Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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

Vatican Observatory

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