Observing Terrace

The observatory contains records of Galileo's astronomical observations and equipment, as well as links to other astronomers contemporary with Galileo. Additionally, you can access a document from the University of Bologna's Astronomical Museum about 17th century astronomical instruments if you click here.

• Observations, experiments, and discoveries
  • The Moon
  • Satellites of Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Tides
  • Comets
  • Longitude at Sea
  • Phases of Venus
  • Sunspots
• Equipment and Theories
  • Telescope
  • Ptolemaic System
  • Copernican System
• Astronomers
  • Johannes Fabricius
  • Guillio Cesare Lagalla
  • Marc Welser
  • Benedetto Castelli
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Orazio Grassi
  • Mario Guiducci
  • Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
  • Tycho Brahe
  • Vincenzo Viviani
  • Thomas Harriot
  • Christopher Clavius
  • Ludivic delle Colombe
  • Francesco Sizzi
  • Christoph Scheiner

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