Arizona Relief Map Tucson, Arizona, is one of the world capitals for astronomy and this relief map shows why: the city is surrounded by mountains that are easy to access and well suited as locations for large telescopes. In the map below, the location of four major...
The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope Clockwise from Center: 1. Pope John Paul II chats with Fr. Sabino Maffeo SJ, vice director of the Specola (1985 – 2003). Fr. Maffeo wrote the first comprehensive history of the...
Papal Visitors to the Vatican Observatory Following its relocation to Castel Gandolfo, every Pope (except John Paul I) has visited the Vatican Observatory and signed our visitor’s log. In 2009, after our move to the southern end of the Papal Gardens, Pope Benedict...
The Vatican Observatory and the World Along with scientific research, the Vatican Observatory has undertaken a number of projects and programs both within the world of astronomy and in the larger realm of faith and science. Some of their recent projects are...
Recent Directors The most recent directors of the Vatican Observatory have all come from the Americas. They include (from bottom) Fr. George Coyne SJ, from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, appointed by Pope John I in 1978 who served until 2006; Fr. José Funes SJ, from...
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