Comments | selidor: far too many astonishing things in one place

selidor

far too many astonishing things in one place

Jun 12, 2007 18:15

The Specola Vaticana is the accumulation ground for all the Vatican's natural history-related things. Such as the print of Taurus Littrow signed by Gene Cernan and presented to the Pope that was found by one of the Jesuits on the floor of a closet ( Read more... )

specola vaticana, voss 2007, italy

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mpj17 June 13 2007, 02:36:22 UTC

Who would have thought that for so long the science geeks have had a hide-out in a little part of the Pope's batch :)

selidor June 14 2007, 14:59:54 UTC

More than a little part - they have half the building. I heard yesterday that the much-loathed Da Vinci Code described the Specola for two pages, as a luxurious, over-appointed papal palace. °much incredulous sniggering°

I never realised that horses could do the waterslide thing... spacecadetbrown June 13 2007, 08:27:15 UTC

That's awesome they were talking about Brown Dwarfs - any mention of Oppenheimer?
I know how you feel about the moon rock and meteorites - there is a gallery in the AMNH with all sorts or wonderful rocks. I would have stolen the moon rock if it were not encased in perspex. I guess soon I can visit it every day!

Re: I never realised that horses could do the waterslide thing... selidor June 14 2007, 15:02:02 UTC

The moon rock here is also encased in perspex. Oppenheimer was mentioned in today's next brown dwarf lecturer as the codiscoverer of the first of the T spectral class. So now we have OBAFGKMLT for mnemonics...