Outreach ·
Astrophotography
Cristian Fattinnanzi
I have been photographing the sky for over thirty years: high-resolution planets, the Moon and the Sun, the faintest nebulae and the Milky Way above our mountains.
Portfolio
From the Solar System to the edge of the Universe
JupiterThe gas giant, from 2003 to today86 photos
SaturnRings, storms and "spokes"15 photos
MarsThe oppositions of the red planet14 photos
MoonCraters, mosaics and eclipses17 photos
SunProminences, sunspots, eclipses7 photos
UranusThe ice giant1 photos
Deep skyNebulae, galaxies, comets35 photos
Sky and landscapeThe Milky Way over the Earth29 photos
In motion
The planets turning
Filming a planet for hours and putting the frames together, you can watch it spin. In 2004 I filmed Jupiter every 10 minutes for two nights in a row, making one of the first complete animations of its rotation ever made by an amateur.
About me
From the boy who looked at the sky to new instruments
My passion began in middle school, leafing through an old atlas of my father's. Since then I have drawn star charts, built telescopes, invented the Minitrack and spent many nights under the darkest skies in Italy. Since 2021 I have devoted myself full time to astronomy outreach.
The book
Che stella è?
Starting to observe and photograph the starry sky. A journey from the first glance at the sky to processing astrophotos, with a foreword by astrophysicist Daria Guidetti and the stories behind my photos. The book is in Italian.
Outreach
A sky to share
Observing evenings, courses, talks and solar observations: because there is no passion without sharing.
