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Originally Posted by Chrissyo
I'm not sure if this should be posted here, as this isn't exactly galaxies or nebula... but it sure aint planetary.
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Yep, this is the right spot
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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).
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If all you have used is a tripod, you've done pretty well. Anything over about 10 sec is going to produce trails. Also registax is not real good at rotating images, which is what really needs to happen here. One thing you might try is to use about 30x10sec shots.
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I thought registax would simply align all the stars?
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Without a tracking mount, a program like registax is going to struggle to cope with the translation and field rotation.
If you are not ready to buy a tracking mount you could try a barn door mount if you have some handiperson skills. This will alow you to track and use the full 30sec capability.
http://hometown.aol.com/davetrott/page6.htm
http://www.skynews.ca/pages/resources/barndoor.html
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Even though the result image is quite silly, I am quite fond of it.  
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They are never silly. This one is most important. It's your FIRST
Well Done