Hestia Smart Telescope - Setup & Solar Test!

How do you zoom in 💀

Arrived in time for eclipse. The device was a massive success. So glad I did the kickstarter. My pics were fantastic.

Cool music but absolutely no dialogue that explains any of this.

It is too bad you could not talk with some explanation as to what you were doing. I just received the unit yesterday and the directions are pretty poor and I also don’t understand what it actually does. Is it just a magnifying glass?

Noticed Kesgrave. Ipswich?

I got my Hestia two weeks ago and I've been waiting for a clear night to take moon photos. I struggle with the app, so please do more videos about that. At least you showed a few of the things it can do, no one else is doing that. The Hesitia pretty much just magnifies things. It's the app that does the work, so to speak. The tripod has issues. I wish it had a standard screw so I could use one of my other tripods. Looking forward to more videos from you about it.

looks great but im still with ves[era

My Hestia Smart Telescope arrived yesterday, took some pretty cool pictures of the sun today with sun spots. Looking forward to taking some moon pics when the sky clears. 🖖

Mine came in today but I'm not home to check it out yet. Can't wait

We are drive ng (and adventuring along the way) from NV to TX for the eclipse. And of these smart telescopes be able to capture the diamond or beads? Please help? Thanks so much; in advance. 😊

completely whelmed

Mine should be delivered mid March. Started planning trip to Ohio to get in the path of totality. Any suggested locations that isn't a big city?

Seems super jittery.

Very annoying music.

Once you have the upside down eyepiece in place, you may have to adjust optics on front of hestia for correct focus, I think you just rotate the lens assembly

Something for you to try that I have speculated might work, grab one of the eyepieces from your other scopes and turn it upside down and place it on the optics on hestia that you set your phone on. I think this may work to turn hestia in to a spotting scope, if it works I’m not sure what mm eyepiece would be best but plan to try them to see

Chris, I always like your videos, but the music in this one, arrgh! 😮

That's great! Please share a video on how to operate it and its functions and deep sky astrophotography

Is this a goto type or do you manually move the scope using the tripod?

Can you let me know the size of the solar filter?

Great review, I guess if you can’t say something good, then say nothing at all.

Nice for bird watching 😊

Looks great! Getting excited for mine. It's still on the boat somewhere!

I have one coming in soon. For the price, though, I was prepared to be underwhelmed. But, from this, I think I am actually whelmed.

Thanks for sharing. What smartphone are you using?

Seems to be a few of this type of telescope about at the min , but I think the ones with tracking look better

I've been using the Dwarf II astrophotography system since last May. It's great! I see things with it I can't see in my 10" scope. I use an NGC catalog with more than 7800 deep sky objects (DSOs). I can manually enter their coordinates. I didn't see any way of entering manual coordinates of DSOs with the Hestia. How many objects are in the Hestia database? Can you look at an object at your zenith without the phone falling off the Hesta? How are the settings for exposure time, gain and stacked frames? The video of the Sun was very shaky!

nearly got one, pleased i didnt...no tracking..all manual..very shaky...ended up getting seestar s50

1st one ive seen in the wild

Thanks for the video. I think it’s the first video/unboxing. What is your opinion of it?

Tried to order one, wasn’t impressed by the amount of comments from buyers who had gone months without receiving anything, and the comment from Vaonis, that they only have a prototype and not a working model? Good that you managed to get one, shame I’m going to be forced toward another manufacturer to fill the gap I have in my gear.

These things are becoming popular.

Thanks for sharing. Doesn't look too bad.