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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.

 

AstroNOMy:

Solar Transit of Venus (Rieux Volvestre, France, June 8th, 2004. Nikon CP 4500 + Borg 100ED refractor + Coronado H-Alpha Solarmax 90mm/BF-15).

Sun overall disk from Montreal Quebec, Canada, September 11th, 2004. Nikon Coolpix 4500 on Takahashi FS-128 fluorite refractor and a Baader Herschel wedge.

Lunar Eclipse, from Laval, Quebec, Canada, May 15, 2004. Nikon Coolpix 4500 on Takahashi FS-128 fluorite refractor.

Lunar Eclipse, from Laval, Quebec, Canada, October 27, 2004. Nikon Coolpix 4500 on Borg 100ED refractor.

 

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 (Japan) 100ED refractor on a mount of my own design (2003-2004).

My fourth telescope: a Takahashi (Japan) FS-128 fluorite refractor on a Losmandy GM-8 Mount with Gemini Goto (2004-2005).

 

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 (Germany) Herschel solar wedge.

 

Jupiter 18 February 2002. Nikon Coolpix 4500 on Alan Rahill’s 22.5” Newton. Stack of 4 images.

Saturn 18 February 2002. Nikon Coolpix 4500 on Alan Rahill’s 22.5” Newton.

 

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

 

thE SPACE project THAT I am currently working ON:

·         James Webb Space Telescope at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA): http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/satellites/jwst.asp

·         James Webb Space Telescope at NASA: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

·         James Webb Space Telescope at the European Space Agency (ESA): http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120370_index_0_m.html

 

Past SPACE projects that I HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO, CURRENTLY ORBITING THE EARTH:

·         International Space Station Canadarm 2:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/lores/sts112-709-033.jpg

·         Anik E series of Canadian Communication satellites: http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/photos/satellites_gallery5.htm

·         Canadian radar satellite Radarsat 1: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/data/satsens/radarsat/photos/radpix_e.html

·         International Space Station S-band and Ku-Band antennas: http://www.emsstg.com/science/Robotics/Robotics.htm

·         Canadarm on the NASA Space Shuttle:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/lores/sts112-709-033.jpg

 

the astronomical side of Travelling:  (Astronomical site visited in brackets)

·         Chicago (Yerkes, Adler), August 2005.

·         Arizona (Vatican, Large Binocular Telescope), October 2004. Our thanks to Coronado Instruments!

·         France (Pléiades - transit Venus, Haute Provence, Pic du Midi, Paris), June 2004. Our thanks to M. Sanchez.!

·         Puerto Rico (Arecibo), April 2004. Our thanks to Steve Torchinsky!

·         Colorado, Denver (NOAA, U of Boulder, Chamberlin), November 2002. Our thanks to the Denver Astronomical Society!

·         Hawaii (CFHT, Gemini), 2002. Our thanks to Nadine Manset et Jean-René Roy!

·         Russia (Pulkovo), 2000

·         Los Angeles (Palomar), 1999

·         Chile (Cero Tollolo, Achaya), 1999

·         Arizona (Lowell, McMath - transit Mercury, Meteor Crater), November 1999. Our thanks to Frank Hill!

·         San Francisco (Lick), 1998

·         Bora-Bora, 1997

·         Paris, 1996

·         Vienna, 1993

·         Paris, 1981

 

Other Personal Interests:

·         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/

·         Wrist Watches: http://www.coolwatch.co.uk/. Here are some of the favourites in my collection:

Exterior of the Mir Space Station 

·         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.

·         Design: http://mocoloco.com/

·         Bang & Olufsen: amazing aesthetics, all for your ears!  http://www.bang-olufsen.com/

·         Photography: did emulsion before, now into digital… Here is a fish eye test, driving around in Montreal and red roses in infrared light:

 

·         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:

 

·         Frank Lloyd Wright architecture (talk about being ahead of your time by 50 years!): http://www.franklloydwright.org/

·         My family, picture from 2002. I am the third from top right:

·         Buying/Selling on E-Bay and Astromart

·         Spontaneous astro-inspired texts. I don’t write much, but here are two, done in 1991:

 

 

Biographical Information:

I was born in Lévis, Québec, Canada. Education is a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Université Laval. Interests as a kid were volleyball, cars and just having plain fun! Moving to Montréal for a job opportunity in 1985, I am still there and have been working in the space industry since then. I participated in the design and the management of departments and programs related to space flight hardware. Current employment is at the Canadian Space Agency, where I manage the Canadian contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope project.

 

Contact Information:

·         E-mail address:  DanPro2002 – at – yahoo.com.

·         Web Site address: www.astrosurf.com/danpro/

 

Disclaimer:

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

Last revised: 23 October 2005

 

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