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Author Archives: emmanuele-sordini

An off-season Lagoon Nebula

Ok, I made it! Here you go this is my first real update to my website. It’s kind of an off-season picture, as the target M8, aka the Lagoon Nebula is a typical summer object. To me it’s very important, not only because it’s my first real update, but because it is my attempt at improving my image processing skills, after attending an image processing course held by my good friend Lorenzo Comolli. The picture shown here has been processed […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 4 December 2013 0

New version of my website and other things

Ok, finally here I am, back again. The last update to my website dates back to July 2011, i.e. more than two years ago. I know its a shame, but there are several good reasons for that. Namely, my personal engagements have kept me very busy: plus, my old website was a real pain to maintain. Anyway my passion for astronomy is still alive and well: I’ve been to Namibia, I’ve kept on going out to dark sites to observe […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 14 November 2013 0

Summer sky from the Alps

Heres one of my first attemps at assembling time-lapse movies of the night sky. Though there’s still much room for improvement, I think the overall result is pleasing. Use of full-screen mode is highly recommended!

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 13 July 2011 0

The Total Lunar Eclipse of June 15, 2011

On June 15th, 2011, our Solar Systems giant clockwork treated us once again to a very beautiful event: a total lunar eclipse. It had been three years since one such eclipse was visible in Northern Italy back in February 2008. In this case, the local circumstances would favor Central Asia and Eastern Europe, while the situation would be worse for Northwestern regions. In particular, over Northern Italy totality would start just a few minutes after moonrise, and anyway the entire […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: reports 29 June 2011 0

Saturn on March 24, 2011

Between March 20 and March 25, 2011 a high pressure system was lingering over Central Europe and Northern Italy. Although the area where I reside is certainly not renowned for its seeing conditions, on March 24 I managed to pull off a resonably decent image of Saturn. satmain satscheda1 Saturn Saturn’s path along the ecliptic is slowly taking it further south: for observers located at my latitude (~45 deg. N), it reaches a maximum altitude of ~41 degrees. In the […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 28 March 2011 0

Kissin’ two old pals goodbye

After being an Astronomy and Sky & Telescope reader for almost two decades, most likely I won’t be renewing my three-year subscription to Sky & Telescope which is due to expire in March 2011. I’ve been an avid amateur astronomer and astronomy magazine reader since the early eighties. I still remember the day I bought my first astronomical magazine ever, an issue of the Italian l’Astronomia: it was late 1984 and I was 12 years old. I soon decided to […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: news 20 November 2010 0

October 2010: Comet 103/P Hartley 2

In October 2010 the periodic comet 103/P Hartley 2 put up a nice show during its most favorable comeback since its discovery back in the mid 1980s, passing at around 0.1 AU from the Earth. 103/P is a comet discovered back in 1986. It is periodical with a period of around 6.5 years: this means it will be coming back into the inner Solar System at regular time intervals. The apparition of 2010 was by far the best since its […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 21 October 2010 0

July 22, 2009 – The Eclipse of the Dragon

In 2009, my eclipse chaser activity takes me to Eastern Asia, where the longest (max. duration of 6m 39s) total solar eclipse of XXI century is due to take place. This would also bring my total count of observed eclipses to five: August 1st, 2008 in Siberia (detailed report here), March 29, 2006 in Egypt, (detailed report here), October 3rd, 2005 in Spain (annular: detailed report here), August 11, 1999 in Hungary. This time, the totality path starts over Western […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: reports 22 August 2009 0

Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin

Discovered in the summer of 2007 by some Chinese astronomers, the comet Lulin wasnt expected to make the headlines: however, it was very well placed for observation from the northern hemisphere. In September 2008, observation led to think that it could brighten up to magnitude 4 in late February 2009, when it visibility would also be at its best. Shortly after solar conjuction, after Xmas 2008, the new brightness estimates led to a lower maximum expected brightness of mag. 5.5-6, […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: reports 1 March 2009 0

Snow and sunshine in the Apennines

On January 4, 2009, it was very cold, but crystal clear and sunny. I could not pass up this opportunity, and decided to go snowwalking with some friends on top of Monte Penna, one of Ligurian Apennines most famous and prominent peaks (el. 1735 m); the conditions were really favorable also for trying to put together a panoramic view of the gorgeous landscape we enjoyed from up there.

By Emmanuele Sordini Uncategorized 13 February 2009 0

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