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Specola Vaticana

Astronomer, meteoriticist and Jesuit Brother Guy Consalmagno gives students from Timaru High School a tour of Specola Vaticana, one of the oldest observatories in the world.

  • Specola Vaticana

    10 Jan 2009

    Located in Castel Gandolfo in the hills above Rome, Specola Vaticana is one of the oldest observatories in the world. Formerly located in the Pope's summer palace, the observatory has just moved down… Read more Audio

Not a first edition just a mere second edition of Copernicus s Astronomia
Brother Guy Consalmagno showing the students a second edition of Copernicus’s Astronomia isaurata.

Specola Montage
Left: Adam Simpson opens the roof for viewing. Right: The larger of the two telescopes inside Castel Gandolfo.

Specola Vaticana

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