Starship Asterisk*

My problem with this picture is that the only thing that makes it unique and fantastic (compared to a normal Milky Way picture with mountains, and eventually a person OR a meteor on it) , is in fact the simultaneous presence of this very bright meteor and of the observer with his arms opens towards ...

NGC2997 Galaxy NGC2997is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy in the Atlia constellation. It is taken here with a 500mm Ritchey Chretien telescope from the Atacama desert in chile. http://sguisard.astrosurf.com/Im_astro/NGC2997_LRVB-RC500-STL-SGU-TDE-crop1-900x600-cp8.jpg http://sguisard.astrosurf.com/...

Northern lights at aurora village, yellowknife, Canada http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/SGU-Aurora_Village-120930-4-1200x900-IMG_0988.jpg http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/SGU-IMG_4360-800x1200-cp10.jpg http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Yellowknife_aurora.html Actually my first ni...

and now also on youtube (720p)
http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Lovejoy.html

Stéphane Guisard

Time Lapse from Chile, above the Andes near Santiago de Chile :
on Vimeo (1080p)



http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Lovejoy.html

Stéphane Guisard
http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard

Another One, the comet with the Southern Mily Way :



http://astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Lovejoy.html

Stéphane

Comet Lovejoy from Santiago de Chile 23rd December 2011



http://astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Lovejoy.html

Stéphane

Orion above Atitlan Lake, Guatemala

http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Atitlan.html
Stéphane Guisard

The "Great Plaza" of Tikal Mayan site (Guatemala) : Explanations and VIRTUAL REALITY animation : http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/Tikal2.html 360 degree view of this Plaza and its two pyramids : http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Im_astro/SGU-Tikal-Plaza_Mayor-IMG0010-V2-900x450-cp1...

The sky of the Mayas : a night in Tikal (Guatemala) Tikal (or Tik'al according to the modern Mayan orthography) is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern ...

NGC6559 with 6" refractor :
Bigger image here :

http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim ... -LRVB.html

Stéphane

Hello, Messier 6, the butterfly open cluster, with a small (TOA 150mm diam) refractor, STL camera and NTM500 mount. 1 hour exposure in each R,V,B filter. http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/SGU-M6-TOA-STL-RVB-0900-cp10.jpg Bigger zoomable image here http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/M6-TOA...

Sorry, the server that was hosting the image of my post above failed. I made a mirror copy to a different server, I re-post my original message here but with new links for the images : *************************************************************************************** I was wondering what condit...

I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky ... Well, obviously there should be no Moon light. The Milky Way and zodiacal light should not be visible neither, and the image should be taken at a place with no light pollution. If these are correct criteriae, the f...

Hello everybody, Here is a 360 degree panorama of the Paranal observatory platform with its 8 telescopes working below the Milky Way arch during a dark night. Apart from the Milky Way, several other galaxies are visible SMC, LMC, M31, M33 ... the Gegenschein is also visible. I was not 100% sure, but...

Hello Everybody, I made this image for the 5th June, World Environment day, I'll be happy to hear what it "inspires" you ? http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/SGU-UNWorld_Environment_Day-Do_Not_Let_Our_Earth_Light_Out-1200-cp10.jpg My "inspiration" :) here : http://www.astros...

Hello everybody, Thank you for your comments, i am happy you the movie was featured on APOD today and that you like it.Some more details about the movie and "making of" of it : The Cotopaxi volcano time lapse movies were made at altitudes of 3800m and 4500m. Cotopaxi Volcano is very close ...

Hello, Just a few comments about the "Making of" the Cotopaxi Time Lapse Movie. This movie was taken 2 weeks ago in Ecuador. I spent the day and part of the night at altitude between 3800m (12700 ft) and 4500m (15000 ft) finding the right spots for my three cameras. The weather was partial...