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Why the Pope's telescope is in Southern Arizona
Posted: 2:43 PM, Dec 19, 2022 By: Pat Parris
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It might surprise you to learn that Mt. Graham, near Safford, is home to a telescope operated by the Vatican—and that Tucson is home to an official "seat of the Vatican," where those researchers live and work.
Here's the "Absolutely Arizona" story behind the pope's telescope.
"Officially I think it falls under the category of miscellaneous 'foreign government office.' So, right in Tucson, you have a miscellaneous foreign government office," said Fr. Paul Gabor, Vice Director of the Vatican Observatory.
Gabor is explaining why when you step into a mid-century modern home near the U of A ,you are considered to be in a foreign government office of Vatican City.
A photo of Pope Francis on the wall might be your first clue that this is an official seat of the Vatican. A small chapel off the living room is another strong clue.
But why Tucson, and why the Vatican?
It's actually home to Jesuit priests, like Gabor, who are studying astronomy for the Vatican.
While they live in Tucson, and spend time doing research and teaching at the U of A, they travel to Mt. Graham to do their observations at the VATT: the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope.
That's right, the Pope's telescope is located in Southeast Arizona.
Why here?
First, you have to understand why the Catholic Church is interested in astronomy.
"Show to the world that clergy can do science."
That's the mission statement put forth in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. That's also when the Vatican established an observatory to show the world how the Church supports science.
But the telescope wouldn't stay in Vatican City for long.
"This is a story of light pollution and how it persecutes poor astronomers."
In the 1930s, Pope Pius XI relocated the Observatory to Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome. Within a few decades, light pollution forced the Vatican to look to the dark skies of Southeast Arizona.
"In collaboration with the University of Arizona we moved here so that we could use the facilities of the university for astronomical observations."
That's how the Vatican Observatory Foundation established a presence east of Tucson on Mt. Graham. By 1993, the Vatican had a telescope of its own, thanks to the U of A's Mirror Lab and a new process of spin casting.
"We actually have the very first mirror made that way, the prototype. We got it simply because it was there and somebody needed to build a telescope around it."
$4 million later and the Vatican Observatory Foundation had the VATT on Mt. Graham, taking advantage of our near-perfect dark sky.
"We hope that not only now, but also in the future, we'll be able to conduct astronomical observations from the site here, and won't need to move somewhere else again," said Gabor.
The 72-inch telescope is about to celebrate 30 years of operation. That's three decades of clergy studying and sharing amazing photos and research data.
Gabor says the Vatican telescope on Mt. Graham is well known by astronomers, but few people in Catholic parishes know about the telescope, and the dozen Jesuit priests doing research.
Soon, the VATT will be going through a major upgrade. The telescope on Mt. Graham will be fully automated in 2024.
"It will be possible to use it for science purposes, for science cases, in the current mode of operation would be very difficult to realize," said Gabor.
Automation will allow for multiple research projects to be done each night, instead of just one, expanding the usefulness of the Vatican telescope.
A telescope with its roots at the Vatican, but that is very much "Absolutely Arizona."
https://www.kgun9.com/absolutely-az/why-the-popes-telescope-is-in-southern-arizona
LUCI
LUCI (originally LUCIFER: Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research) is the near-infrared instrument for the LBT.[20] [21] [22] The name of the instrument was changed to LUCI in 2012. LUCI operates in the 0.9–2.5 µm spectral range using a 2048 x 2048 element Hawaii-2RG detector array from Teledyne and provides imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in seeing- and diffraction-limited modes. In its focal plane area, long-slit and multi-slit masks can be installed for single-object and multi-object spectroscopy. A fixed collimator produces an image of the entrance aperture in which either a mirror (for imaging) or a grating can be positioned. Three camera optics with numerical apertures of 1.8, 3.75 and 30 provide image scales of 0.25, 0.12, and 0.015 arcsec/detector element for wide field, seeing-limited and diffraction-limited observations. LUCI is operated at cryogenic temperatures, and is therefore enclosed in a cryostat of 1.6 m diameter and 1.6 m height, and cooled down to about −200 °C by two closed-cycle coolers.[20]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Binocular_Telescope
Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Spectroscopic
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Some additions to the "Catholic Charities Under Siege" story
Migrants depend on Catholic Charities to avoid deportation
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, December 19, 2022
Immigrants crossing the border illegally are shielding themselves from ICE by listing Catholic Charities addresses as their intended destinations.
