Merate Astronomical Observatory
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| Code | 096 | ||
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| Location | Merate, Italy | ||
| Coordinates | 45°42′22″N 9°25′42″E / 45.7061°N 9.42833°ECoordinates: 45°42′22″N 9°25′42″E / 45.7061°N 9.42833°E | ||
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Merate Astronomical Observatory is an old observatory in Merate (Lecco), Italy. It has housed a 1 meter Zeiss telescope since 1926.
This Zeiss di Merate is a reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount and is one of the largest telescopes funded by the Regno d'Italia ("Kingdom of Italy") before Italy became republic in 1946.
The same type of Zeiss telescope was also installed at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory and the Royal Observatory of Belgium.[1]
Gallery
The Zeiss telescope
View of the main and the refracting guide telescopes with finder
Right Ascension and Declination axes
South pillar and part of the Right Ascension axis
See also
- List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
- Asiago Astrophysical Observatory
- Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), 3.5m (138 inch) diameter aperture Italian National telescope.
- Telescope mount
References
- ↑ Google Books link to The History of the Telescope, By Henry C. King, page 347
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