An astronomical observatory in Milan, Italy, built inside the historic Palazzo Brera in 1764 by the Jesuit astronomer Roger Boscovich. Control passed to the Austrian Habsburgs after the Jesuit order was suppressed in 1773, then to the Italian government after unification in 1861; astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli used its telescopes, including an 8-inch refractor installed in 1875, for his influential observations of Mars. It has been part of Italy's National Institute for Astrophysics since 2001.
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Brera Astronomical Observatory, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (xray)
The Observatory is also active in the technological research applied to the astronomical instrumentation and it is one of the world leaders in the development of X-ray astronomy optics and light instrumentation for space missions.
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It was built in the historic Palazzo Brera in 1764
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The Brera Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) is an astronomical observatory in the Brera district of Milan, Italy.
Operated By: National Institute for Astrophysics, Article text: operator
It is currently operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics (Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF) and the Institute of Applied General Physics (Italian: Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata) of the University of Milan.
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