Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
(OATo)
Roberto Bartali
Abstract
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1759…
…1790…
…first dome erected on the
building of the Academy of
Science in the center of
Turin…
…Valperga di Caluso
worked on Celestrial
Mechanics and Positional
Astronomy…
Fig. 4: Academy of science building [3]
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...1822…
…Giovanni Plana transferred
the observatory on the
building called “Palazzo
Madama” in the center of
Turin…
Fig. 5: Domes on Palazzo Madama [2]
…instrumentation inventory
better, but not sufficient…
…the Theory of the
Movement of the Moon is
published in 1832…
…1912…
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…1966…
…new facilities inaugurated and
many new instruments seen their
“first light”…
Fig. 9: 38 and 43 cm Morais Refractor [1]
…more than 30 astronomers doing
research and 40 technical,
administrative and support people…
…technology developments in the
field of visual and IR…
…theoretical Astrophysics…
…scientific space mission
development and data reduction…
Fig. 10: 1.05 m Astrographic Reflector [1]
Fig. 11:
OATo
Photopolarimeter
[1]
The life of the OATo was, for its first 2/3 parts, tied to the Director
in charge, for both: science and administration; notwithstanding
the science was of first level. After the World War II it grows about
10 times. Research, observations and technology developments done
at the OATo are very important, even when they do not have giant
telescopes or multimillionaire budgets, in all of the five main
research areas they are working into.
References
[1] Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino – Attivitá Scientifica dal 1988 al 1998, 1999
[2] Ferrari A., Storia della Scienza e della Tecnica a Torino – Astronomia, 2002
[3] Schiavone L., Storia dell´Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino attraverso le fonti bibliografiche ed
archivistiche, 1991