Author: Luca Zanini

  • An old star atlas

    An old star atlas

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    When in 2020 I decided to buy a telescope to resume my hobby for astronomy after almost half a century, I had some doubts, I wasn’t sure that I would want and be able to face this task which is not only expensive but also time consuming, during the nights, and at low temperatures in…

  • An eclipse on Jupiter

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    October 7, 2023, the shadow of the satellite Io on Jupiter.

  • Jupiter

    Jupiter

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    Jupiter, photographed on October 2, 2023 with three of its satellites: Ganymede, Europa and Io.

  • The Moon

    The Moon

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    Mare Nectaris is a circular sea with a diameter of 350 kilometers located south of Mare Tranquillitatis and separated from Mare Fecunditatis by the Montes Pyrenaeus mountain range.Along its edges there are the craters Teophilus and Fracastorius.

  • C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)

    C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)

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    The comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) photographed just before the dawn on September 9, 2023.

  • M 74

    M 74

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    M 74 is a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.

  • The Moon

    The Moon

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    Here there are some photos of the Moon approximately two days after the full moon phase:

  • NGC 772

    NGC 772

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    The spiral galaxy NGC 772 has an asymmetrical shape with a strongly developed spiral arm, probably caused by the gravitational action of the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 770.

  • NGC 7635

    NGC 7635

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    NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, is located in the constellation Cassiopeia and consists of a bubble-shaped nebula generated by the stellar wind of a star at its center and which is expanding into a larger nebula.

  • Hunting for satellites

    Hunting for satellites

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    On August 12, 2023 I photographed Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus with the intention of identifying their satellites and for this reason the central planet is overexposed.There are also other satellites in the pictures but they are not visible because they are too dim or too close to the planet.The number near the name of the…