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Giuseppe Donatiello (b. 1967) is an Italian amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and author. Known primarily as author of hundreds of articles in leading astronomical magazines on topics related to astronomical instrumentation, advanced image proce…
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Giuseppe Donatiello (b. 1967) is an Italian amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and author. Known primarily as author of hundreds of articles in leading astronomical magazines on topics related to astronomical instrumentation, advanced image processing techniques, astronomical news and history of astronomy. He has participated in comet observation campaigns, including International Halley Watch and UCW, and still participates in Pro-Am collaborations in the field of galactic archeology, in particular in the study of dwarf galaxies, ultra-diffuse galaxies and stellar tidal streams.
This research led to the discovery of a very nearby spheroidal dwarf galaxy 9.87 million light-years away, designated - absolute first time with the name of a non-professional - Donatiello I. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatiello_I].
Full paper here: www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/12/aa33302-18/aa33302-...
Martínez-Delgado et al.: Mirach’s Goblin: Discovery of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy behind the Andromeda galaxy [arxiv.org/abs/1810.04741]
He has proposed names for minor bodies of the Solar System and geological structures of other planets. Among his accepted proposals, the name of Anna Magnani (*) assigned to a crater of 27 Km on Venus (1995) and the asteroid 77971 Donnolo (**).
IAU Dark Sky Ambassador [darkskies4all.org/users/profile/giuseppe-donatiello-702785/].
As an astrophotographer, he uses his own equipment but also data from professional Observatories, accessible in public Archives or in service mode. Some of these works are available here and they can be used freely with the C0 license, provided appropriate credits and/or thanks as reported in the images. All these images are made public, even if not always specified, as long as the author is mentioned in the credits.
Some recent Awards and Prizes
2019 - USRA - Earth Science Picture of the Day epod.usra.edu/blog/2019/07/dwarf-galaxy-donatiello-i.html
2018 - SEA "Javier Gorosabel" ProAm Award: www.flickr.com/photos/133259498@N05/44246552924/in/datepo...
2018 - NASA Astronomy Picture Of the Day on Apr. 17, 2018 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180417.html
2016 - NASA Astronomy Picture Of the Day on Apr. 25, 2016 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160425.html
2014 - Premio "Stupor Mundi" www.lostrillonenews.it/2014/08/18/oria-donatiello-premio-...
2013-2015 - 63 "Picture Of The Day" on AstroBin (some deleted) www.astrobin.com/users/Giuseppe_Donatiello/
See also:
bfcspace.com/author/g-donatiello/
Instruments News: www.astronomianews.it/index.php?p=instruments_news
RA-Dec Astronomy page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RADECAstronomy/