Vatican Observatory

Summary

Vatican Observatory is an astronomical observatory^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of astronomical_observatory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (220 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vatican Observatory is located in Castel Gandolfo^[3].
• Vatican Observatory is in the country of Vatican City^[4].
• Vatican Observatory's image is recorded as Specola1.jpg^[5].
• Vatican Observatory's instance of is recorded as astronomical observatory^[6].
• Vatican Observatory's item operated is recorded as Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope^[7].
• Vatican Observatory's operator is recorded as Holy See^[8].
• Vatican Observatory's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122621033^[9].
• Vatican Observatory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312739286^[10].
• Vatican Observatory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149887551^[11].
• Vatican Observatory's GND ID is recorded as 10060963-6^[12].
• Vatican Observatory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50058500^[13].
• Vatican Observatory's location is recorded as Castel Gandolfo^[14].
• Vatican Observatory's Commons category is recorded as Vatican Observatory^[15].
• +1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vatican Observatory^[16].
• Vatican Observatory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.747222222222, 'lon': 12.650555555556}^[17].
• Vatican Observatory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kh2f^[18].
• Vatican Observatory's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as av20201066003^[19].
• Vatican Observatory's Minor Planet Center observatory code is recorded as 036^[20].
• Vatican Observatory's official website is recorded as https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/^[21].
• Vatican Observatory's official website is recorded as https://www.vaticanobservatory.va/^[22].
• Vatican Observatory's date of official opening is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Vatican Observatory's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+430'}^[24].
• Vatican Observatory's GRID ID is recorded as grid.440572.0^[25].
• Vatican Observatory's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 15309a^[26].
• Vatican Observatory's Ringgold ID is recorded as 199790^[27].

Body

Founding

+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vatican Observatory^[16].

Operations

Vatican Observatory's operator is recorded as Holy See^[8].

Why It Matters

Vatican Observatory ranks in the top 3% of astronomical_observatory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (220 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]