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The part of the Palace of the Normans hosting the observatory

The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni. It is one of the research facilities of the National Institute of Astrophysics.[1] The observatory carries out research projects in the field of astronomy and astrophysics including the study of solar and stellar coronas, stellar evolution (including the birth of stars) and of the supernova remnants.

  1. ^ Foderà Serio, Giorgia; Chinnici, Ileana (January 1997). L'Osservatorio astronomico di Palermo: la storia e gli strumenti. Flaccovio, 1997. ISBN 8878041440.

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Palermo Astronomical Observatory

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The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni...

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List of observatory codes

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This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...

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Giuseppe Piazzi

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mathematician, and astronomer. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana. He is perhaps most...

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List of astronomical observatories

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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...

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Jesse Ramsden

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was finished in 1789 and was used by Giuseppe Piazzi at the Palermo Astronomical Observatory in constructing his catalogue of stars and in the discovery...

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Francesco Paolo Cantelli

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continued his interest in astronomy by working until 1903 at Palermo Astronomical Observatory (osservatorio astronomico cittadino), which was under the direction...

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NGC 6541

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globular cluster was discovered by Niccolò Cacciatore at the Palermo Astronomical Observatory, Sicily, on March 19, 1826. It was independently found by James...

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National Institute for Astrophysics

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Capodimonte Observatory (Naples) Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova Palermo Observatory Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Palermo Rome Observatory...

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Outline of Palermo

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Comitini Palazzo Isnello Apotheosis of Palermo Palazzo dei Normanni Cappella Palatina Palermo Astronomical Observatory Palazzo Natoli Palazzo Pretorio Palazzo...

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Ileana Chinnici

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the Paris Observatory, she joined the Palermo Astronomical Observatory as a research fellow in 1995, and became curator of the observatory's museum of...

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Timeline of Palermo

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in Palermo Cathedral. 1740 – Earthquake. 1760 – Allegorical Apotheosis of Palermo artwork painted in the Palazzo Isnello. 1790 – Palermo Astronomical Observatory...

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Palazzo dei Normanni

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Duca.[citation needed] The palace is also the seat of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo.[citation needed] The palace contains the Cappella Palatina...

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Celestial police

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The Celestial police (German: Himmelspolizey), officially the United Astronomical Society (German: Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft), was a cooperation...

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Beta Delphini

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and later his successor as Director of the Palermo Observatory. The name first appeared in Piazzi's Palermo Star Catalogue. When the Catalogue was published...

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Alpha Delphini

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and later his successor as Director of the Palermo Observatory. The name first appeared in Piazzi's Palermo Star Catalogue. When the Catalogue was published...

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List of proper names of stars

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These names of stars that have either been approved by the International Astronomical Union or which have been in somewhat recent use. IAU approval comes mostly...

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99942 Apophis

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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Diagrams and orbits of Apophis (Sormano Astronomical Observatory) Interactive 3D gravity simulation of Apophis's 2029 Earth flyby...

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10001 Palermo

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planet was named after the Italian city of Palermo, capital of Sicily and location of the Palermo Observatory, where the dwarf planet and first asteroid...

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Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

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College Observatory Bulletin, No. 178 (February 27, 1905), p. 1 The Seventh Satellite of Jupiter (signed March 30, 1905), Publications of the Astronomical Society...

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Cassiopeia A

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emission as the inner star collapsed. Cas A was among the first discrete astronomical radio sources found. Its discovery was reported in 1948 by Martin Ryle...

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Charles Piazzi Smyth

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father had made at Palermo when serving in the Mediterranean. His father subsequently settled at Bedford and equipped there an observatory, at which Piazzi...

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Virgilio Trettenero

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ISBN 354-000-238-3. University (Cambridge) Observatory (1857). Astronomical observations made at the Observatory of Cambridge. Deighton. pp. lxvi. OCLC 538061879...

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Potentially hazardous object

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to the Earth, Sormano Astronomical Observatory MBPL - Minor Body Priority List (PHA Asteroids), Sormano Astronomical Observatory Responding to the Threat...

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2 Pallas

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"When did the asteroids become minor planets?". Astronomical Applications Department. US Naval Observatory. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved...

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