From October 20, an exhibition dedicated to Angelo Secchi SJ in Reggio Emilia
‘All the colors of stars. Father Angelo Secchi and the birth of astrophysics’ is the title of the exhibition organized by the City Museums of Reggio Emilia and by the National Committee for the bicentenary of the birth of Angelo Secchi SJ
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International Conference
The Legacy of Angelo Secchi SJ 200 years after his birth
On September 3-5, 2018, the Biblioteca Casanatense will host the International Conference ‘The Legacy of Angelo Secchi SJ 200 Years after his Birth’. Internationally known scholars will present contributions in the different research areas that saw Secchi as pioneer with his experimental studies, that were most innovative for the time. Father Angelo Secchi was undoubtedly one of the first scientists to promote the use of photography and spectroscopy to study stars. The classification of stars he devised is still followed today, while his studies on the Sun have opened the way to the most advanced investigations on solar activity and on the structure and evolution of stars. Thus astronomy and astrophysics, but a legacy also in meteorology, geophysics, geodesy and geomagnetism.
The study day will be held on September 6, 2018 in Rome at the Biblioteca Casanatense. A historical excursus that will start from the relationship between Jesuits and astronomy and thereafter portray the contribution of Father Angelo Secchi to the development of astrophysics, meteorology, geophysics, geodesy, oceanography and of the related instrumentation and research methodologies.
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