A Lifetime Under the Stars — 40 Years of Passion for the Sky
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A Lifetime Under the Stars — 40 Years of Passion for the Sky

"My passion for astronomy is a long-standing love for me.
My name is Fabrizio Guerrini, I am 54 years old and I live in Ravenna, in northeastern Italy.
Since I was a child, the sky has always fascinated me, and in 1984 my adventure as an amateur astronomer began. I started with very small instruments; a 60mm achromatic refractor accompanied my first observations. With this small instrument, I participated in the international observation program of Halley's Comet during its passage in 1986. I took my first steps in astrophotography with analog film cameras at the end of the 80s and 90s, then continued with visual observations, hand-drawing what I saw in the eyepiece. Then came the turning point of digital photography around 2007, and also digital astrophotography around 2015. With the arrival of innovative and cost-effective products, finally the setups could start to expand and become more serious.

Today I use, along with my trusty Seestar S50 that accompanies me on nights under the stars, mixed setups ranging from the apochromatic refractor to the Schmidt Cassegrain 9.25, and I have finally achieved a good setup even for photography, with the ZWO 294 MC PRO and ZWO 2600 AIR CMOS cameras, and using the ASIAir, a true game changer in managing photographic nights.

I am still gaining experience with processing software, but little by little I see that the results improve with every shot, so I can only be happy and content to see that in these last 10 years, the arrival of these products has breathed new life into a passion that never abandons you. Many people have approached the sky thanks to instruments like the Seestar, and I can only hope that this continues in the coming years. As for me, little by little, I always try to be satisfied with the results I obtain, shooting from the urban skies of Ravenna (Bortle 6-7), and often going to the hills, at about 600 meters of altitude, to find darker and clearer skies.

I can only imagine what can be done with astrophotography in the next 10-15 years..."

Now, with his Seestar S50 by his side, Fabrizio continues to capture cosmic wonders even from the light-polluted skies — proving that passion shines brighter than city lights. 🌠

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