saw this one and how small it was, I was like, nah! No way that gets good DSO shots! The aperture is entirely too small, I’ve spent more on ZWO cameras for my last telescope, and it just looked like a desktop toy! I thought about it, fought through my denial, and decided to go ahead and grab one. I mean, if it sucks, I could always return it! This did NOT suck! When it arrived, the thing was pretty much ready to go! Just pop it on the tripod, download the app, get it all connected (easy least!), and start sky watching! I seriously couldn’t believe how easy it was to get going! With my old 8” telescope and the go to alt-azm mount, it took me forever and a day to get it polar aligned! And even then, I punched in an object only to have it go towards the object, and I was still searching! If you’re trying to find some of the dimmer galaxies or nebula, you’re screwed! This thing connects to gps, and as soon as it starts up, it’s pretty much set up and ready to go! I did have to turn the entire unit around twice for it to calibrate, but dayumn! The worse thing that can happen there is that I’d get a little dizzy from spinning my old @$$ around! lol I immediately took some shots of the sun with the included solar filter, and was amazed at what I was able to see! I had never seen solar flares and sunspots that weren’t someone else’s pictures, and that was pretty cool for me! I haven’t tried it at night yet, but that’s due to an issue pretty much every telescope has: The Telescope Curse! Yes, the evil curse nearly everyone has when they buy a telescope! You’ll have clear skies for a month straight, and the local weather stations are reporting clear skies for the next 10 days! But they don’t include: “Unless you just purchased a telescope.” It has been almost a month now, and the skies have been mostly cloudy, to fully cloudy every night! Happened when I bought my last telescope and the one before that. Took almost 6 months to have an ideal night last time, and I’m praying it won’t be that long with this one! Anyway, this is a great little telescope that’s very well built, and works very well! I highly recommend it!! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024 by kcjonez kcjonez

  • Very nice small telescope.
Great little scope that takes very nice photos.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2025 by Roy Frazor

  • Outstanding
Was not sure about this telescope. But after watching and reading many reviews, it seemed to be exactly what I wanted. It is light and very transportable, much more than my old 8” Celestron SC back in the 90’s! It is the easiest to use telescope I have ever seen. Once the scope is leveled, you do not need to touch it. Everything is done on the app, which is also very well designed and easy to use. I am very happy with it now just need more clear nights! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2025 by Ray Moore Ray Moore

  • I LOVE this thing
Had this for a little under a month so far. I have my own crazy expensive rig that takes me probably 45mins or so to set up (putting it together, calibration frames, tracking, etc) but this thing is amazing. You can literally set it up in 5 mins. All of the features that are included here (triple lens, filter, autofocus, calibration) would easily cost multiple times of what this is going for. It is an alt/az setup but you can easily overcome that by polar aligning it, so no field rotation. This IS BY FAR the best value and way to get into EAA and astrophotography. I only wish that I knew about it sooner! If you’re on the fence, just do it! I love my SeeStar! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024 by Jessie Jessie

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