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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4357. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical institutes in the world. It began with the reformation of the calendar in 1582. At the Roman College, Father Angelo Secchi first classified stars according to their spectra. With these rich traditions Leo XIII, in 1891, formally founded the Vatican Observatory on a hillside behind the dome of St Peter's Basilica. In 1935 Pius XI provided a...

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