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Name: Astro Renz
Address: Pointe-Claire, QC, CA

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Astro Renz

Step into the night sky with me, where my telescope reveals the hidden wonders of the cosmos. Every photo and video you see here is my own. 🫡

Together, we’ll journey through the infinite beauty of the universe. Astrophotography with DSLR. I don't need the best Telescope or Didicated Astro Camera. I'll get there someday!

10/10/2026

🌙✨ A Night Walk, Mont-Tremblant Village! ✨

No astrophotography tonight, just enjoying a peaceful evening stroll. 🤩🔭

10/09/2026

✨ The California Nebula (NGC 1499) — A Cosmic Golden State! ✨

Here's my new image to share! Located in the constellation of Perseus, approximately 1,000–1,300 light-years away, the California Nebula is a magnificent emission nebula stretching across the cosmos. Its elongated shape remarkably resembles the outline of California, earning it one of the most recognizable names in the night sky! 🤩

At roughly 100 light-years long, the California Nebula is an enormous interstellar cloud. Imagine a region of space so vast that light itself would take about a century to cross it! 🤯 ✨

Capturing this beautiful nebula reveals the delicate details and intricate textures hidden within its glowing hydrogen clouds. What appears faint and almost invisible to our eyes can become a breathtaking cosmic landscape through long exposures and careful image processing. 😉 😍

Every photon collected by the camera has traveled across space for more than a thousand years before reaching us. We're not just photographing a nebula, we're capturing a glimpse into the distant past of our universe. ✨ 📸 🤩

The California Nebula is a wonderful reminder that even familiar shapes here on Earth can find their echoes among the stars. 🙃

Wishing everyone clear skies, beautiful nights, and happy imaging! 🔭 ✨

10/06/2026

🌙 ✨ Moon and Jupiter Occultation — An Early Morning Surprise! ✨ 🪐

Around 4:30 AM, while checking my telescope and getting ready to take some flat frames, I looked up at the sky and noticed the Moon and Jupiter shining remarkably close together. The Moon was only about 25% illuminated, showing a beautiful thin crescent against the dark early-morning sky.

I immediately grabbed my DSLR with a 200mm lens and captured this amazing view. 📸 🌙 🪐

What made the moment even more special was that the Moon was occulting Jupiter, passing directly in front of the giant planet from our perspective here on Earth. It’s incredible to think that the Moon, only about 384,000 km away, can appear to pass in front of Jupiter, which is roughly 778 million km from the Sun and hundreds of millions of kilometers from us. 🤩

An occultation is a relatively rare celestial event. I wasn't even planning to photograph the Moon and Jupiter, sometimes the best astrophotography moments are the ones you don't plan for. 😊

I love moments like this. You can spend hours setting up a telescope, polar aligning, focusing, and collecting data, but sometimes all you have to do is look up. 🌌😍

✨ Here’s my image of the Moon and Jupiter. The tiny dot above the Moon is Jupiter! 😍

A little early-morning celestial surprise! 🌙 🪐 ✨

10/03/2026

✨ The Orion Nebula — M42 ✨ 🔭

The Orion Nebula is one of the most spectacular and recognizable deep-sky objects in the night sky. Located about 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Orion, this incredible stellar nursery is filled with glowing clouds of gas and dust where new stars are being born.

I added another 2 hours and 45 minutes of data to this amazing gem, bringing even more depth and detail to the image. Every additional hour of integration helps reveal more of the faint dust and intricate structures surrounding the bright core. 🫰

I know it's still a little early in the season to shoot Orion from my northern sky. 😉 It’s still relatively low on the horizon, which means I’m dealing with more atmosphere and less favorable conditions, but it’s definitely doable and I couldn't resist giving it a try! 😄

For this version, I went a little extreme with the star reduction. I wanted to take some attention away from the overwhelming number of stars and instead highlight the incredible dust lanes, dark structures, and faint nebulosity surrounding the bright central region. 🥰

Still early in the Orion season, but when the sky gives you a chance, you take it! 🤞 😍 🤩

10/02/2026

✨ The Lion Nebula — Sh2-132 🦁

One of my favorite challenges from my Bortle 9 backyard, the incredibly faint Lion Nebula (Sharpless 2-132) in the constellation Cepheus.

Located roughly 10,400 light-years away, this enormous emission nebula lies in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way and spans roughly 250 light-years across. It’s a vast cloud of glowing gas and dust, illuminated by massive, energetic stars within the region.

Capturing a faint target like this from a heavily light-polluted Bortle 9 sky is definitely a challenge. The bright city sky makes it much harder to reveal the delicate Ha and OIII structures buried in the background so this image took plenty of integration time, patience, and processing to pull out the faint details. 😍

From a dark-sky location, this target would definitely be easier to capture. I’m cutting back on my trips because gas prices are getting crazy! 😂😂 But there’s something especially satisfying about bringing out a distant nebula like this while imaging right from my backyard under city lights. 🔭 📸 ✨

Every clear night is another opportunity to collect a few more precious photons from deep space. ✨

Who says you need dark skies to hunt down a Lion? 🦁 😉

Tech Details: 👇
Asi2600mc DUO
AskarFRA400 F/5.6
EQ6R PRO
Askar D1
Gain 100 | -10°C
APT | PHD2
PixInsight
Montreal, QC, Canada
Bortle 9

09/29/2026

✨ The Andromeda Galaxy — M31 🌌

I shared an image of M31 about two weeks ago, captured from my Bortle 9 backyard using a broadband filter. This time, I decided to take a different approach and capture Andromeda using duo-band filter Ha/OIII over multiple nights. 🔭 📸 😍

Shooting narrowband from a heavily light-polluted Bortle 9 sky is definitely a challenge, especially when trying to bring out the extremely faint emission surrounding and within the galaxy. I still need more sleepless nights to capture it all! Every clear night becomes another opportunity to collect a little more precious data. 😍 🤩 ✨

M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is located approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. That means the light captured in this image began its journey toward us about 2.5 million years ago...long before modern civilization even existed. 🤯 🌌

Different filters, multiple nights, and countless photons later… here is my latest take on M31. ❤️ 🔭 📸

Clear skies and have a fantastic week! 😍 🙏

Tech Details:
Asi2600mc DUO
AskarFRA400 F/5.6
EQ6R PRO
Askar D1
Gain 100 | -10°C
APT | PHD2
PixInsight
Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
Bortle 9

09/25/2026

✨ Orion Nebula & Running Man Nebula ✨

After finishing my first target which unfortunately disappeared behind some electrical wires, I decided to point the telescope toward another amazing gem in the night sky the Orion Nebula (M42) and Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)! 🔭 ✨

Sometimes the unexpected obstacles during an imaging session lead to a completely different target and tonight was one of those nights. 😄

The Orion Nebula is one of the most spectacular and recognizable deep-sky objects, with glowing clouds of gas and dust where new stars are being born. Right beside it, the Running Man Nebula adds even more beautiful structure and color to this incredible region.

Another clear night, another amazing target, and more photons collected. ✨

Asi 2600mc DUO
AskarFRA400 F/5.6
EQ6R PRO
Askar D1
Gain 100 | -10°C
APT | PHD2
PixInsight
Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
Bortle 9

09/25/2026

95% illuminated Moon tonight… 🌕
Not exactly ideal for deep-sky imaging, but I’m shooting anyway! 🔭📸
Making the most of every clear night and collecting photons whenever the sky gives me the chance. ✨

09/23/2026

🔭 My telescope is working hard, locked onto a deep-sky target, even w/ the moon shining at 86% 🌔
Nothing stopping the hunt for those faint photons tonight! ✨😊

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