Fr. Daniel O’Connell, S.J. Fr. Daniel O’Connell S.J. (1896-1982) served as Director of the Vatican Observatory from 1952 to 1970. Under his leadership the Observatory installed the Schmidt Telescope in this building in 1957. Area 2 Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3 •...
Historic Meteorite Fall The Ensisheim meteorite, which fell in 1492, is among the earliest well-documented meteorite falls. It is featured in a woodcut and poem written by Sebastian Brandt made in 1492, which was reproduced in this 1528 manuscript Sigismondo Tizio,...
Solar and Astronomical Quadrant Solar and astronomical quadrant made by Abbé Berthiaud, circa 1885, combines the characteristics of a sun dial and a planetarium; it determines the mean solar time for Rome and for all the world’s cities, the current location of...
Mars Globe Mars Globe, one of five hand-painted globes made by the Danish artist Ingeborg Bruhn circa 1916. It depicts the albedo features of Mars, south up, as seen through a telescope, based on the drawings of Percival Lowell. The globe, 20 cm in diameter, has an...
Star Globe Star globe, made in Poland by the Czech company J. Felkl & Sons (Roztok and Prague), circa 1890. They produced globes in 17 languages; the constellation names on this globe are in Dutch. Area 2 Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3 • Group 4 • Group 5 • Group...
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