I'm not sure if this should be posted here, as this isn't exactly galaxies or nebula... but it sure aint planetary.
I discovered my sisters digi-camera has a manual mode in which you're able to take exposures of up to 30 seconds. So, I jumped on iceinspace, tracked down some star field shots so I could have a try myself.
I took 10 shots, 7 15secs, 2 25 secs, and 1 30 sec shot. (I wanted a variety of times, hoping that the small star trails in the longer ones would be cancelled out by the shorter ones in Registax).
Anyway, I figured that throwing these pics into Registax would give me nice stars with no trails. However, my result looks like a long exposure pointed at the southern pole (see attchment). I was trying to get the scorpio section of the milky way, so I don't know whats going on.
I'm not using anything but a tripod, and I am guessing this is my problem. I thought registax would simply align all the stars? Can anyone help me with this problem and suggest some tips. Even though the result image is quite silly, I am quite fond of it.
Btw- sorry about the small picture size, I couldn't remember the size limit for pictures, so I decided to be safe.