Southern Stars

chrisyo · 29th August 2006

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 · 29th August 2006

nice shots

wat is 4x 15 sec shots?

zaxh81 · 29th August 2006

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

etegration · 30th August 2006

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

chrisyo · 30th August 2006

Originally Posted by etegration

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 · 30th August 2006

Originally Posted by 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

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 · 30th August 2006

Originally Posted by cerebrus

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 · 31st August 2006

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

cerebrus · 31st August 2006

Originally Posted by chrisyo

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 · 31st August 2006

Originally Posted by PnS

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.

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chrisyo New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 19	Southern Stars 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

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mysterio506 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 475	Re: Southern Stars nice shots wat is 4x 15 sec shots?

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zaxh81 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 4,383	Re: Southern Stars Beautiful,i like how the trees stand out but too noisy for a PnS.

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PnS Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 766	Re: Southern Stars This is really nice for a point and shoot, tried any noise reduction software for the bottom portion?