Crescent Moon Composite

Here is an image I made recently of the moon. I'm very proud of it considering I took this image with a webcam! This image is actually 4 separate images of the moon aligned to look as if it were a single image. Each of the four images were created by stacking short video clips of different portions of the moon in Registax. Then once I had my images, I aligned and processed them in Photoshop. Hope you like it!

Here is a link to a video I made describing the process ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JabOEFMiB2Q

Just had my first opportunity to take my Deep Sky Imager out to Grier's Field at the Deerlick Astronomy Village and after I got home I stacked my exposures to make the following 2 composite images.

This is M104 the Sombrero Galaxy. This image was stacked from 28 individual 30 second exposures for a total exposure time of 14 minutes.



And this is M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy. This image is stacked from 18 individual 30 second exposures for a total exposure time of 9 minutes.

Lately I've been learning how to stack images with RegiStax. I made this image of the moon by taking a short video clip through my telescope. After I converted the file into an AVI format, Registax pretty much did the rest. I also adjusted the brightness and contrast in Photoshop to really make it pop!

Here is the original video clip ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcog5Wi67XM

Saturn (from a web cam) 2-27-2011

Here's my attempt to capture Saturn on a cheap web cam through my telescope. Stacking and color balance was done in RegiStax 5. The music is Vaughandrix by Mark Cole. Thanks for watching!