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The achromatic refractor Cauchoix was acquired by the Astronomical Observatory of Collegio Romano in the year 1825. In the second half of the Nineteenth Century, Angelo Secchi used this 16 cm aperture telescope, coupled with the objective prism, to perform the observations on which his pioneering spectral classification of stars was based.
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The Astronomical and Copernican Museum, created in 1873–77 by the Polish scholar Arturo Wolynski (1884–1893), includes two sections today: that of Monte Mario (Villa Mellini) which houses mainly the oldest instruments, and that of Monte Porzio where the XIX and XX century instruments are kept.
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This pavilion, designed by the architect Saverio Busiri Vici, was originally intended to host the electronics laboratory, www.saveriobusirivici.it/#4.
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Altamore, A., Poppi, F., Bosco, T. (2018). The Rome Historical Cauchoix Telescope Recovered. In: Gionti, S. J., G., Kikwaya Eluo, S.J., JB. (eds) The Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo: 80th Anniversary Celebration. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67205-2_13
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