That makes it nearly impossible for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to serve them with their initial immigration court summons, gumming up the courts and giving the migrants a way to avoid the initial step in their deportation cases.
The result is when ICE does catch up, officers have to start the deportation process anew.
More Truth at shit pay site https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/19/migrants-using-catholic-charities-to-shield-themse/
Republicans accuse Catholic Charities of breaking the law in its border response
Kevin Clarke December 15, 2022
“The ministry of care provided to migrants by Catholic Charities has been ongoing, across multiple administrations, since our founding in 1910,” the agency said. “To care for people who are at-risk, including vulnerable people on the move, is a part of the fabric of the global Catholic Church and is mandated by the gospel.”
more Jesuit "insight" here https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/12/15/border-crisis-republicans-catholic-charities-244359
Who’s Really Facilitating America’s Border Crisis? Biden Isn’t Acting Alone
Dec 9, 2022 8 min read COMMENTARY BY Robert B. Bluey
Key Takeaways
Catholic Charities and other NGO's are working in concert with the Biden administration to facilitate the worst border crisis in American history.
“These organizations apply for, and receive, taxpayer money…to facilitate the migration of illegal aliens into the interior of the country.”
Given the widespread ramifications of illegal immigration across the United States, lawmakers need to hit pause.
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/whos-really-facilitating-americas-border-crisis-biden-isnt-acting-alone
Hard to believe?
Catholic Charities is diametrically opposed to, AND with a large financial incentive, the Will of most Anons as well as most Americans Nay! Most of the World… at least as far as IMMIGRATION is concerned…
Who do you think is the biggest supporter of the mass immigration of Islamic and other "refugee's" into Europe?
Wonder what else these Corrupt Institutions are doing behind these Fronts?
Pretending to be all Holy as the Majority of "Religious" people empower [them] to keep all of us down… ain't that something?!
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Catholic Charities Under Siege
House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
by Kristine Christlieb • ChurchMilitant.com • December 17, 2022 2 Comments
The months-long surge of illegal immigrants on America's southern border has gone beyond crisis mode, and Catholic Charities has been at the center of it.
Church Militant's Kristine Christlieb briefs us on how the Catholic nonprofit may be profiting illegally from the migration catastrophe.
As Church Militant and the Lepanto Institute have been reporting for years, illegal immigration is a cash cow for nonprofit giant Catholic Charities.
Four Republican members of Congress plus the state of Texas are hot on the charity's trail, both claiming some of its immigration activities may be illegal.
Wednesday, in a letter addressed to the organization's Virginia headquarters, Congressmen Lance Gooden and Jake Ellzey of Texas, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin ordered the charity to "preserve all information related to any expenditures submitted for reimbursement from the federal government related to migrants encountered at the southern border."
The Congressmen promise an investigation, saying, "Catholic Charities is violating federal law and regulations, placing migrants and American communities at risk, and subjecting local communities to unreasonable burdens."
Also on Wednesday, speaking on behalf of the people of Texas, Catholic Gov. Greg Abbott officially unleashed his crack attorney general, Ken Paxton, on the border problem, telling him "to initiate an investigation into the role of NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] in planning and facilitating the illegal transportation of illegal immigrants across our borders."
Earlier this month, the Heritage Foundation released findings from its investigation of the border crisis.
Specifically naming Catholic Charities, the report "confirmed that a host of NGOs are actively facilitating the Biden border crisis."
Finally feeling the heat, Catholic Charities, which failed to respond to a February inquiry from the Congressmen, is denying any wrongdoing, calling the accusations "factually inaccurate."
Once motivated by the love of Christ to help others, Catholic Charities has lost its way and has become an enemy of the people — even the people it claims to be trying to save.
Next to the federal government, Catholic Charities is the nation's largest social safety-net provider.
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-charities-under-siege
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The fucking Jesuits will tell [you]
[They] await the return of Lucifer, in flesh and blood
Odd that the Native Americans met with Aliens on mt Graham and the Aliens were pretty cool?
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