The Arcetri Observatory ( it, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri) is an astrophysical observatory located in the hilly area of
Arcetri on the outskirts of
Florence,
Italy. It is located close to
Villa Il Gioiello
Villa il Gioiello ("The Jewel") is a villa in Florence, central Italy, famous for being one of the residences of Galileo Galilei, which he lived in from 1631 until his death in 1642. It is also known as Villa Galileo (not to be confused with the ...
, the residence of
Galileo Galilei from 1631 to 1642. Observatory staff carry out theoretical and observational astronomy as well as designing and constructing astronomical instrumentation. The observatory has been heavily involved with the following instrumentation projects:
* The
MMT 6.5 m telescope
* The
LBT 2x 8.4 m telescopes
* The
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
The Galileo National Telescope, ( it, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo; TNG; code: Z19) is a 3.58-meter Italian telescope, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The TNG is operated b ...
3.5 m telescope
* The
VLT telescope adaptive secondary mirror
* The 1.5 m
Gornergrat Infrared Telescope
The Telescopio InfraRosso del Gornergrat (TIRGO), or the Gornergrat Infrared Telescope, was located on the northern tower of the Kulm Hotel at Gornergrat ( altitude) near Zermatt, Switzerland. It was a Cassegrain telescope with a tip-tilt corre ...
(TIRGO)
See also
*
List of solar telescopes
This is a list of solar telescopes built in various countries around the world. A solar telescope is a specialized telescope that is used to observe the Sun.
This list contains ground-based professional observatory telescopes at optical wavelengt ...
External links
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri English websiteThe observatory on Google maps
Arcetri
Arcetri
Buildings and structures in Florence
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