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Vernissage and Press Conference : to be defined Exhibition : Galileo, Venice & the Moon Curator : Prof. Luisa Pigatto Commissioner : INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua related links : astronomy2009.it (Italian) see also : [UNESCO.ORG:We walked on the Moon] [IYA2009] [UNESCO Venice Associated events] -------------------------------------------------------------- This traveling exhibition (San servolo, Venice, Asiago) will be inaugurated on the occasion of the international Symposium "Astronomy and its instruments before & after Galileo" (L'Astronomia e i suoi strumenti prima e dopo Galileo) scheduled to take place from 28 September to 3 October 2009 on the Island of San Servolo. Four hundred years ago, in autumn 1609, Galileo raised his spyglass to the night sky: among all the stars, he first observed the Moon discovering that it was covered with “mountain chains and deep valleys”. This extraordinary discovery gave rise to other sensational astronomical discoveries which demonstrated to the human eye a new universe never seen and imagined before. This happened between Padova and Venice, mainly in Venice where Galileo used to go frequently to visit the famous Arsenal – the very place where he learned so much about mechanical experiences -, to meet his Venetian friends at Andrea Morosini’s house, to hear news which foreign merchants brought from around the world at the “Golden Ship” shop in ‘Merceria’, to meet the famous consultor in iure of the Republic, the Servite friar Paolo Sarpi, a great expert in all scientific disciplines who urged him to construct the spyglass. Here the New Astronomy – the telescopic astronomy - was born, a true scientific revolution started up. In this exhibition, the Moon is an exemplary witness of this revolution: by Galileo, lunar cartography developed, telescopes improved, the theory of lunar motion was perfected. By the invention of photography, great photographic atlases started to be printed, an accurate topography of Moon’s visible face was made which gave man the possibility to step on lunar ground forty years ago. -------------------------------------------------------------- Photo credit : Galileo's sketches of the moon/Wikimedia. Galileo Galilei's telescope/Art Resource Contact: INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padua (Italy) Tel +39 0498293411, fax +39 0498759840 email venice2009@oapd.inaf.it
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