Milky Way, 350D, from back in May

[rogerg]

Hi everyone,

I finally bit the bullet yesterday and bought a license to RegiStar, so now I can easily process my DSLR shots that contain field rotation or other lensing/distortions/scaling.

This means I've finally been able to process a bunch of images from
the last few months. There are more I have yet to do but this first
set have surprised me. They are all images taken on a light weight
fixed tripod, with the camera simply sitting there, not tracking at
all for the whole night. All are 20 or 30 second exposures,
stacked/aligned.

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=344 (http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=344)
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=346 (http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=346)
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=345 (http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=345)

Roger.

[[1ponders]]

Nice Roger.


Hmm, I know what you mean. I should really bite the bullet and get Registar. From all I've heard its the Bee's Knees for aligning DSOs

[Adrian-H]

they are nice. much more detail then i can execute

i have tried simular shots in my backyard, same method just from a conventonal camera tripod with my ha 350d, but i still havent learned to stack yet, nor do darks flats and lights, the sky finally cleared up today i hope it stays clear tonight

ive been put out for more then 4 consecutive days cause of the clouds, i downloaded that registax afew days ago havent worked it out yet eather haha, maybe i will try give it a go at trying the same thing again, cept taking afew pictures and to stack them like you have.

its quite a blast the pictures you can take without a scope or tracking mount, i think there are just more limitations added to how you can do it.

thanks, you give me inspriation!

[rogerg]

So far I've been amazed by it's capabilities. It hasn't mis-aligned a single frame, and some of the sequences I have been aligning are from fixed tripod taken over a period of 2 hours - so lots of movement, with fixed foreground objects to add confusion, and a little movement as I nocked the tripod, slight zoom adjustments, etc. Prefect results.

Roger.

[TidaLpHasE]

:)Well i'm definately a fan of those images, great detail with a huge field of view.

It looks like it's a must have bit of software for myself, as i am doing a fair bit of tripod mounted widefield imaging of the Milky Way.

Thanks for posting these, i will look into getting this software, as the results show it's quality.

Cheers.
Trevor.

[EzyStyles]

very nice roger. plenty of colours from the milky way.