Area 2:
Early Instruments
Before Father Hagen arrived at the Specola, it followed a variety of different scientific projects. Among the instruments on display here are astrolabes dating from the 1600s, a Merz telescope from the late 1800s, instruments for measuring the Earth’s magnetic field, and globes depicting the starry sky, Mars, and the Moon.
Group 1
- Merz Telescope
Group 2
- Magnetometer
Group 3
- Display of Astrolabes and Globes
Group 4
- Corinthian capital of pilaster
- Corinthian capital of column
Group 5
- Historic Meteorite Fall
Group 6
- Fr. Alois Gatterer, S.J.
- Fr. Johan Stein, S.J.
- Fr. Patrick Treanor, S.J.
- Fr. Daniel O’Connell, S.J.