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I was going to say tha they must have one hell of a light pollution headache, but apparently the observatory is not in Rome, but some 15km out of it in a place
by eps 11y ago
I was going to say tha they must have one hell of a light pollution headache, but apparently the observatory is not in Rome, but some 15km out of it in a place called Castel Gandolfo... which is actually a pretty badass name if you think about it :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Gandolfo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Gandolfo
- aruggirello 11y agoYou were quite right actually, as you can see below. Castel Gandolfo is the site of the observatory for historical reasons only; light pollution from Rome is pretty strong there - and probably rising. http://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=14&lat=5122707.20753&lon=1408369.13808&layers=B0TFFFFTT http://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=14&lat=5122707.20753...