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
- Quasi-universal jets in gamma-ray bursts
- h. 15 - 17 Jul 2020 - Merate | Om Sharan Salafia - INAF-OAB
Latest publications
- Roughness measurements on the BEaTriX parabolic mirror during the pitch polishing process
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- Designing miniature x-ray optics for the SmallSat lunar science mission concept CubeX
- Kashyap, V., Hong, J., Romaine, S., Sethares, L., Cotroneo, V., Spiga, D., Nittler, L. -
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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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| P.Iva: 06895721006 |
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Emergency
Visits and information
 Visiting OAB
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| ATTENTION: The observatory is closed to public from March, 1 until new ordinance. For Milan: the Astronomical Museum of Brera is closed - the astronomical lessons of Universo in fiore are cancelled - For Merate: all evening and daily visits and lessons for schools are cancelled. For news follow us. Click here to link the page of Lombardia Region with last measures. | |
 Web page for guided tours |
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| For Merate: FAQ for visits |
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Astronomical Museum of Brera
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Thesis in OAB
School-Work Alternation (PCTO)
OAB for school
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| Download 2019-20 program for Milano | |
| Merate for Schools: Tel. - email | |
| Milano for Schools: Tel. - email | |
| Click on the following banner for INAF web site dedicated to school | |
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Astro curiosity
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July 2020
eROSITA
On July 13, 2019 the Russian-German SRG mission was successfully launched from Baikonur (Kazakistan). eROSITA is the primary instrument on-board ... by Gabriele Ghisellini
Go to the web page to read the curiosity
News
Look over the following link to know all our events: Google Calendar
The observatory is closed to public from March, 1 2020 (see the ordinance of Premier). For Milano: the Astronomical Museum of Brera is closed - the astronomical lessons of Universo in fiore are cancelled - for Merate: all evening and daily visits and lessons are cancelled. For news follow us. Download the last ordinance (22/03/2020) in pdf format 
Sofia Longhi during a stage in Merate for high school (PCTO) interviewed some researchers involved in Covid-19 and ultraviolet light project - See on Youtube: Giovanni Pareschi - Andrea Bianco - Edoardo Redaelli - Alessio Zanutta -
The high germicidic power of UV from studies - Read all story on: Media Inaf
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)
