Merate Astronomical Observatory

Alternative names	Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera a Merate
Observatory code	096
Location	Merate, Province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy
Coordinates	45°42′22″N 9°25′42″E / 45.7061°N 9.42833°E
Altitude	362 m (1,188 ft)
Established	1923
Website	www.merate.mi.astro.it
Telescopes
Zeiss di Merate
Zeiss di Merate	1 meter Zeiss
Zeiss di Merate	1 meter Zeiss
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Merate Astronomical Observatory is an old observatory in Merate (Lecco), Italy. It has housed a 1-meter Zeiss telescope since 1926.

This Zeiss di Merate is a reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount and is one of the largest telescopes funded by the Regno d'Italia ("Kingdom of Italy") before Italy became republic in 1946.

The same type of Zeiss telescope was also installed at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory and the Royal Observatory of Belgium.^[1]

Gallery

The Zeiss telescope
$View of the main and the refracting guide telescopes with finder$

View of the main and the refracting guide telescopes with finder
Right Ascension and Declination axes
South pillar and part of the Right Ascension axis

^ Henry C. King (1955). The History of the Telescope. Courier Corporation. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-486-43265-6. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)