Skip to comments.Pope plans stargazing show at St Peter's Basilica
Posted on 04/01/2013 11:16:03 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
The new Pope is considering letting astronomers use the dome of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City as a makeshift planetarium, in a bold attempt to heal the long-standing rift between science and religion. Pope Francis has already given his blessing to the plan, which would see the constellations being projected onto the dome's interior as they would have appeared around the time of Jesus's death. The Pope's interest in the cosmos is said to have been sparked after he was shown recent images of the cosmic microwave background dubbed the echo of the Big Bang obtained by the European Space Agency's Planck mission.
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"The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world. It has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy."
A waste of time. There is too much light pollution in the Rome area.
What is today’s date?
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