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Silicon eyes for the ASTRI Telescopes

La stretta di mano tra il presidente dell'INAf Nichi D'Amico (a sinistra) e Koei Yamamoto, Senior Managing Director di Hamamatsu Photonics KK . Crediti: A. Di Luca

June, 5 2019 – INAF-Hamamatsu meeting in Bologna after the tender assignment for SiPM detectors realization for ASTRI.

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Caption image: the handshake between Inaf President Nichi D’Amico (left) and Koei Yamamoto, Senior Managing Director of Hamamatsu Photonics KK . Credits: A. Di Luca
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A plate dedicated to Guido Horn d’Arturo, father of segmented mirrors

Guido Horn D'Arturo e uno specchio a tasselli. Crediti: Unibo

November, 10 2018 – INAF dedicated the ASTRI telescope to the astronomer Guido Horn d’Arturo with a ceremony and application of a plate.

Horn is the creator of segmented mirrors. By chance or maybe not, Horn worked at the Catania  Astrophysical Observatory when the Institute was based in the premises of the current Benedictine Monastery exhibition area.

Image caption: the plate dedicated to Horn, father of segmented mirrors in astrophysical research. Ceremony at Serra La Nave (catania).

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