Paolo Berardi

[Paolo Berardi]

My interest in astronomy came many years ago thanks to a book, a special gift that gave me when I was a boy. After years of visual observation, followed by chemical astrophotography first and then digital experience, I reach amateur spectroscopy in recent times. I am fascinated by the universe and everything that allows us to discover its secrets. That is why I love spectroscopy, probably the most powerful method of investigation.

I live in L'Aquila, at centre of Italy and my little observatory (C9.25 on Losmandy G11, all inside a 2x2 meters roll-off wood house) is located at 720 mt altitude in suburban area. I work with Star Analyser 100 and Lhires III with 150, 600 and standard 2400 g/mm, using a Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 CCD camera.

I hope, with this new forum, to give some contribution to community and to learn something more about spectroscopy.

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Best regards and thank you for having created this new opportunity for exchange of information!
Paolo