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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINA-FAST TELESCOPE-ASTRONOMICAL COOPERATION-CHINA-EUROPE-NEW PLATFORM

(240710) -- PESCARA (ITALY), July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Di (Rear), a Chinese radio astronomer and chief scientist of China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, on July 9, 2024. The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province has yielded significant scientific results and created a new avenue for astronomical collaboration between China and European countries in recent years. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: China's FAST telescope provides new platform for astronomical cooperation between China and European countries

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINA-FAST TELESCOPE-ASTRONOMICAL COOPERATION-CHINA-EUROPE-NEW PLATFORM

(240710) -- PESCARA (ITALY), July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Di (R), a Chinese radio astronomer and chief scientist of China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), is presented the Marcel Grossmann Award by Remo Ruffini, director of the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), in Pescara, Italy, on July 9, 2024. The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province has yielded significant scientific results and created a new avenue for astronomical collaboration between China and European countries in recent years. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: China's FAST telescope provides new platform for astronomical cooperation between China and European countries

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINA-FAST TELESCOPE-ASTRONOMICAL COOPERATION-CHINA-EUROPE-NEW PLATFORM

(240710) -- PESCARA (ITALY), July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Di (R), a Chinese radio astronomer and chief scientist of China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), is presented the Marcel Grossmann Award by Remo Ruffini, director of the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), in Pescara, Italy, on July 9, 2024. The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province has yielded significant scientific results and created a new avenue for astronomical collaboration between China and European countries in recent years. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: China's FAST telescope provides new platform for astronomical cooperation between China and European countries

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINA-FAST TELESCOPE-ASTRONOMICAL COOPERATION-CHINA-EUROPE-NEW PLATFORM

(240710) -- PESCARA (ITALY), July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Di (Front), a Chinese radio astronomer and chief scientist of China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, on July 9, 2024. The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province has yielded significant scientific results and created a new avenue for astronomical collaboration between China and European countries in recent years. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: China's FAST telescope provides new platform for astronomical cooperation between China and European countries

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINA-FAST TELESCOPE-ASTRONOMICAL COOPERATION-CHINA-EUROPE-NEW PLATFORM

(240710) -- PESCARA (ITALY), July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Di, a Chinese radio astronomer and chief scientist of China's five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, on July 9, 2024. The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province has yielded significant scientific results and created a new avenue for astronomical collaboration between China and European countries in recent years. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: China's FAST telescope provides new platform for astronomical cooperation between China and European countries

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese radio astronomer Li Di, the chief scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, July 9, 2024. Li was awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award on Tuesday for his research contributions in the field of fast radio burst (FRBs). He is the first Chinese scientist to receive the prestigious physics prize for achievements accomplished in China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINESE RADIO ASTRONOMER-MARCEL GROSSMANN AWARD

(240709) -- PESCARA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese radio astronomer Li Di, the chief scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, July 9, 2024. Li was awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award on Tuesday for his research contributions in the field of fast radio burst (FRBs). He is the first Chinese scientist to receive the prestigious physics prize for achievements accomplished in China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINESE RADIO ASTRONOMER-MARCEL GROSSMANN AWARD

(240709) -- PESCARA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Attendees listen to speeches at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, July 9, 2024. Chinese radio astronomer Li Di was awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award on Tuesday for his research contributions in the field of fast radio burst (FRBs). Li, the chief scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), is the first Chinese scientist to receive the prestigious physics prize for achievements accomplished in China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINESE RADIO ASTRONOMER-MARCEL GROSSMANN AWARD

(240709) -- PESCARA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese radio astronomer Li Di (R), the chief scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), is awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award in Pescara, Italy, July 9, 2024. Li was awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award on Tuesday for his research contributions in the field of fast radio burst (FRBs). He is the first Chinese scientist to receive the prestigious physics prize for achievements accomplished in China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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ITALY-PESCARA-CHINESE RADIO ASTRONOMER-MARCEL GROSSMANN AWARD

(240709) -- PESCARA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese radio astronomer Li Di, the chief scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), makes a speech at the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting in Pescara, Italy, July 9, 2024. Li was awarded the Marcel Grossmann Award on Tuesday for his research contributions in the field of fast radio burst (FRBs). He is the first Chinese scientist to receive the prestigious physics prize for achievements accomplished in China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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President Biden presents Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

U.S. President Joe Biden presents astronomer Jane Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, May 3, 2024. Several of today’s recipients are Democratic Party stalwarts, and Biden himself was awarded the honor by former President Barack Obama in the final days of their administration in 2017. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden presents Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

U.S. President Joe Biden presents astronomer Jane Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, May 3, 2024. Several of today’s recipients are Democratic Party stalwarts, and Biden himself was awarded the honor by former President Barack Obama in the final days of their administration in 2017. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden presents Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

U.S. President Joe Biden presents astronomer Jane Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, May 3, 2024. Several of today’s recipients are Democratic Party stalwarts, and Biden himself was awarded the honor by former President Barack Obama in the final days of their administration in 2017. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden presents Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

