Southern Stars

[chrisyo]

Hi. First post here. Would like to share photo of the southern sky taken with a PnS (Canon Ixus) and just a tripod.

This was taken under dark skies in Malaysia, and was a combination of 4x 15 sec shots.

You can learn more about astrophotography from the people at www.singastro.org

 

[mysterio506]

nice shots :thumbsup:
wat is 4x 15 sec shots? :think:

 

[zaxh81]

Beautiful,i like how the trees stand out but too noisy for a PnS.

 

[etegration]

care to share the location of this shot please? scouting for places for star trails photography.

 

[chrisyo]

care to share the location of this shot please? scouting for places for star trails photography.

Hi. Location for this shot was Mersing, Malaysia, but there are many other dark places along the East Coast of Malaysia. For example, P. Aur where many people go diving is very dark.

 

[cerebrus]

Hi. First post here. Would like to share photo of the southern sky taken with a PnS (Canon Ixus) and just a tripod.

This was taken under dark skies in Malaysia, and was a combination of 4x 15 sec shots.

You can learn more about astrophotography from the people at www.singastro.org

:thumbsup: Amazing what you have done with a lowly P&S! Musty try this someday, when I am overseas. Any special technique to avoid startrails? How did you combine the images?

 

[chrisyo]

:thumbsup: Amazing what you have done with a lowly P&S! Musty try this someday, when I am overseas. Any special technique to avoid startrails? How did you combine the images?

Hi. This website will give you an idea of how it's done. http://astrosurf.com/vdesnoux/virtualeq/virtualeq.htm

Cheers,
Chris

 

[PnS]

This is really nice for a point and shoot, tried any noise reduction software for the bottom portion?

 

[cerebrus]

Hi. This website will give you an idea of how it's done. http://astrosurf.com/vdesnoux/virtualeq/virtualeq.htm

Cheers,
Chris

Thanks! Will try this out if I ever am in a really dark area.

 

[chrisyo]

This is really nice for a point and shoot, tried any noise reduction software for the bottom portion?

Thanks for the suggestion. Here's the photo after I redid the noise reduction with NEAT:

That is the southern cross just right of center.