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{{FCR Bibliography entries
|Name(s)=Galaverni, Matteo; Corbally, Christopher; Altamore, Aldo
|Title=An Introduction to Angelo Secchi and his Collegio Romano Observatory
|Year=2021
|Language=English
|Contained in=Angelo Secchi and Nineteenth Century Science: The Multidisciplinary Contributions of a Pioneer and Innovator
|Bibliographic level=Book chapter
|Keyword(s)=Astronomy; Collegium Romanum; Jesuit Education
}}
The Collegio Romano Observatory, restructured by Angelo Secchi in the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a place of extraordinary importance in the history of science, because it saw the birth of astrophysics. We provide an introduction to Fr. Angelo Secchi and review his astronomical work in the context of this observatory.