Hello there, I’m Franco Deodato, I was born in Chiusdino (Siena, Italy) on August 24th, 1949.
I have been living in Rome since 1963 and I worked for ARPA (Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale del Lazio in Rome) in the section of “Data processing” concerning the air pollution.
I am retired now and I am totally devoted to my passion and hobby, astrophotography which I have been practicing since 1980: once pictures used to be taken with color films, snapshots lasted 20/25 minutes and everything was performed manually.
However, with great satisfaction, in spite of those difficulties, some of my own pictures were published on the magazine “L’astronomia.”
Then technology came and brought CCD cameras and programs able to manage the equipment through computers and this is when I decided to start this new adventure leaving behind the “ancient” films for the new settings.
I consider myself a “travelling” amateur astronomer since I do not have a regular place where I go to, as a matter of fact when I go out I spend the night outside. Hoping you will find your own lucky star in my blog… Enjoy it.

il mio setup

il mio setup:
montatura equatoriale eq5
telescopio di ripresa vixen apocromatico 103mm f/795 a lenti
guida fuori asse celestron con camera di ripresa lodestar per inseguimento
canon 10D modificata
ccd magz8 a colori per ripresa dei soggetti del profondo cielo
filtrio L-Enhance optolong dual band OIII Halfa e Hbeta
filtro L-pro optolong

ic 1805 nebulosa cuore




foto ic 1805
tipo di nebulosa planetaria
costellazione  cigno
 tempo di  esposizione  180'
setup
rifrattore     vixen 103mm
camera       magz8
camera guida   lodestar
montatura    heq5        
programmi di elaborazione: maxim,dss,phs e pixinsight. 
filtro l-enhance optolong 
 sito Roma

m27 o dumbbell nebula


foto  m27

tipo di nebulosa planetaria
costellazione  cigno
 tempo di  esposizione  120'
setup
rifrattore     vixen 103mm
camera       magz8
camera guida   lodestar
montatura    heq5        
programmi di elaborazione: maxim,dss,phs e pixinsight. 
filtro l-enhance optolong

sito terrazzo condominiale di Roma

e-mail

deof24@alice.it