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The Magzero MZ-5m Camera: autoguiding on a budget

One of the most-feared bugaboos for those who take up long-exposure digital imaging is getting nice round stars, as a result of good-quality autoguiding. To this end, there are several options available on the market: however, they are mostly dedicated devices (e.g. self-guiding cameras from Sbig, or Starlight Xpress’ SXV Guider ), or very powerful but pricey products (as is the case with the STV from Sbig), or even newcomers which still have to conquer their customer base (e.g. the […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: reviews 30 December 2007 0

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 been very busy lately. Here’s a sample of my october 2007 deep-sky imaging session (NGC 253, a galaxy in Sculptor): which is actually my best result of that night… Click […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 4 December 2007 0

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 framework.

By Emmanuele Sordini Computing 18 September 2007 0

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-sky objects:

By Emmanuele Sordini Senza categoria 14 September 2007 0

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 what I consider my best result yet:

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: website and activity updates 26 August 2007 0

YAJGM (Yet Another JUG Genova Meeting!)

Another JUG Genova meeting was held at the local NIS office on Monday, July 23rd. Although the turnout was not as large as what we had back in May’s meeting, it was still a success. Two presentations were held: Fabrizio Giudici and I reported on our Jazoon ’07 experience: see the full (flash-converted) slide presentation (sorry, but it’s written in Italian) Fabio Bonfante gave a very interesting presentation on Aspect-Oriented Programming. Definitely a must-see! Here are our Jazoon ’07 flash […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Computing 25 July 2007 0

The Saturn occultation of May 22nd, 2007

On May 22nd, 2007, a Saturn occultation was expected, with much more comfortable time and observing conditions than the previous one of March 2nd, 2007, which I had missed because of some stupid problems with my equipment.

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: reports 6 July 2007 1

Jazoon 07: wrap-up

Just back home from Jazoon, and also back to work and to everydays hassles 🙁 . Also, the time has come to make a comprehensive evaluation of the conference. All in all, I must say I came back with a good impression of the conference, which was quite well arranged and brought along a whole bunch of interesting topics and issues. Wanna know why? Click on the link below for the full story!

By Emmanuele Sordini Computing 29 June 2007 0

Zurich at first glance

I arrived in Zurich in the evening of Sat June 23th. The following day there would be the Jazoon opening, but only the paying tutorials were scheduled which we didnt follow. Plus, I was greeted with a beautiful sunny day; therefore, I got a chance to go around sightseeing, since it was my first time ever here.

By Emmanuele Sordini Computing 27 June 2007 0

Jazoon ’07: the first two days

On Monday June 25th, a thick layer of clouds rolled in which soon brought along some downpours and a really gloomy atmoshpere. But well, the time had come to dive into the newly started Jazoon conference, so lets have a closer look at the conference. Jazoons venue, the brand-new Sihlcity shopping mall, just off the city center to the southwest, is a top-quality place with boatloads of entertainment facilities, including a big move theather where the conference itself was hosted. […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Computing 27 June 2007 0

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