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ITALY’S LARGEST OPTICAL TELESCOPE AND THE NIGHTS AROUND IT
The mountain of records
On the Asiago Plateau in Vicenza, Italy, the 1.82 metre Copernico is the country’s largest optical telescope on Italian soil. Pennar Observatory visits, skyscape stations, moonlit snowshoeing and mountain dairy dinners make these Alpine nights one of northern Italy’s most unusual astronomy escapes.
Moonlight, telescopes and a mountain refuge at 1,658 metres
Snowshoe across the high pastures, observe the Moon through a telescope and spend the night in the Vicenza Prealps
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