The Astrophotography of Ken James Part 2

In Part 2 I showcase my more recent images which are gradually improving.
All images are taken at Snake Valley, Victoria, Australia.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

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

[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

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

[BallaratDragon]

Yep, it's at the end : )

Thanks.

[SaturnAndItsRings]

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

[nikbookworm]

very inspirational

[haynakaw999]

@BallaratDragon

Whats the name of the music in this video?

[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.