Merate_Astronomical_Observatory

Merate Astronomical Observatory

Merate Astronomical Observatory

Observatory

Merate Astronomical Observatory is an old observatory in Merate (Lecco), Italy. It has housed a 1-meter Zeiss telescope since 1926.

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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]

  • 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

References

  1. [1]
    Henry C. King (1955). The History of the Telescope. Courier Corporation. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-486-43265-6.
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