Astrophotography Gallery

By Armando Caussade.
Uploaded: May 30, 1998. Revised: July 18, 2005.




WIDE ANGLE VIEWS

59 kb Jupiter and Mercury at Sunset
Copyright © 1999 Armando Caussade

Date: March 4, 1999 at 7:10 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 8 seconds, using Kodak Gold 100

46 kb The Moon and Venus at Sunset
Copyright © 2000 Armando Caussade

Date: November 29, 2000 at 6:18:16 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 24 mm f/2.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 30 seconds, using Fujicolor Super HQ 100

60 kb The Moon and Venus at Sunset
Copyright © 2000 Armando Caussade

Date: November 29, 2000 at 7:30:01 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 15 seconds, using Fujicolor Super HQ 100

70 kb Venus, Mercury and Saturn at Sunset
Copyright © 2005 Armando Caussade

Date: June 26, 2005 at 7:52:47 PM, from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4
Exposure: 15 seconds, using Fujicolor Superia Xtra-800

39 kb Comet Hale-Bopp before Sunrise
Copyright © 1997 Armando Caussade

Date: March 9, 1997 at 5:25 AM, from Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on piggyback
Optics: AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8
Exposure: 2 minutes, using Fujicolor HG-1600

57 kb Comet Hale-Bopp from the Suburbs
Copyright © 1997 Armando Caussade

Date: April 6, 1997 at approx. 7:30 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8
Exposure: 20 seconds, using Fujicolor HG-1600

43 kb Northern Star Trails
Copyright © 2000 Armando Caussade

Date: December 30, 2000 at 12:00 AM, from Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 24 mm f/2.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 4 hours, using Fujicolor Super HQ 100

49 kb Southern Star Trails
Copyright © 2000 Armando Caussade

Date: May 27, 2000 at 8:30 PM, from Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on tripod
Optics: AF Nikkor 24 mm f/2.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 4 hours, using Kodak Gold 100



SOLAR SYSTEM

69 kb Comet NEAT (C/2001 Q4)
Copyright © 2004 Armando Caussade

Date: May 17, 2004 at 8:21 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 40 seconds, using Fujicolor Superia Xtra 800

109 kb Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)
Copyright © 2005 Armando Caussade

Date: January 15, 2005 at 11:14 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 2 minutes, using Fujicolor Superia Xtra 800

19 kb Venus transit (2004)
Copyright © 2004 Armando Caussade

Date: June 8, 2004 at 6:26 AM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 1/60 second with solar filter (density 5.0), using Kodak Gold 100

12 kb Last Quarter Moon
Copyright © 2004 Armando Caussade

Date: November 5, 2004 at 4:59:33 AM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 1/15 second, using Kodak Gold 100

22 kb Waxing Gibbous Moon
Copyright © 2005 Armando Caussade

Date: January 22, 2005 at 6:49:51 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using compression technique
Optics: 203 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/6.3 (F=1,280 mm)
Exposure: 1/250 second, using Kodak Max 400

35 kb Waning Gibbous Moon
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: September 23, 1988 [time not recorded], from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using prime focus technique
Optics: 406 mm f/11 classic Cassegrain telescope @ f/11 (F=4,500 mm)
Exposure: 1/30 second, using Kodak Gold 100

32 kb Waning Gibbous Moon
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: September 23, 1988 [time not recorded], from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using positive projection technique
Optics: 406 mm f/11 classic Cassegrain telescope @ f/40 (F=16,000 mm)
Exposure: 1/2 second, using Kodak Gold 100

28 kb Total Lunar Eclipse (2003)
Copyright © 2003 Armando Caussade

Date: May 15, 2003 at 11:21:20 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 203 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/10 (F=2,032 mm)
Exposure: 8 seconds, using Fujicolor Super HQ 100

28 kb Total Lunar Eclipse (2004)
Copyright © 2004 Armando Caussade

Date: October 27, 2004 at 11:25:40 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 30 seconds, using Kodak Gold 100

4 kb Mars (1988 opposition)
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: September 28, 1988 [time not recorded], from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using positive projection technique
Optics: 203 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/100 (F=20,000 mm)
Exposure: 1 second with red filter (Wratten 25), using Kodak Gold 100

8 kb Mars (2003 opposition)
Copyright © 2003 Armando Caussade

Date: August 4, 2003 at 2:02 AM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using afocal technique with a 6mm eyepiece
Optics: 203 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/83 (F=17,000 mm)
Exposure: Stack of four 1/8-second exposures, using Fujicolor Super HQ-100

6 kb Jupiter
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: September 17, 1988 [time not recorded], from Yauco, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using positive projection technique
Optics: 250 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/108 (F=27,000 mm)
Exposure: 1/2 second, using Konica SR-1600

4 kb Saturn
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: April 19, 1988 [time not recorded], from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using positive projection technique
Optics: 250 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/68 (F=17,000 mm)
Exposure: 1 second, using Kodak VRG-400

16 kb Saturn
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: June 18, 1988 [time not recorded], from Humacao, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 using positive projection technique
Optics: 280 mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope @ f/220 (F=62,000 mm)
Exposure: Stack of two 8-second exposures, using Kodak VRG-400



MILKY WAY AND DEEP SKY

100 kb Orion
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: September 18, 1988 at approx. 4:00 AM, from Yauco, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 SLR on piggyback
Optics: Minolta 50 mm f/1.7 lens @ f/1.7
Exposure: 15 minutes, using Konica SR-1600

72 kb M42—The Orion Nebula
Copyright © 2005 Armando Caussade

Date: January 15, 2005 at 11:56 PM, from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 using prime focus technique
Optics: 80 mm f/11.4 refracting telescope @ f/11.4 (F=910 mm)
Exposure: 4 minutes, using Fujicolor Superia Xtra 800

103 kb The Cygnus Milky Way
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: June 12, 1988 at approx. 1:00 AM, from Yauco, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 SLR on piggyback
Optics: Minolta 50 mm f/1.7 lens @ f/1.7
Exposure: 20 minutes, using Konica SR-1600

62 kb The Scutum Milky Way
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: June 12, 1988 at approx. 12:30 AM, from Yauco, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 SLR on piggyback
Optics: Minolta 50 mm f/1.7 lens @ f/1.7
Exposure: 20 minutes, using Konica SR-1600

71 kb The Sagittarius Milky Way
Copyright © 1988 Armando Caussade

Date: June 12, 1988 at approx. 12:00 AM, from Yauco, Puerto Rico
Camera: Minolta X-370 SLR on piggyback
Optics: Minolta 50 mm f/1.7 lens @ f/1.7
Exposure: 20 minutes, using Konica SR-1600

70 kb The Carina Milky Way
Copyright © 2002 Armando Caussade & Héctor Reyes

Date: April 13, 2002 at 10:30 PM, from the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico
Camera: Nikon FM-2 SLR on piggyback
Optics: AF Nikkor 24 mm f/2.8 lens @ f/2.8
Exposure: 15 minutes, using Fujicolor Superia 400



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