The ZWO Seestar S50: Solar Observation - Rotation...

Here are two consecutive days of the Sun taken with the ZWO Seestar S50. Shows the Sun's rotation (axis approx 45 degrees sloping up from left to right) as well some evolution in the shape of the sunspots. Movement towards upper-left is from Day 1 to Day 2 (22/23 December 2023).

Much fun !!! 

Sun Rotation as Shown by Sunspots

Scaling off the image and applying some simple calculations indicates the time it would take the left-most sunspot pair about 25 days to complete one rotation. Pretty close to official information.

It would be easy to get hooked by these things - or am I talking about past tense...

The ZWO Seestar S50: First Solar Observation...

 Taking the opportunity of a clear morning sky (now gone cloudy) I took the S50 outside on its small tripod to observe the Sun.

Sun with sunspots (22 Dec 2023 - 09:25 am AEDT:UTC/GMT +11 hours)

Amazingly it only took less than 5 minutes from stepping out the door to the outside to getting the first image !!!

Setting up outside 35 seconds; booting up YQ10S tablet and S50 and connecting 45 seconds; compass calibration 40 seconds; levelling 55 seconds; attaching solar filter 20 seconds; S50 finding Sun 55 seconds.

This smart telescope is amazing !!!

Included ND Solar Filter (clips onto S50 lens opening)

Addendum: I don't yet understand completely how the S50 found the Sun. I am presuming it takes an azimuth bearing from its built-in compass (which is why a compass calibration is needed), an elevation bearing from the angle of the lens (why a levelling calibration is needed) and latitude and longitude and time from the tablet, and then calculates where the Sun should be in azimuth and elevation. Then it performs a spatial search and locks onto the Sun. All logical when you say it - but absolutely amazing in actual execution.