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
- Come lavorare un anno e mezzo con un laser X a elettroni liberi e tornare vivi per raccontarlo.
- h. 14:00 - 22 Oct 2019 - Brera | Daniele Spiga - INAF-OAB
Latest publications
- LIGO/Virgo S190510g: GRAWITA VST-ESO PARANAL optical observations.
- Yang, S., Cappellaro, E., Getman, F., Grado, A., Greco, G., Covino, S., Izzo, L., Palazzi, E., Nicastro, L., Botticella, M. T., et al., -
- LIGO/Virgo S190510g: GRAWITA REM optical observations.
- D'Avanzo, P., Izzo, L., Yang, S., Palazzi, E., Campana, S., Benetti, S., Bernardini, M. G., Botticella, M. T., Branchesi, M., Bulgarelli, A., et al., -
- LIGO/Virgo S190426c: GRAWITA transients from Asiago Schmidt wide field observations.
- Izzo, L., Carini, R., Yang, S., Tomasella, L., Cappellaro, E., Greco, G., Martone, R., Benetti, S., Botticella, M. T., Branchesi, M., et al., -
- GRB 190114C: REM optical/NIR detection.
- D'Avanzo, P., Covino, S., Fugazza, D., Melandri, A. -
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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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RSN vote - 2019
CDS vote - 2019
Visits and information
 Visiting OAB
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Astronomical Museum of Brera
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| 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 NEW | |
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Astro curiosity
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October 2019
Fixed points
Fixed points in astronomy ... Tomaso Belloni talks about this problem
(go to the web page)
News
Look over the following link to know all our events: Google Calendar
WEEKLY (REGULAR) GUIDED TOURS: Every Wednesday (excluding holidays) starting at 14:00; max 7 people. No booking is required. Meeting point at the entrance of the Astronomical Observatory. The tour includes a brief history of the Observatory and of astronomy from XVIII to XX century, as narrated by the instruments displayed in the gallery, and a visit to Schiaparelli’s telescope and dome. Price: 5 euros - Duration: an hour and a half - Click here for all info: MusAB - weekly guided tours
October, 22 2019 - time 4:30 p.m.– All Rock stars - Speaker: Ilaria Arosio (INAF-OAB) - Inside the show Walking on the Moon - Milano Bicocca University - Room U6-03, Free entry on booking - Click here for all information
"Open for you" is a Italian Touring Club project: every second Sunday of each month a visit for the historical Museum of Brera with the volunteers of Italian Touring Club - Next opening: November, 10 2019 - from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Go to links MusAB - Open for you
October, 2019 23 - Second lesson for advanced course - "Guido Horn d’Arturo: the astronomer who projected future - Speakers: Agnese Mandrino and Fabrizio Bonoli - October, 2019 29 - Second lesson for basic course - "Solar system: origins and characteristics - Speaker: Mario Carpino - All info: "Universo in fiore". Download the flyer in pdf format 
Show "Walking on the Moon: 1969-2019, 50 years from the first step" - September, 23 - December, 19 2019 - Milano - Bicocca University - Click here for all information: Walking on the Moon
Events
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.
July, 20 1969 mankind takes the first walk on the surface of the Moon ... INAF-OAB celebrates the fiftieth anniversary with some events. Look at Moon - Collective story
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
- Riccardo Giacconi (1931/6/10 - /2018/9/12). Memories.
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)
