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Total Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2009: Final Report!

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Finalmente, sono riuscito a rendere disponibile online il resoconto dettagliato della mia avventura alla rincorsa dell'eclisse totale di Sole più lunga del XXI secolo. Una cronaca quasi "minuto per minuto", ricca di immagini, filmati e molto altro!

>>> CLICCARE QUI PER LA VERSIONE ITALIANA <<<

A detailed report of my last adventure to observe the longest total solar eclipse of XXI century is finally available online. Almost a "real-time" logbook with many pictures, movies and much more!

>>> CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION <<<

2008's First Full Moon

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:36:00 GMT

On Jan. 22/2008, it was a crystal-clear night on the Po river flatland (Northern Italy), as the dry foehn wind was blowing steadily from the Alps' leeward slopes, thus draining every single bit of humidity from the air. A full Moon disk was also shining bright high up in the sky. By no means, would I ever miss this terrific opportunity of shooting it...

Two new images...

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:42:00 GMT

It's been quite a while since my last post, let alone an astronomy-related one. However, this does not mean I don't have anything to share! As a matter of fact, I do have a fair backlog of images to process and to post, but it'll take a while as I've been very busy lately. Here's a sample of my october 2007 deep-sky imaging session:

which is actually the best image... Click on the link below for the full story!

My first crack at CCD image processing

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:34:00 GMT

In early August I tried my hand at my newly acquired CCD camera, and above all at manipulating the resulting image. This small report describes all my different attempts to yield the best rendition of M20 (Trifid nebula)'s wispy outer regions.
Here's what I consider my best result yet:

Click on the link below to read the full story. Please note that this page may take a while to load because of the images it contains.

Updated Astronomical Equipment List

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:54:00 GMT

For those among you who might be interested, you can find my complete equipment list as of August 2007. This also includes a "history" of my rig over the years, which I expanded over time through selected acquisitions and transfers (mainly by selling on the used market).

Two Astronomy Articles

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:18:00 GMT

It's been quite a while since I last posted something astronomy related; plus, I haven't been updating my image gallery for a year, and now I have a huge backlog of pictures. I would like to rengineer my gallery engine, since FTP-based management with JAlbum (which is a very cool product, by the way) has become a real pain in the butt. But 'nuff said, let's go back to the real stuff:

Report on the total lunar eclipse of March 3rd, 2007: click here
Report on Saturn's occultation of May 22nd, 2007: click here

Both articles are in English. As usual, enjoy and let me know. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!

Bloomingstars.com enters the Technorati Stream

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:34:00 GMT

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Old website updates

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:08:00 GMT

Here's the complete list of all updates to my homepage till december 2006:

Bloomingstars.com undergoes major overhaul

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:17:00 GMT

Hello everybody, and welcome to Bloomingstars.com!

This website is currently under partial reconstruction: the homepage is now powered by Pebble, an open source Java blog software which I've chosen as the new engine.

Stay tuned as more astronomy- and computing-related updates are added in the coming days!