The Astrophotography of Ken James Part 3

The continuing adventure of my Deep Space Astrophotography. I now use a Canon 350D DSLR Camera.

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Film & Animation

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• Astrophotography
• Astronomy
• stars
• planets
• galaxy
• space
• pictures
• imaging
• astro
• sky
• telescope
• camera

[SaturnAndItsRings]

each video your pictures get better!

[BallaratDragon]

@SaturnAndItsRings

Thanks. I don't do much in the way of Photographic imaging now. I have moved on to doing 'Live' Video astrophotography.

I now have a special camera I place in my telescope and I show everyone the night sky via the internet, and it is interactive. It is worth joining up and having a look at all the 'Live' astronomy at nightskiesnetwork . com

My 'Live' channel is 'Snake Valley Australia'.

[skywalkme]

beautiful pictures , have you done much ,,processing'' with them or are they untouched ?

[BallaratDragon]

Thanks skywalkme.

They are processed. Most images are made up of 8 - 12 seperate images of the object then stacked in Registax 3 to cancel out noise. Then taken to Photoshop for contrast adjustment and a bit of colour balance.

[wafflegirl506]

Haha, x files :)

Your observatory looks very cosy! I envy you and your location - I live right next to a road with street lights/artificial suns.

Amazing images - especially the Carina and Trifid nebulas. The colours are brought out wonderfully :)

[BallaratDragon]

Thanks Waffle.

Yes, it turns out that it is the smallest Roll-off roof Observatory in the world LOL! It is only 3'10" x 3'10".

I can't use it any more as I have stepped up to an 8" Klevtsov scope and it doesn't fit in there!

[SPARTA3351]

@chargr383

Thanks for liking my images.

Skywatcher now make a fantastic range of Dobsonians with GoTo and tracking. That way you have the great aspects of a Dobsonian plus the advantage of GoTo!

A friend of mine has the 12" model and it is fantastic. And accurate.

They aren't good enough for Long Exposure imaging of Deep Sky Objects though. For that you will need a good solid mount like a HEQ5 or EQ6 as a bare minimum. Then a scope like an ED80 as a minimum.

Hope that helps.

[chargr383]

you take really great pictures. I hope to reach your level one of these days :P At the moment I'm using dobsonian 4.5 without any goto system for tracking. my next upgrade will either be a reflector or dob with goto. Do you have any recommendations.

thanks

[Danyulesun]

Hey, I was having a bit of a browse and came this! Great stuff there Kensun!! Cheers Danielsun.

[znanyun]

Very cool! I got some good ideas here for making my next video :)

[meeris]

Great pictures ! Ken James rocks ! ;)

[Zeethr]

thank you Ken James for taking us on a deep space journey with you. you are a true master astronomer! this video inspired me to sub you!