VISITANDO O OBSERVATÓRIO DO VATICANO EM CASTEL GANDOLFO

SUBSCRIBE TO SPACE TODAY PLUS PREMIUM NOW, ONLY R$29.00 PER MONTH, LESS THAN 1 REAL PER DAY!!! https://spacetodayplus.com.br/premium/ WANT TO APPLY FOR ITALIAN OR PORTUGUESE CITIZENSHIP, CHECK OUT MASTER CIDADANIA NOW, FOLLOW THEM ON INSTAGRAM, AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE LATEST POST: https://mastercidadania.com.br/ The Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical and educational research institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based at the Roman College in Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, and operates a telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States. In the 18th century, the Papacy actively supported astronomy, establishing the Observatory of the Roman College in 1774. In 1787–1789, the Specola Vaticana in the Tower of the Winds inside the Vatican was established under the direction of Monsignor Filippo Luigi Gilii (1756–1821). When Monsignor Gilii died, the Specola was closed because it was inconvenient for the city's students because the dome of St. Peter's obstructed their view. Its instruments were transferred to the College Observatory. A third facility, the Capitoline Observatory, operated from 1827 to 1870. Father Angelo Secchi S.J. moved the College Observatory to the top of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (Church of St. Ignatius in Rome). In 1870, with the capture of Rome, the College Observatory fell into the hands of the Italian government. However, out of respect for his work, Father Secchi was allowed to continue using the Observatory. After Secchi's death in 1878, the Observatory was nationalized by the Italian government and renamed the Regio Osservatorio al Collegio Romano ("Royal Observatory of the Roman College"), ending astronomical research in the Vatican. In 1891, however, Pope Leo XIII issued a Motu Proprio refounding the Specola Vaticana (Vatican Observatory), and a new observatory was built within the walls of the Vatican. The new Vatican Observatory remained there for the next forty years. In the late 19th century, the Vatican Observatory was part of a group of leading astronomical institutions from around the world that worked together to create a photographic "Celestial Map" ("Carte du Ciel") and an "astrographic" catalog identifying the stars' positions. Italian astronomer Father Francesco Denza led the Vatican's contribution to the project until his death in 1894. In the early 20th century, Father John Hagen took over the project and recruited a group of nuns from the Sisters of the Holy Child Mary to work on the necessary recording and calculations. The sisters were Sisters Emilia Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi, and Luigia Panceri. In the 1930s, smog and glare from the city sky made it impossible to conduct useful observations in Rome. Pope Pius XI moved the Observatory to Castel Gandolfo, 25 kilometers (16 miles) southeast of Rome. In 1961, the same light pollution problems hampered observing at Castel Gandolfo. The Observatory then established the Vatican Observatory Research Group (VORG), with offices at the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. DKJ O'Connell produced the first color photographs of a green flash at sunset in 1960. In 1993, VORG completed construction of the 1.8-meter (71-inch) Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, located on Mount Graham, near Safford, Arizona. The Observatory's headquarters remain in Italy, in Castel Gandolfo. In early 2008, the Vatican announced that the Observatory would be moved to a former convent a mile away from the castle as part of a major reconstruction of the papal residence. Its former space would be repurposed to provide more space for diplomatic visitors. The castle's former quarters were cramped and poorly equipped for the Observatory's use. VORG's research activities in Arizona continued unabated. #VATICAN #OBSERVATORY #UNIVERSE