Key facts
- Organization
- Holy See
- Observatory code
- 036
- Location
- Castel Gandolfo , Metropolitan City of Rome Capital , Lazio , Italy
- Altitude
- 430 m (1,410 ft)
- Website
- www .vaticanobservatory .org /,%20https: //www .vaticanobservatory .va /
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Facility
- Founded
- 1787
- Location
- Castel Gandolfo, Italy
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.440572.0 · ISNI 0000 0001 2262 1033
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astronomical observatory
- Country
- Vatican City
- Located in
- Castel Gandolfo
- Elevation
- 430
- Operator
- Holy See
- Location
- Castel Gandolfo
- Official website
- www.vaticanobservatory.va
- Image
- Specola1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vatican Observatory
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- item operated
- Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope
- date of official opening
- 1930-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based in the Roman College of Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy and operates a telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vatican Observatory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.