The Astrophotography of Ken James Part 2

[SaturnAndItsRings]

good images....they are a bit noisy but good

[nikbookworm]

very inspirational

[wafflegirl506]

You're right, you have improved :)

Yup, I'm not gonna be able to un-see the M42 love heart.

Great globular cluster and planetary shots! Also, very nice horsehead nebula. What program do you use for processing?

[BallaratDragon]

Waffle, I capture using ImagesPlus and process in PhotoShop CS.

But in between these two programs I stack the frames in Registax 3. I believe Registax 3 to be far superior to Registax 4. Not many people use Registax for stacking Deep Sky images as it is designed for Planetary work.

I hope that helps : )

[wafflegirl506]

Does Registax 3 work better than Deep Sky Stacker? & have you tried Registax 5?

Thanks :)

[BallaratDragon]

I believe Registax 3 is better than DSS. But that is my personal opinion. Registax gives a smoother finish which reduces noise.

No I haven't tried Regi 5 yet. According to many Planetary Astrophotographers it isn't much different to Regi 4. Just more features, not better stacking.

[haynakaw999]

@BallaratDragon

Whats the name of the music in this video?

[haynakaw999]

@BallaratDragon

Oh nvm its at the video credits lol. Nice pictures btw

[BallaratDragon]

Yep, it's at the end : )

Thanks.

[aimher]

great vid please what is UR telescope and in Details please

[BallaratDragon]

Thanks aimher. For the images in the videos Part 1 and 2 I used an ED80 and a modified Phillips Toucam webcam. In Part 3 I used the ED80 and a Canon 350d DSLR. In all my imaging I also use another attached telescope and another Toucam webcam for Autoguiding the mount.

[jians5]

What kind of camera do you use? I assume it's a CCD by the hot pixels and interference is the longer exposure pictures, but I'm wondering if this is a 'commercial' DSI camera, or a modified webcam.

[BallaratDragon]

The camera I used for all these images is shown at the end of the video.

It is a Modified Phillips 840k ToUcam webcam.

I do have a Meade DSI but do not like the quality of the finished image compared to the ToUcam images.

I have now moved on to a Canon 350d DSLR and my next video (Part 3) will display images taken with it.

[MyAstroSpaceDotCom]

Top work Ken. Love the obs.

[BallaratDragon]

Thanks IK.

SVAA in March is the 4 night Astronomy Camp : )

That's where I'll be.

Ken

[IK1963]

Nice work Ken. Hope to see you at the SVAA meeting on the 11th of March.

[Maxsapd]

Beautiful

[amilldevil107]

how did you use that camera on the telescope

[amilldevil107]

how'd you make the Shelter i love it it's ingenious, i mean i have sean one but this one is very uneek

[amilldevil107]

i live in werribee by the way thats just down the road

[saxon12qa]

A thoroughly enjoyable video.

Nice to see a balance of equipment and images.

Keep up the good work.

[beren96]

Top work ken

[barryarmstead]

Ken, you are an artist! Very enjoyable, especially to the rest of us budding astrophotographers, who know just how hard it is to capture one image.

God bless you for the effort and sharing it with us!

Baz.

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