Observatory Visitors

The Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo and the Vatican Observatory Research Group in Tucson, Arizona, hosted a number of visitors during the year. Noteworthy were the number of school groups and cultural groups received by MAFFEO, assisted by KOCH, at Castel Gandolfo. We were especially happy to receive members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and officials of the Vatican Congregation for Religious. The close approach of Mars to Earth in late August and early September brought many visitors to the Observatory, among them Mrs. Kathryn Colvin, Ambassador from the United Kingdom to the Holy See.

The following individuals paid working visits to the Observatory:

MARCELO ARAÚJO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

KAZIMIERAS CERNIS, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

GABRIELE GIONTI, S.J., Institute for the Study of Philosophy, Antonianum, Padua, Italy

JOHN HEARNSHAW, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

ROBERT JANUSZ, S.J., University School Ignatianum, Kraców, Poland

ALGIRDAS KAZLAUSKAS, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

WITOLD MACIEJEWSKI, Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland and the Arcetri Observatory, Florence, Italy

AILEEN O'DONOGHUE, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA

A. G. DAVIS PHILIP, Union College and Institute for Space Observations, Schenectady, New York, USA

ALISON ROSE, Inigo Films, Toronto, Canada

SARA RUSSELL, Natural History Museum, London, UK

FILIPPO SMRIGLIO, Department of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

JULIUS SPERAUSKAS, Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

FRANK YOUNGER, Hertzberg Institute for Astrophysics, Victoria, BC, Canada

Among other professional guests at either Castel Gandolfo or Tucson during the year were:

ANGEL ABBUD-MADRID, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, USA; DANIEL M. DAVIS, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, USA; WILLIAM MERLINE, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA; ROBERT PAPPALARDO, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA