Dennis di Cicco
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates
| see Template:Section link |
Dennis di Cicco (Template:IPAc-en,<ref>[1]</ref> born 1950) is an American amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, who lives in New England.
He has discovered 60 numbered asteroids from his backyard observatory in Sudbury, Massachusetts (IAU code: 817).<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> He was a member of the editorial staff of Sky and Telescope magazine from 1974 until his resignation as senior editor in June 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His special interests include astronomical photography and the history of astronomical photography, telescope making, and astronomical observing. During 1978 and 1979 he was the first person to successfully photograph the analemma, making 48 separate exposures on a single piece of film during a 12-month period. The project is described in the June 1979 issue of Sky & Telescope. The asteroid 3841 Dicicco was named after him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Di Cicco conducted observations and calculations to determine the exact time and date of Ansel Adams’ famous 1941 photograph, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.
He grew up in Hanover, Massachusetts.
List of discovered minor planets
| 7311 Hildehan | October 14, 1995 |
| 7610 Sudbury | December 3, 1995 |
| 8900 AAVSO | October 24, 1995 |
| 9983 Rickfienberg | February 19, 1995 |
| 10153 Goldman | October 26, 1994 |
| 10373 MacRobert | March 14, 1996 |
| 10596 Stevensimpson | October 4, 1996 |
| 11132 Horne | November 17, 1996 |
| 12780 Salamony | February 9, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | October 5, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 3, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | November 30, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 23, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | November 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | December 9, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 10, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 23, 1994 |
| Template:Mp | January 30, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | March 14, 1996 |
| 27899 Letterman | August 18, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | January 9, 1997 |
| Template:Mp | October 24, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | December 3, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | October 8, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | December 9, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | December 26, 1997 |
| Template:Mp | December 23, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | November 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 17, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | January 29, 1997 |
| Template:Mp | January 16, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | October 1, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 23, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | March 14, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | October 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | December 12, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | September 20, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 10, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 12, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 16, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | December 12, 1995 |
| Template:Mp | October 5, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 15, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 10, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 17, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 17, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 15, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 11, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 10, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 15, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 10, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 13, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | November 16, 1996 |
| Template:Mp | October 1, 1996 |