M42 from Atacama desert ....

[sguisard]

...with TOA150mm refractor and SBIG STL camera  and nearly 13h exposure ....

http://sguisard.astrosurf.com/Pagim/SGU-TD-M42.html

Stéphane

[lensman57]

Absolutely beautiful, that is all.

A.G

[baggywrinkle]

Magical!

[baggywrinkle]

And a brilliant website too.

[brantuk]

I knew it was gonna be good when I saw the title. Amazing shots.

[pixelsaurus]

Stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[stargazerslivingroom]

Echo the above...Quite amazing, as are the images on your website.

Now if only I can get rid of those streetlights...

Thanks for sharing.

Steve

[HenryW]

Thats great!

[Steve Ward]

And that's why I want half an acre in the Atacama ... Bravo ... 

[wxsatuser]

Sweet!

Plus I really like the Meteor train video, thats brilliant. :icon_salut: :icon_salut:

[robbie c]

Wow that takes your breath away its just stunning well done thanks for sharing and love the website

[peter shah]

A stunning rendition ...a real pleasure to look at

[Twisted Lip]

Amazing!

[Mr Spock]

I was so busy looking at the image I forgot to come back here! Amazing quality.

[Sandancer10]

Absolutely stunning images. The quality and depth of rendition is truely amazing.

Brenda  

[ollypenrice]

Wonderful to see you positing on here Stéphane. Ton image est magnifique. I think your Milky Way mosaic is the best 'amateur' image I have ever seen.

Your M42 is extremely deep and detailed. Well done to you both.

Olly

[sguisard]

Hello everybody,

Thank you very much for your comments and nice words about the image and my website.

Merci beaucoup Olly !!

Stephane

[LeeWilky]

Hats off to you mate that is one of if not THE best picture i have ever seen of M42!  Absolutely stunning!

[Twisted Lip]

Just looking at your website again and some of your images are simply stunning. In some of the wide field shotsI'm completely struck by how bright the moon must be when its up! In some (http://sguisard.astrosurf.com/Pagim/Tikal1.html) the temple almost looks like its in daylight and yet still has a perfect starry sky above. The talent to take some of those images is phenomenal, its pleasure to see them. May I ask what type of equipment you use in terms of lenses and cameras (the best equipment aside - a fantastic unpolluted sky!)?

Thanks

Will

[sologuitarist61]

My word - that is wonderful!

[assouptro]

Beauutiful!

[majapala]

Thanks for sharing.

[RobH]

A feast for the eyes, as are the rest of your images . Beautiful work.

[sguisard]

Thanks to everybody for the nice  comments.

Twisted Lip  : For Astronomical landscape/monument pictures I use Canon 5dII camera. My lenses are the Canon L serie ones (14 / 24 /35 / 50)  ... these are the fast (but I never use them wide open), heavy and expensive ones .... but there are very good and much cheaper  alternatives to these ones, for example Samyang 14 and 35 mm etc ....

Stéphane

Just looking at your website again and some of your images are simply stunning. In some of the wide field shotsI'm completely struck by how bright the moon must be when its up! In some (http://sguisard.astrosurf.com/Pagim/Tikal1.html) the temple almost looks like its in daylight and yet still has a perfect starry sky above. The talent to take some of those images is phenomenal, its pleasure to see them. May I ask what type of equipment you use in terms of lenses and cameras (the best equipment aside - a fantastic unpolluted sky!)?

Thanks

Will

[sungazer]

Truly wonderful, with such a modest size scope.