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Contact information
e-mail
bermassi@yahoo.it
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website
http://www.mbernardi.it
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Locator
Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: Novara, Italy
Biography
I was born in
Rome, Italy in 1959. In 1983 I received my M.D. degree followed by
specialty training and work in Cardiac Surgery in France, UK and Italy.
In 1992 I moved to Novara, Italy
(about 30 minutes west of Milan), where I am registrar in Cardiac Surgery in
the Public Hospital. As a cardiac surgeon I have performed over 1000
operations on adults. My favourites are Beating Heart Coronary Artery
Bypass Grafting and mitral valve repair. I also hold
specialties in Forensic Medicine and Criminology
I married my wife Maria in
1990 and have three sons -- Silvia (1992), Marco (1993) and Fabrizio
(1996). Some of my hobbies are Chess, Bridge, and stamp collecting. My
favourite sports are: soccer (I’m a “Roma Footbal Club Hooligan”!), rugby,
diving and mountain climbing.
At age 11 I read “Astronomy”
by Patrick Moore and soon started observing with a small 60mm refractor:
Moon, Jupiter and Saturn were revealed to me. Through the years I have
owned an 8-inch SCT, 10-inch RC and 110 mm APO refractor. I starting
working with CCD’s in 1996. My first camera was a SXR Starlight Xpress,
then a HX5 SX and now a SBIG ST8XE. My astroimaging is done at 1500 meter
altitude at Valle D’Aosta, a northern Italian region famous for its
mountains
(Monte Bianco, Monte Rosa, Cervino...). I have many friends in
astrophotography and am a member of
“Gruppo Astrofili Cinesello Balsamo” (GACB).
Areas of interest
Deep sky imaging with
CCD cameras,
astrophysics, theory
of relativity and
cosmology.
Astrophotography publications
Magazines
Coelum,
l’Astronomia, Le stelle, Nuovo Orione
Observing site
Promiod, Valle
D’Aosta – Italy, in a camp called “Dalai Lama”
Latitude: 45° 47’ 09” North
Longitude: 07° 36’ 12” East
Altitude: 1500 meters (4900 feet)
Astronomical Equipment
Telescopes
10” A&M
Richtey-Chretien OTA
William Optics FLT 110 f/6.5
APO Refractor
Takahasci FS-60C Fluorite APO Refractor
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Mount
10
Micron GM2000 QCI German
Eq. Mount
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Cameras
SBIG ST8XE CCD Camera
SBIG ST402ME CCD Camera
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