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The Arcetri Observatory () is an astrophysical observatory located in the hilly area of
Arcetri Arcetri is a location in Florence, Italy, positioned among the hills south of the city centre. __TOC__ Landmarks A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the scientist Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo B ...
on the outskirts of
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,
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. 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 Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...
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, (; 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 by the "Fundación Galileo Galil ...
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

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List of solar telescopes Ground-based solar telescopes are specialized telescopes used to observe the Sun from Earth's surface. Solar telescopes often have multiple focal lengths, and use a various combination of mirrors such as coelostats, lenses, and tubes for instrume ...


References


External links


Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri English website

The observatory on Google maps
Arcetri Arcetri is a location in Florence, Italy, positioned among the hills south of the city centre. __TOC__ Landmarks A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the scientist Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo B ...
Arcetri Arcetri is a location in Florence, Italy, positioned among the hills south of the city centre. __TOC__ Landmarks A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the scientist Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo B ...
Buildings and structures in Florence {{observatory-stub