By https://newatlas.com/author/stefan-ionescu/
Publication Date: 2026-01-29 12:07:00
Not long ago, if you wanted to witness the wonders of the universe, you had to lug around a bulky telescope and potentially spend hours making fine adjustments to zero in on celestial targets. ZWO’s Seestar S30 Pro is here to flip the script by offering a lightweight telescope that allows people of all skill levels to experience deep sky exploration without having to worry about the technical details.
The S30 Pro is a compact, app-controlled observatory that’s closer to a compact camera than a traditional telescope. However, it is reportedly capable of capturing deep sky objects with surprising clarity, even in light-polluted environments.
To support astrophotography, the S30 Pro is equipped with two Sony 4K image sensors. One of these is an IMX585 telephoto sensor that captures clean, low-noise images of targets like nebulae or distant galaxies. This is thanks to the larger light-sensitive area, which is four times larger than the original S30. The other is an IMX586 wide-angle sensor that…
