I just found out.
Believe it or not, there are very educational things on blogs, youtube and even twitter. For example I learned while looking at space pictures awhile ago that the Vatican has an observatory. They are headquartered near Vatican City in Italy but have a telescope or two on a mountain in Arizona.
Don't know if you know about the Galileo incident about 400 some years ago, but he would be rolling in his grave if he found out.
Here's a cool image of a polar ring galaxy that they studied.
Believe it or not, there are very educational things on blogs, youtube and even twitter. For example I learned while looking at space pictures awhile ago that the Vatican has an observatory. They are headquartered near Vatican City in Italy but have a telescope or two on a mountain in Arizona.
Don't know if you know about the Galileo incident about 400 some years ago, but he would be rolling in his grave if he found out.
Here's a cool image of a polar ring galaxy that they studied.
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Who indeed.Galileo rules!
Yes The king of night vision, as the Indigo Girls sang.
Wonder if the Arizona one is open to the public
I just know about what little I read at the site. It's run in a partnership with a university so I would imagine you could arrange a visit but probably need to do in advance with the group in charge there. Not sure if my answer told you much. thanks
Actually, this is something I knew! I taught Confirmation a few years ago and so I did a lot of research on Catholicism. I think Galileo is probably dancing in his grave about it.
You just scored points over here. The points are like points on a video game. They mean something at the time but later ? who will remember? I think this would make Galileo mad.
thanks
I would of never known that the Vatican had an observatory and I find it interesting out of all the places in the world that they would have telescopes in AZ. The Internet is a wealth of information. Unfortunately, for me, it is also a time suck.
The AZ site doesn't surprise me because they often have clear skies there. time suck ? - depends on what else you could be doing.
thanks
That is gorgeous.
thanks - beautiful space.
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