Il Resto del Carlino: "Salviamo Angelo Secchi". Allarme e raccolta firme per il nome dell’istituto
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Angelo Secchi
Angelo Secchi was an Italian Catholic priest and astronomer from the Italian region of Emilia. He was director of the observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
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science · Italian priest and scientist (1818–1878) · astronomer · physicist · also Angelo Secchi, Pietro Angelo Secchi, Secchi
Born 18 June 1818 · Died 26 February 1878 · Q312416
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2021· 1 entry
Panorama: Angelo Secchi: era italiano il padre delle previsioni del tempo
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2018· 3 entries
Il Sussidiario: SCIENZA&STORIA/ Angelo Secchi «padre» dell’astrofisica
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media.inaf.it: Angelo Secchi, un francobollo per il bicentenario
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Il Resto del Carlino: Reggio Emilia, in ricordo del fisico Angelo Secchi
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2012· 1 entry
media.inaf.it: Angelo Secchi e il suo tempo
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1878· 1 entry
Died 1878-02-26.
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1873· 1 entry
The college was declared property of the Italian government
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1863· 1 entry
Began collecting the spectra of stars, accumulating some 4,000 stellar spectrograms
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1860· 1 entry
And 1870, he organized expeditions to observe solar eclipses
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1858· 2 entries
Established a magnetic observatory in Rome
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Traveled to France and Germany to procure the necessary projection lenses
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1856· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1856).
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1853· 1 entry
Under his direction, the crumbling observatory was relocated to a new facility on top of the Sant'Ignazio Church (the chapel of the college)
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1848· 1 entry
Due to the Roman Revolution, the Jesuits were ordered to leave Rome
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1844· 1 entry
Began theological studies in Rome, and was ordained a priest on 12 September 1847
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1841· 1 entry
Became professor of physics at the Jesuit College in Loreto
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1839· 1 entry
Was appointed tutor of mathematics and physics at the college
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1818· 1 entry
Born 1818-06-18.
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