Merate Astronomical Observatory
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.
Also recorded as Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera a Merate
Merate Astronomical Observatory
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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.
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The same type of Zeiss telescope was also installed at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory and the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
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• Telescope1 Name — Zeiss di Merate • Telescope1 Type — 1 meter Zeiss
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• Illustration — The Zeiss telescope • Illustration — View of the main and the refracting guide telescopes with finder • Illustration — Right Ascension and Declination axes • Illustration — South pillar and part of the Right Ascension axis
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1926
Merate Astronomical Observatory first recorded.
1926
Merate Astronomical Observatory is recorded from 1926.
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