Scientific and Technological projects
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Athena
The Astrophysics of the Hot and Energetic Universe - CTA
An observatory for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy 
Darklight
Illuminating Dark Energy with the Next Generation of Cosmological Redshift Surveys- Espresso
Searching for other Worlds - GrawITA
GRAvitational WaveSearching 
ELT High Resolution Spectrograph
Biosignatures in Exo-Earths - First Light Stars - Fundamental Physics
Hot Milk - The Hot phase of the Milky Way
Flows of hot plasma connecting the Milky Way center to the corona, halo and beyond- MAGIC
Gamma-ray astronomy at low energies with high sensitivity - MAORY
Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for E-ELT - Rem
A 60 cm diameter telescope located in the La Silla - SOXS @ NTT
Son Of X-Shooter - Built by an international consortium - Spaceinn
Exploitation of Space Data for Innovative Helio- and Asteroseismology - Swift
A NASA medium explorer satellite for GRB science - Weave
The next-generation wide-field survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT)
Go to Project Archives
Seminars in Milan
- AGN feedback with XRISM and Athena
- h. 11:00 - 18 Feb 2020 - IASF | Matteo Guainazzi - ESA
Latest publications
- X-ray telescopes based on Wolter I optics
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- The BEaTriX collimating mirror: metrology with LTP at ELETTRA
- Spiga, D., Raimondi, L., Gerusina, S., Simoncig, A., Salmaso, B., Basso, S., Ghigo, M., Sironi, G., Vecchi, G. -
- Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger
- Ghirlanda, G., Salafia, O. S., Paragi, Z., Giroletti, M., Yang, J., Marcote, B., Blanchard, J., Agudo, I., An, T., Bernardini, M. G., et al., -
- Blazar jets as the most efficient persistent engines
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Brera via Brera 28, 20121 Milano Tel. - email |
| Merate via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Lc Tel. - email |
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Visits and information
 Visiting OAB
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 Web page for guided tours |
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| For Milano: MusAB |
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| For Merate: FAQ for visits |
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Astronomical Museum of Brera
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| Attention next Sunday opening: March, 8 2020 - Project: "Open for You" bu Italian Touring Club. | |
| Attention weekly (regular) guided tours: Every Wednesday (excluding holidays) starting at 14:00; max 7 people. No booking is required. |
Competitions
Thesis in OAB
School-Work Alternation
OAB for school
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| Download 2019-20 program for Milano | |
| Merate for Schools: Tel. - email | |
| Milano for Schools: Tel. - email | |
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Astro curiosity
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February 2020
Galactic Eruptions
Tomaso Belloni tells us about the X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions from the black hole hosted by GSN 069 galaxy
Go to the web page to read the curiosity
News
Look over the following link to know all our events: Google Calendar
February, 19 2020 - 9th lesson for advanced course: "A journey to the center of Milky Way " - Speaker: Gabriele Ponti (INAF-OAB) - February, 25 2020 - 9th lesson for basic course: "Cosmic giants: galaxies clusters" - Speaker: Sabrina De Grandi (INAF-OAB) - All info: "Universo in fiore" 2019-20. Download the flyer in pdf format 
Martina Tremenda in Space. Do you know universe? - Performance loosely based on the book "Avventure e scoperte nello spazio (AstroKids)" by Laura Daricello and Stefano Sandrelli - February, 9 -19 2020 - All info for February, 9: Martina Tremenda - February, 9 - For February, 19: 347 84 00 486 - info@realtadeboramancini.com
Ogni Giovedì 20 febbraio 2020 ore 20:45 - Desiderio, ricerca, bellezza: a cosa servono le stelle? - by Ilaria Arosio - per la rassegna "Conoscere per scegliere" promossa dal I.I.S. Europa Unita di Lissone e la Città di Lissone (MB) - presso Biblioteca Civica - Piazza IV Novembre Lissone
Events
Go to 11th edition for "I cieli di Brera" - public conferences - Milano The conferences series are organized by Brera Observatory in collaboration with Brera Pinacoteca and Institute of Science and Literature of Milano.
Personal expositions - Brera Astronomical Observatory - Merate - Go to page http://www.brera.inaf.it/ArteInCupola/
Italian astronomical olympics are organized and supported by Italian Astronomical Society and National Institute of Astrophysics, in cooperation with Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca. Go to official site www.olimpiadiastronomia.it
Research for everybody
- Selected issues web site and pages
- MOON: collective story - Fiftieth from Moon landing
July, 20 1969 mankind takes the first walk on the surface of the Moon ...
INAF-OAB celebrates the fiftieth anniversary with some events.
(go to the italian web page)
Riccardo Giacconi. Memories. On EDU INAF
by Laura Barbalini, Anna Wolter and Luigi Stella
(go to the italian web site)
A web site telling the history of the Observatory through its instruments ... (go to the italian web site)
Gamma-ray bursts were first observed in the late 1960s by the U.S. Vela satellites, which were built to detect gamma radiation pulses emitted by nuclear weapons tested in space ... (go to the italian web site)
