Welcome to the Dan Pro Web! Glad to have you around. For
those who speak French, please see the disclaimer at the end of the page.
Solar Transit of Venus ( |
Sun overall disk from |
Lunar Eclipse, from |
Lunar Eclipse, from |
My first telescope: a
Criterion (USA) 4000, 4” Schmidt Cassegrain (1985-1990). |
My second telescope: a
Meade (USA) LX5, 8” Schmidt Cassegrain (1989-1996). |
My third telescope: a Borg
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My fourth telescope: a
Takahashi ( |
My fifth telescope: a
Televue (USA) TV-102i refractor on a Vixen Sphinx Mount (2005-…). |
Specialized solar rig #1:
Coronado (USA) Hydrogen Alpha Solarmax 90mm and BF-15 filter combination.
Here my girl friend looks puzzled… |
Specialized solar rig #2:
Baader ( |
Jupiter |
Saturn |
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I am a member
of the following groups: - Club des
Astronomes Amateurs de Laval: http://www.cam.org/~astrolv/ - Société
Astronomique de France: http://www.saf-lastronomie.com/accueil.html - Société
d’Astronomie du Planétarium de Montréal: http://www.sapm.qc.ca/ - Fédération
Des Astronomes Amateurs Du Québec: http://www2.globetrotter.net/faaq// - Ordre des
Ingénieurs du Québec: http://www.oiq.qc.ca/fr_index.html |
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James Webb Space Telescope at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA): http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/satellites/jwst.asp
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James Webb Space Telescope at NASA: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
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James Webb Space Telescope at the European Space Agency (ESA): http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120370_index_0_m.html
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International Space Station Canadarm 2:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/lores/sts112-709-033.jpg
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Anik E series of Canadian Communication satellites: http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/photos/satellites_gallery5.htm
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Canadian radar satellite Radarsat 1: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/data/satsens/radarsat/photos/radpix_e.html
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International Space Station S-band and Ku-Band antennas: http://www.emsstg.com/science/Robotics/Robotics.htm
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Canadarm on the NASA Space Shuttle:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/lores/sts112-709-033.jpg
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Chicago (Yerkes, Adler), August 2005.
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France (Pléiades - transit Venus, Haute Provence,
Pic du Midi, Paris), June 2004. Our thanks to M. Sanchez.!
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Bora-Bora, 1997
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My favourite building in the world… you need to see it to
believe it. It has to be in LA. Prepare yourself for a surprise!!!: http://www.encounterrestaurant.com/
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Wrist Watches: http://www.coolwatch.co.uk/. Here are some of
the favourites in my collection:
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Cars: here is mine: http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/slk/index.jsp.
My younger brother’s shop: http://www.musclecars-international.com/ and
one of these days…. may be I’ll get this one: wwww.fordgt.com.
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Design: http://mocoloco.com/
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Bang & Olufsen: amazing aesthetics, all for your ears! http://www.bang-olufsen.com/
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Photography: did emulsion before, now into digital… Here is a
fish eye test, driving around in
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Art (painting, in oil and acrylic, as well as collecting). I love
Riopelle: http://www.riopelle.ca/. Below
is one of his masterpiece, followed by one of my creations and a picture of
some of the others:
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Frank Lloyd Wright architecture (talk about being ahead of your
time by 50 years!): http://www.franklloydwright.org/
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My family, picture from 2002. I am the third from top right:
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Buying/Selling on E-Bay and Astromart
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Spontaneous astro-inspired texts. I
don’t write much, but here are two, done in 1991:
I was born in Lévis,
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E-mail address:
DanPro2002 – at – yahoo.com.
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Web Site address: www.astrosurf.com/danpro/
Ce
site est écrit en anglais afin de rejoindre un maximum de gens, mais ma langue maternelle
est le Français. N'hésitez donc pas à me faire parvenir des commentaires en
Français!
Merci d’être le
visiteur
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revised: 23 October 2005