Specola vaticana
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Name (Latin)
Specola vaticana
Other forms of name
Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Specola vaticana
Osservatorio vaticano
Specola astronomica vaticana
Specula Astronomica Vaticana
Specula Vaticana
Vatican City. Observatory
Vatican City. Specola vaticana
Vatican City. Vatican Observatory
Vatican Observatory
Coordinates
12.65055556 12.65055556 41.74722222 41.74722222 (gooearth )
Biographical or Historical Data
f. 1580
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Atlas stellarum variabilium, 1899-1940:ser. 7, t.p. (Specula Astronomica Vaticana) ser. 8, p. [1] of covers (Specula Vaticana)
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Wikipedia description:
The Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based in the Roman College of Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy and operates a telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States. The Director of the Observatory is Brother Guy Consolmagno, an American Jesuit. In 2008, the Templeton Prize was awarded to cosmologist Fr. Michał Heller, a Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholar. In 2010, the George Van Biesbroeck Prize was awarded to former observatory director, the American Jesuit, Fr. George Coyne.
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