Astronomico Observatory of Palermo in Palermo, Palermo, Italy | Museum

The Museum of Specola located in the Astronomico Observatory of Palermo, Italy includes a rich collection of astronomical instruments, watches, meteorological and topographical tools, equipment physics and geomagnetismo. The collection is housed in the premises of Specola Palermo, founded in 1790. The jewel of the collection is the famous Circle of Ramsden, a single instrument of type and quality with which Giuseppe Piazzi first discovered the asteroid, Ceres, in 1801. The instrument was recently restored and replaced in its original position in the circular room.

The gallery instruments mobile home showcases the original designed by Léon Dufourny, which contains portable instruments along with windows with modern instruments dating later. Among these, of particular interest are the tools belonging to Prince Julius Tomasi di Lampedusa.

The sundial room, neo-Gothic, "boiseries" designed by Giovambattista Philip Basile, houses a meridian circle of German manufacturing dating to the first half of the nineteenth century. Finally, in the hall of the Astronomico Observatory of Palermo the refractor telescope is located. Also dating back to mid-century, recently restored, with whom Peter Tacchini, among the first in Italy, made important spectroscopic studies on the sun starting in 1871 .

Visits to the Astronomico Observatory of Palermo for observations of the night sky includes:

* Gazing with an astronomer from the panoramic terrace of the Center.

* Brief tour at the Museum of Specola

* Presentation of historical Merz telescope

* Celestron Gazing from the dome through the Celestron optical telescope

* Interviews with the astronomer