Astrophotography
Welcome to this section of the website about astrophotography.
This section is still under contruction. A gallery of photos and other informations about my techniques and equipment will soon be available here. Until then, here are some of my latest work.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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. Canon 10D on LX90 8" at f/6.3 (with focal reducer), 1/60s, iso100. Photo taken in Sherbrooke 20050320.
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 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.
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.