Scientific and Technological projects
Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana
progetto bandiera-
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 - Euclid
Mapping the geometry of the dark Universe 
ELT High Resolution Spectrograph
Biosignatures in Exo-Earths - First Light Stars - Fundamental Physics- MAGIC
Gamma-ray astronomy at low energies with high sensitivity - MAORY
Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for E-ELT - Paolo
Polarimeter Add-On for the LRS Optics
A Spectro-Polarimeter for Dolores (LRS) at the INAF-TNG - 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 - Vipers
VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey - Weave
The next-generation wide-field survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT)
Seminars in Milan
- UNVEILING THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE USING ITS LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE
- h. 14:30 - 18 Dec 2018 - Via Celoria | Nick Kaiser - École Normale Supérieure (FRA)
Latest publications
- Interpreting GRB170817A as a giant flare from a jet-less double neutron star merger
- Salafia, O. S., Ghisellini, G., Ghirlanda, G., Colpi, M. -
- THESEUS: A key space mission concept for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
- Stratta, G., Ciolfi, R., Amati, L., Bozzo, E., Ghirlanda, G., Maiorano, E., Nicastro, L., Rossi, A., Vinciguerra, S., Frontera, F., et al., -
- Characterization of gamma-ray burst prompt emission spectra down to soft X-rays
- Oganesyan, G., Nava, L., Ghirlanda, G., Celotti, A. -
- LIGO/Virgo G298048 GRAWITA: VST-ESO PARANAL follow up of AT2017gfo.
- Grado, A., Cappellaro, E., Getman, F., Limatola, L., Yang, S., Branchesi, M., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., Valle, M. D., Melandri, A., et al., -
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Visits and information
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| News for Merate guided visits: booking closed from December, 22 2018 to January, 7 2019 - Daytime visits will restart on February, 1 2019. |
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Astronomical Museum of Brera
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Thesis in OAB
School-Work Alternation
OAB for school
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Astro curiosity
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December 2018
FRB ... still an unsolved puzzle
Fast Radio Bursts ... still an unsolved puzzle ... by Gabriele Ghisellini
(go to the web page)
News
OAB archive and library will be reorganized during next months. For any information please contact Agnese Mandrino
Info guided visits for Merate: BOOKING CLOSED from December, 22 2018 to January, 7 2019. No daytime guided visits in January, they will restart on February, 1 2019. Info for guided visits
Download the programin pdf format of all our events in November - Stay with us! 
Basic course - December, 11: "New possible worlds: the extrasolar planets" by Mario Carpino - All info "Universo in fiore"
Three science fictions and three astronomical conferences - Third event - December, 14 2018 - 8:30 p.m. - Conference: Life andd death for Sun and stars - Speaker: Gianantonio Guerrero - Film: Sunshine by D. Boyle Download the flyer in pdf format
Events
Astronomy courses in Milano (basic and higher courses) - from October 2018 to May 2019 - All info. Download the flyer in pdf format
10th 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. Download the flyer in pdf format
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 - go to our web page.
Research for everybody
- Selected issues web-site
- The history of the Observatory through its instruments
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)