U.S. President Joe Biden presents astronomer Jane Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, May 3, 2024. Several of today’s recipients are Democratic Party stalwarts, and Biden himself was awarded the honor by former President Barack Obama in the final days of their administration in 2017. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition on a Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein is opened in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar gives speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shunqing, Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia, gives speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huiqin (1st R), a Chinese artist and Hallerstein history researcher, explains to Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar (3rd R, front) and other guests during the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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Replica of Hallerstein-designed armillary sphere set up in Slovenia

STORY: Replica of Hallerstein-designed armillary sphere set up in Slovenia SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 6, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: Ljubljana CATEGORY: CULTURE/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of Slovenian President Musar addressing the ceremony 3. various of the armillary sphere 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NATASA PIRC MUSAR, Slovenian President 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHUNQING, Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia STORYLINE: A full-scale replica of the armillary sphere with rotating rings created by Augustin Ferdinand Hallerstein, or Liu Songling by his Chinese name, in the 18th century, will be permanently installed in Ljubljana. Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia Wang Shunqing, and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic attended the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday in front of the Slovenian Archives building on the bank of Ljubljanica River, which runs through the capital. Hallerstein, an astronomer, natural scientist and geograph

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar gives speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition on a Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein is opened in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shunqing, Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia, gives speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-EXHIBITION ON SLOVENIAN-CHINESE ASTRONOMER

(230427) -- LJUBLJANA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huiqin (1st R), a Chinese artist and Hallerstein history researcher, explains to Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar (3rd R, front) and other guests during the exhibition on Slovenian-Chinese astronomer Hallerstein in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2023. An exhibition on a Slovenian scientist who spent most of his working years in China opened in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The exhibition on Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein was opened by Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who said that Hallerstein "was an important scientist who connected European and Chinese knowledge." (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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Amateur astronomer discovers record 100th supernova

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki of Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, is shown in this undated photo. He discovered his 100th supernova on Dec. 13, 2014, the most by someone in Japan, by remote-controlling a telescope set up in Tochigi Prefecture northeast of Tokyo.

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Japan astronomer urges galaxy observation in Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - Naomasa Nakai, a professor at Tsukuba University northeast of Tokyo and leading expert on black holes, poses in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014. He is calling for astronomical observations in Antarctica to find facts about galaxies.

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Asteroid named after disaster-hit town in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Miyamoto (C), mayor of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture, points to a photograph of the asteroid named "Tomiokamachi" in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Aug. 12, 2014. The asteroid was discovered by an astronomer of Dynic Astropark, a commercial observatory in Taga Town, Shiga Prefecture, in 1992 and was registered with the International Astronomical Union in July this year under the name in the hope of the town's rapid recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the right of Miyamoto is Susumu Takahashi, head of the observatory.

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Japan astronomer speaks from Hawaii to Japan audience

TOTTORI, Japan - Japanese astronomer Yuko Kakazu speaks from a branch in Hawaii of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan via the Internet to an audience at Saji Astro Park in the western Japan city of Tottori during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the municipal astronomical station on July 26, 2014.

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Yuji Hyakutake, who discovered 'Comet Hyakutake,' dies at 51

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Yuji Hyakutake, an amateur astronomer, died April 10 in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from internal bleeding due to a heart aneurysm, his family said April 11. He was 51. He discovered ''Comet Hyakutake'' on Jan. 30, 1996, using powerful binoculars in the town of Hayato in Kagoshima.

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Amateur astronomer braces up for solar eclipse

BALATONFURED, Hungary - An amateur astronomer from Japan fixes his telescope and camera on the shore of Lake Balaton on Aug. 11 in preparation for the start of this century's last solar eclipse.

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Towns in U.S. West embrace starlight to pursue "dark sky economy"

STORY: Towns in U.S. West embrace starlight to pursue "dark sky economy" DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: FLAGSTAFF, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the interior of Lowell Observatory 2. various of tourists at Lowell Observatory STORYLINE: Championed by dark sky advocates and bolstered by economic incentives, towns and parks around the U.S. West are making strides to preserve night sky views. Flagstaff, a city of Arizona with some 80,000 residents, has achieved worldwide recognition for innovative leadership in the protection of dark skies back IN the 1950s. On Oct. 24, 2001, it was recognized as the world's First International Dark Sky City. The certification spurred wonder, economic development and employment as tourists visit the city, surrounded by mountains, desert and ponderosa pine forests, and especially Mars Hill, where astronomer Vesto Slipher first discovered information about the velocity of galaxies from 1912 to 1914, and Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 19

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun

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Vatican Observatory

★Papal astronomer the Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, is looking through the Carte du Ciel telescope a 19th century model with a focal of 360cm on June 2021 at the headquarters of the Specola Vatican (Vatican Observatory) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on June 14, 2021. The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. For the first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the Gregorian calendar which occurred in 1582. From that time and with some degree of continuity the Papacy has manifested an interest in and support for astronomical research. In fact, three early observatories were foun