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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 .
While the observation records for seven years were published, the balance data in a manuscript form was preserved in the Vatican Library. [4] [5] Subsequent to Gilii's death in 1821, the observatory on the tower was discontinued and the instruments were moved to the observatory at the Roman College. Established in 1787, it was considered more ...
The government of the Vatican City State supports the Vatican Observatory staff and regular research costs, but the cost to build and maintain the VATT itself has come from private donors: the major donors supporting the construction of the VATT were Fred and Alice P. Lennon and Thomas J. Bannan.
1774 – Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana), originally established as the Observatory of the Roman College. 1780 – Florence Specola observatory; 1789 – William Herschel finishes a 49-inch (1.2 m) optical reflecting telescope, located in Slough, England
Guy Consolmagno's BBC radio series 'A Brief History Of The End Of Everything' Why Does the Pope have an Observatory? Interview W/Director of the Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno Interview addressing history of Vatican's connection with science, and Vatican's clearing of Galileo; Interview with Brady Haran at Sixty Symbols. (in Italian ...
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Johann (John) Georg Hagen (March 6, 1847 – September 6, 1930) was an Austrian Jesuit priest and astronomer.After serving as Director of the Georgetown University Observatory he was called to Rome by Pope Pius X in 1906 to be the first Jesuit director of the new Vatican Observatory.
The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled December 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered ...