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Labor Day's Saturn
On May 1st, 2008, I managed to take this shot of Saturn, most likely the last of this season (which has been haunted by really bad seeing conditions) until the Ringed Planet emerges back from sunlight next winter. All data are on the picture itself. ...
Lazzarotti Optics Gladius CF 315
I've recently had the opportunity to have a very close look at Lazzarotti Optics' Gladius CF 315 telescope, and to actively put it through its paces, and the result was very promising. Click here for the complete review in English! Ho recentemente a...
Saturn and its companions
On March 18th, 2008, the weather was once again clear, but the Foehn wind was sweeping Northern Italy's flatland, as it has (too) often happened during this past winter. No surprise the seeing was really crappy. In spite of that, I managed to pull off ...
International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) 2008
From July 20th to August 9th, 2008, the 44th IAYC (International Astronomical Youth Camp) will take place in Sayda, Germany. I myself took part in these camps six times between 1991 and 1999, and in my opinion there is no better place where one can f...
Noisy Showdown: Magzero MZ-5m vs. modified Philips Vesta Pro
Alcuni mesi fa avevo scritto un dettagliato articolo in cui si esaminavano le prestazioni della MagZero MZ-5m, in particolare per quanto riguarda la sua usabilità come camera per autoguida. Ora presento il seguito di tale articolo, che mette...
Total Lunar Eclipse of February 21st, 2008
On February 21, 2008, the Americas and the westernmost part of Africa and Europe were treated with a total lunar eclipse. The lucky ones who managed to glimpse it had better keep the memory, as next one will take place almost three years from now, on...
Moon setting over Mottarone
On Jan.24, 2008, another crystal-clear day had just started, when I spotted a waxing, almost-full Moon setting over the snow-covered slopes of the Mottarone, a well-known mountain (and ski resort) overhanging Stresa, renowned touristic resort on the we...
2008's First Full Moon
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 shinin...
Magzero MZ-5m Camera Review
I gloriosi giorni della Sbig ST4 sono da tempo passati. Sono ora a caccia di una camera per autoguida. Ho avuto occasione di provare la ben nota (in Italia) Magzero MZ-5m, che sembra un clone della QHY5 Guider Cam. Comunque sia, la esaminiamo pi&ugra...
Two new images...
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 b...
Vodafone Internet Box e Windows Vista
I apologize but this post is in Italian, as its content is meant to solve an issue with mobile communications in the Italian market. However, I may consider to translate it in English if I get enough feedback from users. Vi è mai venuto in mente...
JUG Genova Meeting, 18/09/2007
Last September 18th, 2007, another JUG Genova meeting was held at DIST (Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Telematica) of the University of Genova. It featured a very interesting presentation by Carlo Bonamico and Corrado Alesso on the Spring ...
Nine objects of desire?
"Nine objects of desire" is a title of an album by one of my favorite singers, Suzanne Vega. However, in this case the term "round-up" would probably be more appropriate. No matter what you call it, to me it's a nice set of deep-sk...
My first crack at CCD image processing
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 w...
Updated Astronomical Equipment List
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...

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