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Contact information
e-mail
legault@club-internet.fr
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website
http://www.astrosurf.com/legault
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Locator Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: City of Elancourt, France
Biography
born
in 1962, interested in astronomy at the age of 12, engineer
(equivalent of PhD)
Astronomy
Tales
my best
memories:
-the crash of the comet SL9 on Jupiter in July 1994 from the Pic-du-Midi
observatory
-the total eclipse of the Sun of June 21 2001 from Angola
-a 2 week stay in Angola in May 2004 for deep-sky imaging of southern
wonders
Areas of interest
Planetary imaging at first, now any kind of astronomical imaging
(deep-sky,
planets, Moon, Sun, eclipses...)
Astrophotography publications
A
printed lunar atlas: Le Grand Atlas de la Lune (Larousse), to be
translated (site: www.lunar-atlas.com)
Articles in Sky&Telescope, Ciel et Espace
Images published in european, USA and japanese magazines
Observing site
My
garden in the surburbs of Paris (high pollution) and, for dark skies,
any quiet place in the country at about 30 km
Astronomical Equipment
Telescopes
Optical
tubes: 4" and 5" Takahashi refractors, 7" Intes-Micro
Maksutov-Cass, 12" and 14" Meade SCT
Mounts
Takahashi NJP-160 and Losmandy Titan
CCD /cameras
SBIG
ST-10XE, Canon 10D, webcams
Software
Iris, Prism, Astroart
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