Astrophotography

Welcome to this section of the website about astrophotography.

Here are some of my favorite astrophotos


Venus transit

Venus transit in front of the Sun. Canon 30D on Orion ED80 refractor, mounted on a tripod and covered with a special sun filter. Photo taken in Sherbrooke, June 5th, 2012 at 6h26pm, while the sun was partially covered by clouds.


NGC 7635

NGC 7635 - Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/6.3 (with focal reducer), Orion LPR filter, 12 x 5min, iso 800, autoguided with 201XT. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20050924.


M27

M27 - Dumbbell nebula in Vulpecula. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/10, Orion LPR filter, 21 x 5min, iso 800, autoguided with 201XT. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20050907.


M16

M16 - Open cluster including the Eagle nebula in Serpens. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/6.3 (with focal reducer), Orion LPR filter, 6 x 5 min, iso1600, manually guided. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20050807.


M51

M51 - Whirlpool galaxy in Canes Venatici. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/10, 15 x 4min, iso1600, manually guided. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20050411.


Gibbous moon

Gibbous moon. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/6.3 (with focal reducer), 1/60s, iso100. Photo taken in Sherbrooke 20050320.


M42

M42 - Orion nebula in Orion. Canon 10D on Orion ED80 refractor at f/7.5, guided on a LX90, 8 x 5min, 4 x 3min et 5 x 30sec, at iso800, manually guided. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20050130 and 20050202.


Total lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse of October 27, 2004. This collage of 9 photos shows the moon displacement through the earth shadow during the eclipse (from right to left). Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/6.3 (with focal reducer), exposure times varying between 1/400s and 8s. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20041027.


NGC6946 and SN2004et

Supernova SN2004et in the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC6946) in Cygnus. The supernova, (which position is marked on the photo), was part of this distant galaxy, at more than 10 millions light-years. This exploding star became more luminous than its whole galaxy for many weeks! Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/10, 10 x 3min, iso800, manually guided. Photos taken in Sherbrooke, 20041007.


M31

M31 - Andromeda galaxy in Andromeda. Canon 10D on Orion ED80 80mm apo refractor at f/4.7 (with 0.63x focal reducer), Losmandy G8 mount, 25 x 90s, iso1600, unguided. Photos taken in the nice dark sky of Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Refuge, Quebec, 20040819.

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