The Panzano Observatory was an
observatory
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Th ...
in the village of about to the NNW of the centre of the ''comune'' of
Castelfranco Emilia
Castelfranco Emilia ( Western Bolognese: ; Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, north-central Italy. The town lies about northwest of Bologna.
Castelfranco either occupies or lies near the site of the ancient For ...
, near
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
,
Italy
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, where
Giovanni Cassini
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard sta ...
worked. It was built in the early 1640s by
Cornelio Malvasia.
See also
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no lon ...
References
External links
Giovanni Domenico CASSINI, De cometa Anni 1652 & 1653, Mutinae 1653 (Italian)
(Italian)
Astronomical observatories in Italy
Buildings and structures in Bologna
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1640s establishments in Italy
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