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Re:Galileo was right, but so were his critics (2015) by throw0101a on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:44AM (#22442114)
> used to be the Vatican astronomical observatory.

The observatory was later moved to Castle Gandolfo:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Observatory

After the light pollution got too bad, its use was retired, and now things are run out of Arizona:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Advanced_Technology_Te...

The head dude is Brother Guy, and he has some interesting interviews if you search for him:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno

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Re:Galileo was right, but so were his critics (2015) by martinbalsam on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:25AM (#22442587)
what a coincidence, edu-Youtuber Brady Haran just uploaded three videos about the Vatican Observatory, a long interview with brother Guy and the their collection of space rocks:

The Pope's Space Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OI4wb2XIZc

The Pope's Telescopes - Deep Sky Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccoGKAL6Qas

The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY

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