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
Latest publications
- Progress in ion beam figuring of very thin slumped glass plates for lightweight x-ray telescope
- Civitani, M., Ghigo, M., Holyszko, J., Vecchi, G., Basso, S., Cotroneo, V., De Roo, C. T., Schwartz, E. D., Reid, P. B. -
- Probing 3M Trizact abrasive pads in the polishing and super-polishing phase of fused silica
- Civitani, M. M., Hołyszko, J., Vecchi, G. -
- Lynx optics based on full monolithic shells: design and development
- Civitani, M., Vecchi, G., Holyszko, J., Basso, S., Ghigo, M., Pareschi, G., Parodi, G., Toso, G., Kiranmayee, K., Davis, J., et al., -
- Lynx x-ray optics based on thin monolithic shells: design and development
- Civitani, Marta M., Parodi, Giancarlo, Vecchi, Gabriele, Ghigo, Mauro, Basso, Stefano, Davis, Jacqueline M., Elsner, Ronald F., Kiranmayee, Kilaru, Pareschi, Giovanni, Swartz, Douglas, et al., -
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Visits and information
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Astronomical Museum of Brera
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Competitions
Thesis in OAB
School-Work Alternation
OAB for school
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| Download 2018-19 program for Milano | |
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Astro curiosity
News
OAB archive and library will be reorganized during next months. For any information please contact Agnese Mandrino
CONFERENCE CANCELLED: September, 18 2019 - 6:00 p.m. Conferences cycle "I Cieli di Brea" - Third conference: "Gaia, Einstein’s compass" - Mariateresa Crosta INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino - Next conference: October, 16 2019 - In collaboration with Pinacoteca of Brera and "Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere" - C/O Sala della Passione - Pinacoteca in Palazzo Brera, via Brera 28 Milano - Click here for all info: I Cieli di Brera - Download the flyer in pdf format 
September, 10 2019 registration opening for 2019-20 Astronomy courses in Milano - All info "Universo in fiore 2019-20". Download flyer in pdf format
Thanks to the ExoWorlds competition it is now possible: you can participate as an individual person, a group or a school following some simple rules. To participate to the competition you have to send your proposal name for the exo-planet assigned to your country by October 10. All information: NameExoWorlds.
October, 16 2019 - 6:00 p.m. Conferences cycle "I Cieli di Brea" - Third conference: "Gravitational waves and the puzzle of gold in our solar system" - Silvia Piranomonte - INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma - In collaboration with Pinacoteca of Brera and "Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere" - C/O Sala della Passione - Pinacoteca in Palazzo Brera, via Brera 28 Milano - Click here for all info: I Cieli di Brera
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
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.
Click here for online presentations and audio of basic and higher astronomy courses - 2018-19 - Click here for a little online book of basic astronomy
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
In occasion of fiftieth anniversary of Moon landing For you a precious collection every week from March, 15 2019
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)
