Guest jonathan_t Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi there i'm Jon from Mansfield. Just starting out and hoping to meet some of you at Belper sometime soon. I'm very keen to learn about astronomy and astrophotography especially. Any advice on software for astro photography? jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi Jon, welcome to the forum. I don't do any of that astrophotography malarkey (it's cheating), I`m purely a visual monkey myself. I`m sure somebody will be along shortly to advise on software ETC, all I know is it is a very slippery slope down the dark path once you start taking pictures! Hope you enjoy the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi Jon, a warm welcome to EMS. I can't help you out with the imaging side of things, I am visual only, but others will pitch in and help out. I look froward to meeting you sometime soon up Belper, but in the meantime enjoy the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi Jon and welcome to EMS I'm no imager but I do know some of the software used. Look up "Deep Sky Stacker" for dso photography, and "Registax" for imaging planets. They're both free to download. You'll probably want "Stellarium" and or "Cartes du Ciel" which are free planetarium programs - the interesting thing about these is that they include telescope control software for many popular mounts. Phd (push here dummy) sounds fun but is very good for guiding telescopes - again totally free to download. That should be enough for starters - also look into getting "Making Every Photon Count" by Steve Richards. Highly regarded as the imagers Bible and a must for anyone starting out in astro photography. £20 from first light optics. Hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) Welcome to EMS Jon. I'm also from Mansfield. Sorry, I don't do photography either, but there will be many others here who can help with that. You will get lots of help with all aspects of the hobby on this forum. Edited October 17, 2016 by Tweedledee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi Jon, welcome to EMS. i live in Mansfield too and can recommend you looking into joining the Mansfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield Astro society, we have a substantial observatory and clubhouse on Coxmoor road. (See below for details), but we are a friendly bunch. If you want to know more then PM me... I am a visual monkey too, I don't dabble too much in the dark side of this hobby! ? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi there Jon. Welcome, hope to meet you sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi Jon, welcome to EMS :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hi Jon a warm welcome to the EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonathan_t Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Thanks for all the helpful info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakybrit Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Hi Jon, New to astronomy myself. Welcome to EMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 On 17 October 2016 at 17:40, Daz Type-R said: Hi Jon, welcome to the forum. I don't do any of that astrophotography malarkey (it's cheating), I`m purely a visual monkey myself. I`m sure somebody will be along shortly to advise on software ETC, all I know is it is a very slippery slope down the dark path once you start taking pictures! Hope you enjoy the forum. Don't listen to him Jonathan! Come to the dark side... One of us. One of us....It is the only way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonathan_t Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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