hi all

[mikeglr]

hi all i'm mike i'm fairly new to astronomy about ten years ago i brought a rubbish tasco from a second hand shop although i enjoyed some decent veiw's of jupiter and saturn i soon got frustrated trying to keep objects in the eyepiece and eventually threw it away . my passion for stargazing never left me so last year i brought a 150 sky watcher on eg3 mount and a set of plossl eyepieces and have enjoyed some wonderful views of galaxy's and clusters . i've also brought a cannon 1000d and going to try my hand at some photo's [which i'm discovering take's alot of practice} could anyone help as i'm confused about which software to buy for image stacking and so on, i keep reading about photoshop but don't want to buy the full version if element's has got what i need considering the huge price differance

[centroid]

Hi Mike, and welcome to SGL.

The later versions of Photoshop Elements have just got better and better, and all though they don't offer the comprehensiveness of Photoshop, you will still able to do a lot with them.

Helen, uses Photoshop Elements, and I'm sure she will be along later, to tell you how she finds it.

Dave

[glowjet]

Hi Mike

A warm welcome to SGL, I can`t help with your problem, but I am sure it will not be long before you get the help you need.

John.

[Doc]

Welcome to SGL.

There's loads of free stuff.

Instead of photoshop try the Gimp.

For stacking there's Deep Sky Stacker.

Just google them. They are free.

[Ferox]

Welcome to SGL Mike.

[Wobbly Bob]

Welcome to our forum Mike

[Stephen Green]

Hi Mike welcome to the SGL :sunny: :sunny:

Stephen

[Terry]

Hi Mike

A warm welcome to SGL

Terry

[ron.s.g]

Hi mike and welcome,

have you tried googling for stacking software to have a look at what's available,

also have a look at the reviews on here as i'm sure some are mentioned,

regards ron.s.g

[phillc]

Hello Mike and a warm welcome to SGL

phillc :wave:

[lunator]

Hello Mike

Welcome to SGL

Rgds

Ian

[Talitha]

Hi and welcome to SGL, Mike.

[Jarndyce]

Hi Mike

Welcome to SGL.

[scotastro]

Welcome to the SGL

another Mike

[CELESCOPE]

H i Mike, nice to have you with us on SGL

Rog

[mikeglr]

thank's for the warm welcome and info everyone i've downloaded deep sky stacker and pixinsight once i learn how to use them properly i'll post some of my effort's

cheer's mike

[stefski]

Hi Mike and welcome to SGL! :-)

[trudie]

Welcome from me too.

Trudie

[Sam]

Hi Mike! welcome to SGL Good luck with the imaging, it's certainly a tricky skill to pick up

Sam

[thing]

Hi Mike, welcome to SGL. :salute: